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Edgerston

Edgerston is a quoad sacra Parish which lies on the English Border between the Parishes of Southdean & Abbotrule on the west, Jedburgh to the north and Oxnam to the east. The parish was formed in 1855 from part of the Parish of of Jedburgh with which it has once more been combined. The road north from Newcastle crosses into Scotland at Carter Bar which is in the Parish. For Old Parish Birth, Marriage and Death records see Jedburgh

Edgerston Parish Church

Sales List

• 1861 census Edgerston..
• Roxburghshire Monumental Inscriptions no 15 1999 Edgerston by Elspeth Ewan - inclues:
  • Hearth Tax
  • Militia List
  • List of Ministers
  • War Memorial Transcriptions

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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive

• The Churches and Graveyards of Roxburghshire by Dr. G.A.C. Binnie 2001.
• Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
• County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
• CD-ROM Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
• CD-ROM Land Ownership Commission Report 1872 -1873.

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Map of Edgerston 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 Edgerston 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.

20 Most Common Surnames

The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Edgerston monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): OLIVER (16), SCOTT (15), RUTHERFORD (12), ELLIOT (8), RENWICK (7), HALL (7), DICKSON (4), TAYLOR (4), BELL (4), TELFER (3), JACKSON (3), UMPHERSTON (3), MCGLASSON (3), KERR (3), MCINTOSH (3), HEDLEY (3), AMOS (2), DALGLEISH (2), PURVES (2), SHARP (2).

Other Sources

• The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire and adjacent Districts by Alexander Jeffrey 1864.
• Two Centuries of Borders Church Life by J Tait Kelso 1891.

Scottish Borders Archives, The Hub Hawick

School Records

• School Admission Registers 1903 to 1940 (Ref - R/ED/3/11).
• School Board Minute Book 1873 to 1919 (Ref - R/ED/1/21).
• School Log Book 1913 to 1940 (Ref - R/ED/2/20).

Berwickshire Naturalists' Society

• 1882 - Edgerston visited

Websites;

Edgerston Estate contains some history and contemporary information on the Parish.
Carter Bar contains photographs of the Border at Carter Bar, Edgerston Parish.
Clan Rutherford includes some information about Edgerston/
Stobie's Map of Roxburghshire of 1770 .

Place and Farm names in Census Records

1861 census: Old Jedburgh, Camptown, Rink, Shaw, Broombaulks, Arks, Huntford, Lamblairknowes, Brundenlaws, Mervenslaw, Cleethaugh, Dovesford, Roughlehaugh, Lethem, Wooplaw, Narrow, Bush, Stotfield.

Population

The population has been recorded as follows:

• 1861 - 359

Roxburghshire map