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BFHS Publications - Monumental Inscriptions

Cover	Burial Place	County	Price (£)	Weight (g)	Notes	No of Stones
	Abbey St Bathans CD	Berwickshire	6.00	70	115 gravestones with photographs of all stones. Includes Hearth Tax, Militia List, Roll of Honour.	115
	Ancrum and Longnewton	Roxburghshire	7.00	150	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 560 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	560
	Ashkirk	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones. List of Ministers, Militia List, School Attendance 1890 - 1894, Lair Maps, Place Name Index, Separate Scott Index. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	310
	Ayton	Berwickshire	7.00	200	Poll Tax 1695. Photographs available separately	1050
	Bedrule	Roxburghshire	5.00	100	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 181 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	181
	Bowden CD	Roxburghshire	7.50	70	Contains photos of all the gravestones as well as photos of the church and graveyard. Includes Bowden war memorial.	318
	Bunkle and Preston CD	Berwickshire	7.50	70	CD version. 443 gravestones and memorials at Bunkle churchyard, Preston old churchyard and new cemetery. Indexed by surname, first names and date of death. Photographs of gravestones and memorials. Includes Hearth Tax, Militia List, Militia Families Vouchers, War Memorials, Rolls of Honour and plans of the churchyards.	443
	Cavers & Kirkton (including Denholm)	Roxburghshire	8.50	205	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 820 gravestones in Cavers Old churchyard and new cemetery, Kirkton churchyard and Denholm cemetery. Includes War Memorials. There is an index to the surnames.	820
	Channelkirk and Legerwood	Berwickshire	7.00	150	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 376 gravestones in Channelkirk churchyard and cemetery and Legerwood churchyard. Also includes the War Memorial and an index to the surnames	376
	Coldingham	Berwickshire	10.00	70	CD version. 1094 gravestones and memorials indexed by Surname, First Names and Date of Death. Photographs of gravestones and memorials. Includes Hearth Tax, Militia List, Militia Families Vouchers, War Memorials, Rolls of Honour and a plan of the churchyard.	1094
	Crailing & Nisbet CD	Roxburghshire	6.00	70	New revised edition with 61 additional stones, and photographs of 294 stones. No Militia List.	355
	Cranshaws CD	Berwickshire	6.00	70	Includes Old burial ground and churchyard with photographs of all stones. Includes Hearth Tax, Militia List, Roll of Honour.	123
	Duns CD	Berwickshire	9.00	70	Includes Old churchyard at the Parish Church and the burial ground at Christ Church Episcopalian Church with photographs of all stones. Includes Hearth Tax, Militia Lists, War Memorial and Roll of Honour.	544
	Duns Preston Road Cemetery	Berwickshire	10.00	255	Transcriptions of over 1,300 memorials in the cemetery opened mid 19th century. War Memorials and Rolls of Honour in Churches and in the town of Duns. A5 booklet.	1328
	Earlston	Berwickshire	8.50	200	Front cover has a line drawing of Earlston church and graveyard. Back cover has a photograph of the War Memorial with its fine Celtic-style cross.	1047
	Eccles (with Birgham and Leitholm)	Berwickshire	7.00	160	Hearth Tax, List of Ministers, War Memorial Inscriptions, and Militia List is for Eccles only.	740
	Eckford	Roxburghshire	5.00	100	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 247 gravestones in the Eckford and Old Caverton churchyards and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	247
	Edgerston	Roxburghshire	5.00	100	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 108 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	108
	Ednam	Roxburghshire	5.00	100	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 245 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames. 2nd edition. Revised and reprinted.	245
	Edrom	Berwickshire	9.00	70	CD version. 650 gravestones and memorials at Edrom churchyard, Indexed by Surname, First Names and Date of Death. Photographs of gravestones and memorials. Includes Hearth Tax, Pollable Persons of 1695, Militia List 1801, Militia Families Vouchers 1809, 1812,1813, War Memorial, Rolls of Honour and plans of the churchyard. Edrom School Admission Register 1868-1901 lists 918 individuals.	650
	Ettrick Kirkyard	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and the war memorial. Has notes on James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, Rev. Thomas Boston, and Tibbie Shiel (also known as Mrs Isabella Richardson), and a Place Name Index. No Hearth Tax list or list of ministers. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	235
	Fogo	Berwickshire	5.00	110	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 269 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	269
	Foulden and Mordington	Berwickshire	7.00	140	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 540 gravestones in Foulden churchyard, Mordington Old churchyard and new cemetery and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames. War Memorial inscriptions for Foulden only.	540
	Galashiels - Eastlands and St Peter’s	Selkirkshire	15.00	70	Includes photographs of all stones, Militia Lists, Galashiels War Memorial, together with War Memorials in Gala Academy, St Peter’s Church and the Old Parish and St Paul’s Church. No Hearth Tax list. No list of kirk ministers.	3322
	Galashiels - Old Ladhope	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and videos of the graveyard. No Hearth Tax list, war memorial, list of ministers, or militia list.	121
	Galashiels Heatheryett	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Monumental Inscriptions and photographs of all memorials. Photographs and transcriptions of war memorials and Rolls of Honour from churches, clubs and societies.	1719
	Gordon, Nenthorn, & Westruther	Berwickshire	7.00	200	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 933 gravestones in Gordon chucrhyard & cemetery, Nenthorn Old burial ground and Westruther churchyard and cemetery and the war memorials. There is an index to the surnames.	933
	Hobkirk & Abbotrule	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	Recorded & published by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society, includes Hobkirk old churchyard and the new extension with location plans. Also Hobkirk Militia List 1797—1802, transcription of the War memorial. 29 Abbotrule gravestone inscriptions also listed.	448
	Hounam and Linton	Roxburghshire	7.50	70	3rd edition on CD. Now has an extra 85 gravestones. Includes photographs of all the gravestones and the kirks. Includes Militia Lists.	409
	Houndwood	Berwickshire	7.50	70	Contains photos of the gravestones. No Hearth Tax or Militia List.	321
	Innerleithen CD	Peeblesshire	12.00	70	Includes Leithen Road and Traquair Road burial grounds with photographs of all stones. Includes Poll Tax, War Memorials in Innerleithen and Walkerburn, Rolls of Honour and memorials	1232
	Jedburgh Castlewood & Galahill cemetery	Roxburghshire	12.00	295	A5 booklet. Monumental inscriptions in Jedburgh’s public cemeteries with transcribed War Memorials and Rolls of Honour. Layout plans in colour	2245
	Jedburgh St Johns	Roxburghshire	10.00	210	A5 booklet. Monumental inscriptions in Scottish Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, Jedburgh. Also includes transcriptions of the Burial Books 1844 - 1935, 1935 - 2021; the Lair Book 1864 - 1894.	112
	Kelso - Rosebank Cemetery - CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	CD Version. Includes Militia List. No Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of kirk ministers. Covers stones installed between 1870 and 2002.	2454
	Kelso Abbey, Old Churchyard & St Andrew’s CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	Details and photographs of 460 monumental (gravestone) inscriptions for Kelso Old Churchyard, Purvis Aisle, Kelso Abbey, and St Andrew’s Episcopal Church and the inscriptions on 199 stones lost in 1979 when the surrounding wall was removed from the churchyard and new paths were laid allowing direct access from the Knowes car park to the town centre. We’ve also included the inscriptions on the Kelso War Memorial, the war memorials in St Andrew’s Church, St Mary’s Church, and Kelso High School. It includes a list of ministers, the landowners and tenants on the Hearth Tax assessment in the parish of Kelso in 1690, the men on the Militia list from 1797 to 1801, a plan of Kelso dated 1854, a plan of the churchyard and an index to the surnames included in the inscriptions. Additionally, there’s a list of funerals and dates in Kelso 1798 to 1813. This is particularly useful because many of Kelso’s inhabitants were buried without a marker, visitors to the parish were sometimes buried without their name being known. Several regiments were stationed in the town, together with French Prisoners of War and their burials are recorded here.	460
	Kirkhope	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and the war memorial. Also contains Kirkhope School register 1876—1880, Kirkhope teachers list 1873 onwards, and some notes from Kirkhope School Board and log book. No Hearth Tax list or list of ministers. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	225
	Lauder	Berwickshire	8.50	200	Review	956
	Longformacus CD	Berwickshire	7.50	70	Includes Old churchyard and new burial ground with photographs of all stones. Includes Hearth Tax, Militia List, Roll of Honour. Also School Admission Log from 1873 to 1913.	221
	Lyne, Megget & Manor	Peeblesshire	7.00	70	Includes Monumental Inscriptions in Lyne and Manor churchyards, indexed by Surname, First Name and Date of Death, with photographs of all stones. Lyne & Megget Proclamations 1727-1730, Lyne, Megget & Manor Lieutenancy Records (160 names), War Memorials & Rolls of Honour, School Admission Registers (1000 names).	219
	Makerstoun	Roxburghshire	5.00	110	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 127 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. Includes a note on Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. There is an index to the surnames.	127
	Maxton	Roxburghshire	5.00	120	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 145 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	145
	Melrose - Weirhill and High Cross Cemeteries CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	Has hearth tax and militia list and war memorial inscriptions. No list of ministers.	718
	Melrose Abbey - Book	Roxburghshire	12.75	285	Book Version. Ring bound. A4. Card covers. Includes Militia List and Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of ministers. Includes photographs of gravestones on CD affixed to back cover.	564
	Melrose Abbey - CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	CD Version. Includes Militia List and Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of ministers. Includes photographs of gravestones.	564
	Melrose, Wairds Cemetery	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	Contains inscriptions on 1,334 gravestones, a list of Melrosians 1938-2012, a list of Melrose Festival Queens 1937-2012, Melrose Grammer School Record of Admissions 1869, Melrose Grammer School Log 1891 entries, a map of Newstead field names, photos of many of the gravestones. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society.	1334
	Mertoun	Berwickshire	5.00	100	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 223 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	223
	Minto CD	Roxburghshire	7.00	70	Also includes indexes of place names and occupations, and colour photographs of all gravestones. See blog about Minto.	257
	Morebattle CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	3rd edition revised. Includes stones in new extension and photographs of all stones. Now with photographs of the site of Mow church and Mowhaugh Public School admission log 1873 - 1918	451
	Oxnam CD	Roxburghshire	6.00	70	2nd edition. Now has an extra 156 gravestones. Includes photographs of all the gravestones. No Militia List. See part of the content.	420
	Polwarth	Berwickshire	5.00	100	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, and Poll Tax 1695; as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 177 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	177
	Roxburgh	Roxburghshire	6.00	130	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 411 gravestones in the churchyard and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	411
	Selkirk Brierylaw Cemetery CD	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	No Hearth Tax list, or list of ministers. Includes 13 stones around St. John’s Episcopal Church. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society.	1054
	Selkirk Shawfield Cemetery CD	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Photos and plans of cemetery sections. No hearth tax list, list of ministers, militia list, war memorial inscriptions or surname index. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society.	1373
	Smailholm CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	2nd edition revised. Includes new burial ground and photographs of all stones. Includes 1814 plan of churchyard. Also Smailholm Public School Admission Log 1884-1915	237
	Southdean & Abbotrule	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	Recorded & published by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society, includes Southdean old churchyard and the new extension with location plans. Also Southdean Militia List 1797—1802, transcription of the War memorial. 29 Abbotrule gravestone inscriptions also listed.	316
	Sprouston & Lempitlaw	Roxburghshire	5.00	140	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 472 gravestones in Sprouston and Lempitlaw churchyards and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	472
	St. Boswells (Lessudden)	Roxburghshire	7.00	140	Contains a hearth tax list, a list of kirk ministers and a militia list, as well as the monumental inscriptions/gravestone inscriptions from the 676 gravestones in the cemetery and the war memorial. There is an index to the surnames.	676
	Stow	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Contains photos of all the gravestones as well as photos of the churches and graveyards. Also contains Parishioners of Stow 3 Feb 1530, Poll Tax 1694, Population of Stow 1801, List of the Heads of the different families who had and have, Burial Places in Stow Churchyard in 1850. There are indexes to the surnames in the 1694 Poll Tax, 1801 Population, Militia List, Monumental Inscriptions and Memorials.	671
	Traquair and Kailzie CD	Peeblesshire	10.00	70	Contains photos of all the gravestones as well as photos of the churches and graveyards. Also has Traquair School Records - Admissions from 1872 to 1886.	297

Examples of Gravestone (Tombstone) Inscriptions
There's a lot of variability in the length of gravestone or tombstone inscriptions, and the information they contain. The examples here are both from the Ayton volume, a small one, and a large one. The small inscription is more typical of the general size, but there are many larger inscriptions, as well as a few stones that have no or illegible inscriptions.

Stone 536
Sacred to the memory of ISABELLA BEGBIE the most excellent wife of
ALEXANDER WRIGHT late farmer of Prenderguest died 19.1.1840. Also
ALEXANDER WRIGHT age 81 years died at Corsbie 7.12.1850.

Stone 537
Sacred to the memory of STUART EDINGTON grocer died 30.3.1865 aged
72 years. Also SARAH SMITH his wife died 7.2.1870 aged 87. Also MARY
ANN their daughter died 25.9.1836 age 16. Also WILLIAM STEPHEN their
eldest son engineer was lost a sea 21.11.1866 aged 37 years. JANET
daughter of the said WILLIAM who died 20.2.1880 aged 22. Also LUCY
their daughter died 2.10.1885 aged 67. AGNES GRAY wife of STUART
EDINGTON Jr died 11.11.1878 aged 39 years. Died 4.1.1888 AGNES
EDINGTON age 63 years. Also the above STUART EDINGTON Jr died
25.2.1899 in his 67th year. And JANE EDINGTON widow of
CHRISTOPHER NEESHAM died 20.5.1899 in her 84th year.
Reverse: Sacred to the memory of STUART EDINGTON for 17 years elder
of the parish church who died 30.3.1865 aged 72 years. Also SARAH
SMITH his wife who died 7.2.1870 aged 87 years. Also their daughter MAY
ANN EDINGTON died 25.9.1831 aged 18 years and is interred in Chirnside
Church Yard. Also their eldest son WILLIAM STEPHEN EDINGTON aged
37 years who was lost at sea 21.11.1838 on their voyage to Bombay in the
Neabudy which he was chief engineer. Also of the above WILLIAM died
20.2.1880 aged 29 years.
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