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The Parish of Hounam is situated on the English Border in the south east of Roxburghshire between the Parishes of Oxnam to the west, Eckford to the north and Morebattle to the east. Across the border to the south is the County of Northumberland. Hownam along with Morebattle, Linton & Yetholm comprise the combined Cheviot Churches Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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Hounam Parish Church.
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| Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
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| Know your Parish--Morebattle | A history of Morebattle Parish and the surrounding area. | 1 page or more | 18 | Elspeth Ewan |
| Know your Parish--Hounam | The history of Hounam. | 1 page or more | 16 | |
| Snowstorm in the Cheviots | A young shepherd gets lost in the snow and is frozen to death. There's also a specification for shepherds boots. | 2 pages or more | 69 | Jean Fleming |
Map of Hounam 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 Hounam 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 Hounam and Linton monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): DOUGLAS (24), RUTHERFORD (22), HALL (22), TURNBULL (19), OLIVER (16), SCOTT (14), SMITH (11), BELL (10), DAVIDSON (10), WAKER (9), ROBSON (9), TELFER (9), ELLIOT (7), PURVES (6), TROTTER (6), HENDERSON (6), MURRAY (6), PRINGLE (5), ANDERSON (5), LEISHMAN (5).
Morebattle Website includes A history of Hownam Parish.
19th Century Description of the Parish.
Stobie's Map of Roxburghshire of 1770.
The RCAHMS website Scotland's Places contains details of;
1841 census: Greenhill, Heatherhope, Mainside, Capehope, Thimblehall, Hounam Village, East Grange, West Grange, Boughtrig, Peelenick, Woodenstreet, Towford, Swinelaws, Nether Chatto, Over Chatto, Philogarhillhead, Beirhope, Whitton Townhead, Over Whitton, Heatherlands, Sharpelaw.
1851 census: Hownam, Philogarhillhead, Philogar, Over Chatto, Nether Chatto, Swinelaws, Streethouse, Boughtrigg, Preelanick, Greenhill, Mainside, Heatherhope, Sharplaw, Over Whitton, Burnhope Moor-house, Heatherlands, Chester House, Howgate, Hounam Mains, South Cote, East Grange, West Grange, Henderson's House.
1861 census: Hownam, Henderson's Knowe, Shepherd's Arms, Sharplaw Bridgend, Over Whitton, Beirhope, Muirhouse, Neatherlands, Chesterhouse, West Grange, East Grange, Howgate, South Cote, Nether Chatto, Philogar, Upper Chatto, Swinelaws, Towford, Streethouse, Boughtrig, Peelanick.
The population has been recorded as follows: