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Chirnside is situated in eastern Berwickshire, being bounded on the north by the Parish of Coldingham, on the east by the Parishes of Ayton and Foulden, on the south by the Parish of Hutton and on the west by the Parishes of Edrom and Bunkle & Preston. Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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Only pre 1855 memorial records have been transcribed (see below).
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| Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
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| Cockburns face to face | Cockburns and their likeness seems to have been the great asset of this family. From 1650 onwards this family have a interesting history. | 2 pages or more | 10 | Anne Cockburn |
| Local Histories - Chirnside - A Borders Village | Review of a volume about the history of Chirnside from 'earliest times'. Merchants and tradespeople from 1825 and 1940s included. | less than 1 page | 100 | Ronald Morrison |
| Ninewells Waulkmill, Chirnside | Some investigation by the author finding Ayton church memorials for his x4 and x5 great grandparents - Paternal side Edward Fair (d. 1847) and wife Elizabeth Wood (d.1857), their son William Fair (d. 1801) and wife Christina Darling (d. 1825). Dates? Maternal side - William Martin (d.1794) and wife Isabel Jeffrey (d. 1790), and Thomas Martin (d. 1841) and wife Hellen Cockburn (d. 1851). Thomas - at the time of erecting the stone was working and living in Ninewells Waulkmill, Chirnside, and lived there for 50 years. | less than 1 page | 106 | Bill Stewart |
| The Ayton Bard Robert Mennon 1797-1885 | Book review. Author: Michael Mennon. This is a two part article abridged from the book of the title written by A. Michael Mennon. A copy of the complete book together with maps, photographs and poems is in Scottish Borders Council Library Headquarters with a family tree. | 4 pages or more | 15 | A. Michael Mennon |
| Dr George Henderson of Chirnside (1800 - 1864) | Part 1 of an account of George Henderson of Chirnside, a medical doctor, who also found time for his interests in local history and customs, botany and poetry. | 12 pages or more | 62 | |
| Memories of Fogo | Recollections of life in Fogo at the end of the 19th. and beginning of the 20th century. | 2 pages or more | 93 | Kate Duncan Thomas |
| Dr John Macwhirter: A Man of Letters | Book review. Author: L & P Macwhirter. The history of the medical doctor John Macwhirter probably born in Chirnside around 1780. He had 15 children, 3 of which were buried in Calcutta, India. The family returned to Edinburgh but later emigrated to Australia. It includes a chapter on medical practice in Scotland at that time, and an extensive bibliography. | less than 1 page | 108 | Enid Cruikshank |
| Letters of Slains 1569 - A family puzzle | An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569. | 2 pages or more | 12 | Jean Smithers |
| Border Murders | This is a stroll around the Borders looking into, with some depth, the murders in the 1800s. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Norrie McLeish |
| The Bradford Family Search | A tale of family that moved from Northumberland to Berwickshire. All were farm servants some labourers some farm stewards. There are irregular marriages, name changes and a possible pioneering birth using chloroform. | 6 pages or more | 72 | Bill Bradford |
| Life in Melrose--150 years ago | This is the account of family life in Melrose in the first half of last century, from an autobiography of Catherine Helen Spence. | 3 pages or more | 11 | Colin Wood |
Map of Chirnside 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 Chirnside from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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(Facebook) Chirnside History Club
The RCHAMS website Scotland's Places contains details of
1841 census: Chirnside, Nursery, Whitehill, Nethermains, Pearbank, Edington Mill, Edington Mains, Blackburn, Causeway Bank, Wheatacres, Oldcastles, Harelaw, Oxward, Easter Harelaw, Easter Crowbutt, Mains, Wester Crowbutt, Ninewells Mains, Rock House, Kirkgate, Ninewells, Broadhaugh.
1851 census: Chirnside, Whitehall, Broadhaugh, Ninewells, Rock-House, Oldcastles, Causewaybank, Wheatacres, Blackburn, Harelaw, Maines, Crowbutt, Oxward, Eding Hill, Edington, Nethermains, Pearbank.
1861 census: Chirnside, Ninewells, Oldcastles, Causeway Bank, Blackburn, Edington Toll, Edington Hill, Edington, Harelaw, Crowbutt, East Harelaw, Mains, Oxward, Nether Mains, Whitehall, Broadhaugh, Ninewells, Rock House.
The population has been recorded as follows: