Eyemouth is a small parish on the coast of Berwickshire. It is bounded on the north by the German Ocean (North Sea), on the east and south by Ayton, and on the west by Coldingham. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Eyemouth
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Disjoined from Coldingham and erected by James VI, 27 January 1618. A new church was built in 1812, and repaired in 1902.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1710-1854 | Eyemouth | 739 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Eyemouth | 739 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | Eyemouth | 782 | RD |
| 2007-2009 | Scottish Borders, Eyemouth | 782 | RD |
| 2026 | Scottish Borders Council; Eyemouth Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Aitchison, Collin, Craig, Dougal, Johnston, Lough, Patterson, Purves, Scott, Young
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
By the Reverend Mr George Todd.
"At present there are about 1000 souls in the parish. There are no Papists nor Episcopals in the parish, and only ten or twelve Seceders. For twenty years and upwards, we have had at least two wholesale merchants, who import wood, iron, flax, tar, and other foreign goods. There is one good inn, and too many alehouses."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 3, p. 112
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section III, p. 318
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