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![]() The Parish of Sprouston, which includes the village of Lempitlaw, is situated in east Roxburghshire on the border with England. The Parish of Ednam is to the north, the English county of Northumberland is on the East, the Parish of Linton is on the south and the Parishes of Eckford and Kelso are on the west. The ecclesiastical Parish of Sprouston is now linked with Kelso Old Parish Church & the Kelso Country Churches ( Smailholm, Makerstoun, Nenthorn, Roxburgh & Stichill). Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
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The Haliburtens of Sprouston | Origins of the Haliburtons: William, who had 12 children and their emigration to New Zealand. | less than 1 page | 12 | D.N. Haliburton |
The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 1 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 7 pages or more | 52 | Jenny Fairman |
The Trotters of Sprouston and Hadden - Part 2 | Absorbing account of the author's researches into her Trotter ancestry. | 5 pages or more | 53 | Jenny Fairman |
Following in the Footsteps of Robert Redpath. | The story of one man's journey to mine gold in Australia. There is reference to two diaries kept by other men on the voyage from Glasgow to Townsville, Queensland. | 3 pages or more | 69 | Irene J Redpath |
Map of Sprouston from UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey one-inch to the mile (1:63,360), 'Hills' edition, 1885-1903
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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Map of Sprouston from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Sprouston & Lempitlaw monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): TURNBULL (29), SCOTT (16), TROTTER (15), DAVIDSON (14), WALKER (14), THOMSON (13), BROWN (12), WILSON (12), ANDERSON (12), GIBSON (11), ROBERTSON (10), CAIRNS (10), BRUCE (10), GRAY (10), TULLY (10), AITCHISON (10), WRIGHT (10), FAIRBAIRN (9), MURRAY (9), RUTHERFORD (8).
1841 census: Sprouston, Mellendean, Middlemostwalls, Easter Softlaw, Crookedhouse, Kersquarter, Boathouse, Bamfmill, Redden, Gateside, Kerchesters, Kerchester, Lempitlaw, East Field, Holefield, Mensless, Ark, Nottylees, Hadden, Pottsclose, Lurdenlaw, Muirhouse, Shank.
1851 census: Sprouston, Kersquarters, Mellendean, Windywalls, Middlemostwalls, Crookedhouse, Easter Softlaw, Boathouse, Bamff Mill, Redden, Gateside, Carhamburn, Kerchesters, Haddon, Redwalls, Pots Close, Eastfield, Holfield, Mensless, Nottylees, Carham, Old Lurdenlaw, Lurdenlaw, Lempitlaw, Shank, Greenhead.
1861 census: Sprouston, Boathouse, Mellendean, Windywalls, Middlemostwalls, Easter Soiftlaw, Crooked-House, Kers Quarter, Whitmuirhaigh, Bamff Mill, Redden, Gateside, Frierlaw,Kerchesters, Carhamburn, Carham Station, Nottylees, Haddon, Ark, Holefield, Eastfield, Pot's Close, Lempitlaw, Greenhead, Shank, Old Lourdenlaw, New Lourdenlaw.
The population has been recorded as follows;