The Parish of Heriot lies in the old county of Edinburghshire. Bounded by Stow to the east and south, Innerleithen to the south and west, Temple to the west, Borthwick to the west and north and Crichton and Fala and Soutra to the north.

The lands southwards from the Gala Water watershed at Fala were in the county of Edinburghshire until the 1970’s when the lands became part of Selkirkshire when the parish was linked to Gala Water and became a united parish with Stow.

Old Parish Records cover the periods:

• Births: - 1685 – 1854
• Marriages: - 1692 – 1818
• Deaths: - 1691 – 1819, 1845 - 1854

Monumental Inscriptions for the churchyard surrounding the church have been transcribed and photographed by BordersFHS volunteers and are available for consultation.

The churchyard is managed by Scottish Borders Council.

Other Useful Sources

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

Scottish Borders Archives, The Heritage Hub, Hawick 

Heriot Kirk (ref CH2/187)

• Minutes and list of Communicants 1819 – 1891
• Collection 1731 – 1846
• Communion Roll 1851 – 1878, 1911 – 1949

Selected volumes available for consultation within our Library

• 1841, 1851, 1861 Census Heriot by G & E Maxwell
• Parish of Heriot Mortcloth records 1685 – 1819 by Nigel Hardie
• Parish of Heriot Deaths 1845 – 1854 by Nigel Hardie
• Parish of Heriot (1691-1819, 1845-1854) & Stow (1722-1854) Burials by Nigel Hardie
• Gala Water and the First World War by Fraser Simm
• Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
• County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
• Berwickshire, Banffshire, Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire Trades Directory 1837.

Useful websites

Heriot Community website

Stow and Heriot Parish church website