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Selkirk
Selkirk Parish is situated in the County of the same name being bounded on the north by the Parishes of Caddonfoot and Galashiels, on the east by the Parishes of Bowden and Lilliesleaf and on the south-east by the Parish of Ashkirk all in Roxburghshire, on the south-west by the parish of Kirkhope and on the west by the Parish of Yarrow. Ashkirk is now linked with the ecclesiastical parish of Selkirk.
CD Selkirk Auld Monumental Inscriptions compiled by Selkirk Antiquarians - contains:
A history
Transcription of War Memorials
Roosevelt Family Tree
Migrants
Lair plans and owners 1824
CD Selkirk Brierylaw Monumental Inscriptions.
CD Selkirk Shawpark Monumental Inscriptions compiled by Selkirk Antiquarians.
Selkirk Death Records 1748 to 1778 by Nigel Hardie.
Selkirk Death Records 1819 to 1835 by Nigel Hardie.
Selkirk Death Records 1836 to 1854 by Nigel Hardie.
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Selkirk Parish Church
Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
Pre 1855 Memorial Inscriptions Selkirk Ashkirk and Lindean Old Churchyards published by Selkirk Antiquarian Society.
Selkirk Protocol Book 1511-1547 published by The Walter Mason Trust.
The Protocol Book of Sir Ninian Bryden 1536 to 1564 by Teresa Maley and Walter Elliot.
Selkirk's Roll of Honour.
A Pennyworth of Elephant's Tiptaes - a century of Selkirk Shops by Nessie Marshall.
Memories of Old Selkirk by J.B. Fairgrieve.
The French in Selkirk by Walter Elliot.
A Souter's Bairn by Jenny and J. A. Corbett.
Mungo Park and the Brydons of Selkirk by James Marr Brydon.
Completion of Selkirk Town Centre Development - Selkirk Town Council.
Selkirk Flute Band 1859 to 2009.
A Borders Schoolmaster by Audrey Mitchell 2000 - William Lorraine 1772 -1841(master Selkirk Grammar and English School 1800 -1805)
Family Tree of John Selkirk 1664-1704 by J Selkirk.
Old Selkirk by Alex F Young - photographic record.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
C.D. Berwickshire, Banffshire, Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire Trades Directory 1837.
Magazine Articles
Please note that the heading Author includes persons who have compiled or transcribed records; and that the topics indexed, and the synopses are subjective opinions. See the Sales List to buy copies of the magazines containing articles in which you're interested.
Title
Synopsis
Size Description
Issue No
Author
Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century
The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25.
4 pages or more
26
Peter Symms
Douglas of Springwood Park
The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history
3 pages or more
31
Donald Whyte
Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth Century
The Burgesses, and how they looked after Selkirk. The privileges that they gave themselves. Continued in issue 26.
5 pages or more
25
Peter Symms
The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk
The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns.
1 page or more
32
Jim Newlands
Maps
Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet.
1 page or more
43
Peter Munro
Some Selkirk Worthies
Notes on some Selkirk 'worthies' of old.
4 pages or more
82
George Turnbull
The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804
List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108.
2 pages or more
3
Sandra Duncan
Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865
A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk.
2 pages or more
9
Alison Scott
Bondagers of the Borders
Liz Taylor presented a most informative talk to members of the society, this is a short story of Bondagers.
1 page or more
9
Liz Taylor
The Walter Mason Papers
The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council.
1 page or more
19
Walter Elliot
Know your Parish: Yarrow
A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom
1 page or more
32
Audrey Mitchell
Selkirk Poor Cases, 1844
16 cases of Selkirk Poor from the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), 1844.
2 pages or more
54
Peter Munro
Police and Criminal Indexing Project
An update on the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register.
less than 1 page
85
Elma Flaming
The Langlands
How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible
3 pages or more
36
Mrs. Prue Langlands
A History of the Brydons
For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas.
2 pages or more
7
Mrs Joan Scott Stewart
A Canadian Connection
Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading.
2 pages or more
25
Jenifer Payne
The Haining, Selkirk
A short history of the house and plans for its future.
1 page or more
80
Ronald Morrison
Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk
Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa.
1 page or more
91
An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch
George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch.
2 pages or more
22
K. MsRae
A House United
How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence.
3 pages or more
61
Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol
Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18
A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included.
2 pages or more
73
Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835
Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records.
2 pages or more
91
The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland
A family tree of the Selkirk Family.
2 pages or more
2
James Selkirk
Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor
An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St. Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works
5 pages or more
78
Bob Johnstone
Alexander Turnbull and his Family
If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick.
5 pages or more
25
Jane Gibson
A Border Lady of the Old School
Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots.
4 pages or more
20
New Collections at the Heritage Hub
County council records, diaries & estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of un-catalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive.
4 pages or more
69
Juline Baird
Map of Selkirk from Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1921-1923 or One-inch to the mile, Popular edition, Scotland, 1920-1930 by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland. Use the control at the top left of the map to zoom in or out and drag the map left, right, up, or down as you wish.SELECT TOP 20 [Monument No], Surname, [Burial Place] FROM [Surname Index] INNER JOIN [Burial Places] ON [Surname Index].[Burial Place Id] = [Burial Places].[Burial Place Id] WHERE ([Burial Places].[Burial Place]) like '%Selkirk Auld%' ORDER BY [Monument No] DESC;
20 Most Common Surnames
The 20 most common on gravestones recorded by us in the Selkirk Auld Kirkyard monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): SCOTT (36), BROWN (31), ANDERSON (30), MURRAY (23), HENDERSON (23), CURRIE (16), TURNBULL (13), SMITH (13), MITCHELL (11), LAWSON (11), ROBERTSON (10), HALL (10), THOMSON (10), STODDART (9), HISLOP (9), WILSON (9), DALGLEISH (9), GRAY (9), LAIDLAW (8), YOUNG (8).
The 20 most common on gravestones recorded by us in the Selkirk Brierylaw Cemetery monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): SCOTT (83), BROWN (39), DOUGLAS (30), HOGG (25), ANDERSON (23), TURNBULL (21), ROBERTSON (20), WILSON (20), DICKSON (18), HEATLIE (18), JOHNSTONE (16), RUTHERFORD (16), DAVIDSON (16), YOUNG (16), THOMSON (16), LINTON (15), SMITH (15), REID (15), HOPE (15), BELL (14).
Other Sources
The Burgh Court Book of Selkirk 1503 to 1545 by T. I. Rae, Scottish Record Society, 1960 and 1969.
A Scottish Border Camera - The photographs of R Clapperton Selkirk, Edinburgh, 1981.
Selkirk: Its Church, its school and its Presbytery by John Sharpe, Selkirk, 1914.
Old Selkirk Memories by George Lewis, Selkirk, 1906.
Flowers of the Forest Selkirk a New History by J. M. Gilbert, Galashiels, 1985.
The History of the Selkirk Hammermen published by the Incorporation of Hammermen, 1981.
Selkirk Cricket Club centenary 1851-1951 by William Anderson, Galashiels, 1954.
Two Centuries of Borders Church Life by J Tait, Kelso, 1891.
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-99 vol.2 p.434 :Selkirk, County of Selkirk (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name)
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1834-45 vol.3 p.1 :
Selkirk, County of Selkirk (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name)
Other Sources
Selkirk Library, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk
The 2nd. Selkirkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps enrolment book 1860 to 1904.
Selkirk Five Incorporated Trades sederunt book 1853 to 1881.
Selkirk Mechanics Institute Minute Book 1853 to 1889.
