Caddonfoot

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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.

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The parish church and cemetery sit above the A707 in the Tweed valley. The cemetery is managed by Scottish Borders Council.

Old Caddonfoot Monumental Inscriptions have been recorded by Nigel Hardie, Selkirk Genealogy Transcriptions and are available from Borders FHS.

Magazine Articles

TitleAuthorIssue NumberArticle SizeSynopsis
From Cowal to the Borders. Internal migration of the Whyte FamilyDonald Whyte72 pages or moreThe Agricultural migration of workers and the history of the Whyte Family.
Laidlawstiel, ClovenfordsMargaret Lawson372 pages or moreThis is history bought to life with Walter Scott, William Wordsworth and Prime Minister Gladstone. For anyone interested in Clovenfords you must read this.

Maps

Ordnance Survey — One-Inch "Hills" (1885–1903)

Ordnance Survey — 1920s–1940s

Historical maps © National Library of Scotland, CC BY 3.0, served via MapTiler.

Other Useful Sources

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

Scottish Borders Archives, The Heritage Hub, Hawick

School Records

• 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).

Selected volumes available for consultation within our Library

  • 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.

Useful websites

Caddonfoot Parish Church website

Clovenfords Village website