Cockpen is a parish in Edinburghshire. It is bounded by the parishes of Lasswade, Newbattle, and Carrington. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bonnyrigg, Dalhousie, Gowk's Hill, Hillhead, Hunterfield, Polton Street, Poltonhall, Prestonholm, Skiltiemuir, Stobhill, Westhall, Westmill
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Previous to the Reformation the church belonged to the Abbey of Newbattle.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Stobhill. Disjoined from Borthwick, Cockpen, Newbattle, and Temple, and erected into a parish quoad sacra, 16 March 1859.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Cockpen (QO)
Stobhill (QS)
(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 |
| 1553-1854 | Bonnyrigg | 676 | OPR |
| 1690-1854 | Cockpen | 676 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Cockpen | 676 | RD |
| 1969-1971 | Bonnyrigg and Lasswade | 676 | RD |
| 1972-1984 | Bonnyrigg and Lasswade | 764 | RD |
| 2009 | Midlothian | 762 | RD |
| 2026 | (Cockpen) Midlothian Council; Newtongrange Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Bonnyrigg) Midlothian Council; Bonnyrigg and District Community Council Poltonhall and District 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
Anderson, Brown, Clark, Robertson, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Watson, Wilson, 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 Ebenezer Marshall.
"By an enumeration made by the present minister, in 1790, it was found, that there were 288 families in the parish, and 1123 individual; 195 of whom were dissenters from the Established Church."
(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 2, p. 317
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 1, p. 606
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
