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Caddonfoot

The quoad sacra Parish of Caddonfoot which comprises part of the former Parishes of Galashiels, Innerleithen, Selkirk, Stow and Yarrow is bounded on the north by the County of Midlothian, on the east by the Parish of Galashiels, on the south by the Parishes of Selkirk and Yarrow and on the west by the Parishes of Innerleithen and Traquair.

Previously partly in the County of Midlothian and partly in the County of Peebles, Caddonfoot existed as an administrative unit from 1898 to 1975. The ecclesiastical parish of Caddonfoot is now linked with Galashiels Trinity

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Caddonfoot Monumental Inscriptions by Selkirk Genealogy.
CD Hall's History of Galashiels.

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Caddonfoot Church

Volumes available for consultation within our Archive

Galashiels; - A Modern History by Galashiels History Committee and Ettrick and Lauderdale Council - Galashiels 1983.
The Story of Peel Hospital by Trevor Austin - Selkirk 1996.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
CD 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.
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Title	Synopsis	Size Description	Issue No	Author
From Cowal to the Borders. Internal migration of the Whyte Family	The Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family.	2 pages or more	7	Donald Whyte
Laidlawstiel, Clovenfords	This is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this.	2 pages or more	37	Margaret Lawson

Map of Caddonfoot 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.
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.

Map of Caddonfoot from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
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.

Other Sources

Two Centuries of Borders Church Life by J Tait, Kelso, 1891.

Scottish Borders Archives, The Hub Hawick

Caddonfoot Subscription School Log Book 1870-1971, ref: S/ED/2 10.
Caddonfoot Public School Log Book 1890 to 1912, ref: S/ED/2/8.
Caddonfoot School Minute Books, cash book, ledger 1873 to 1919, ref: S/ED/1/6-15.

Hawick Archaeological Society

1872 Clovenfords - discovery of ancient remains.

Berwickshire Naturalists' Club

Vol 8 Clovenford vineries visited.
Vol 8 Caddonlee School and The Nest.

The Southern Annual

Charming Caddonfoot - historic Tweedside Parish by William H Thomson (available in Society Archives).
1952 The Gold of Fairnilee by Madge Elder (available in Society Archives).

Websites

Caddonfoot War Memorial (http://www.sbwm.co.uk/caddonfoot.html - Last time we accessed this site, it had malware - use this at your own risk) showing the names of those who died in the Two World Wars.
Vision of Britain shows a detailed map of the parish and contains other information.
RCHAMS website Scotland's Places contains details of

Medical Officer's of Health Reports 1891.

Population

The population has been recorded as follows: 1867 - 693.

Selkirkshire map