Hutton and Fishwick
Hutton is a parish on the south-east border of Berwickshire. It is bounded by the Liberties of Berwick, by England, and by the parishes of Ladykirk, Whitsome, Edrom, Chirnside, Foulden, and Mordington. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Hutton, Paxton
Broadmeadows
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Hutton and Fishwick were united in 1614.
Hutton. Hutton Church, dedicated by Bishop David de Bernham, 6 April 1243, was rebuilt in 1785. A new church was erected in 1820. The church bell is dated 1661. The Hospital of St John the Evangelist at Hutton is mentioned in the thirteenth century.
Fishwick. Fishwick was granted to the monks of St Cuthbert, at Durham, by King Edgar, between 1098 and 1007, and is named in the charter of confirmation by David I in 1126. Fishwick Church stood in the old churchyard on the banks of the Tweed. It was replaced about 1825 by a mortuary chapel for the proprietors of Broadmeadows and Fishwick.
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 |
| 1700-1854 | Hutton | 745 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Hutton | 745 | RD |
| 2009 | Scottish Borders, Chirnside | 783 | RD |
| 2026 | Scottish Borders Council; Hutton and Paxton 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
Allan, Anderson, Armstrong, Brown, Cleghorn, Cockburn, Gillie, Scott, Trotter, Watson
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 Adam Landels.
"According to Dr Webster, the number of souls was 751. The present state of population is 417 males, 503 females, in all 920, of whom 234 are from 10 years and under. In the village of Paxton, 271; in the village of Hutton, 210. There are about 12 farmers, besides several carters, who occupy small portions of land, and who are employed in driving lime and coal. There are about 20 handicraftsmen, 8 or 10 apprentices.
There is no other kind of emigration but that which takes place at the Whitsunday, when there is a removal of many hinds, herds, and cottagers, into neighbouring parishes; whose places are, at the same time, filled up by others of the same description, who are actuated by an unaccountable desire to change their habitations, though they seldom ameliorate their situations.
The style of living among the poor people here, is very different from that in England; and the earnings of the women, added to those of the men, make a more considerable sum than that stated in the account of the poor in England; and hence the industrious and economical among them, bring up their families, when in health, very decently, without any assistance from the parish funds. The people are in general very sober, industrious, and economical. There is a most material change to the better, in living and dress, within these 20 years. There is no remembrance of a murder or a suicide having been committed."
(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 4, p. 196
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section III, p. 150
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