Aldhamstocks
Oldhamstocks is a parish partly in the north of Berwickshire, but chiefly in the extreme east of Haddingtonshire. It consists of a detached section and a main body. The detached section lies all in Berwickshire, 1¾ miles south-east of the nearest part of the main body, surrounded by Cockburnspath, Coldingham, and Abbey St Bathans. The main body is bounded on the north-east by the German Ocean (North Sea), and on other sides by Cockburnspath, Abbey St Bathans, and Innerwick. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bilsdean, Oldhamstocks
The parish of Oldhamstocks was situated partly in the county of Berwick and partly in the county of Hadddington. The Berwickshire portion was in two parts, one being a detached part of Oldhamstocks parish, and the other being part of the main portion of the parish. The detached part of the parish was transferred to the parish of Coldingham, being retained in the county of Berwick. The parish of Oldhamstocks, as thus altered in area, was then placed wholly in the county of Haddington. See affected properties and landholders. (1892: Boundary of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government Act, 1889, by Hay Shennan)
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church was consecrated by Bishop David de Bernham, 19 October 1242.
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 |
| 1664-1854 | Oldhamstocks | 714 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Oldhamstocks | 714 | RD |
| 2009 | East Lothian, Dunbar | 724 | RD |
| 2026 | East Lothian Council; East Lammermuir 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, Duncan, Gillies, Laidlaw, Mack, Malcolm, Skeldon, Thomson, Wallace, 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 John Cochran.
"Numbers and employments of the inhabitants from a survey in June 1791, 498 total souls, comprised of the following, with their families: 13 farmers, 42 hinds, 57 household servants, 10 fishers, 3 wrights, 3 smiths, 7 weavers, 5 millers, 2 shoemakers, 1 tailor, 1 saddler, 1 tide-waiter, 1 toll-keeper, 8 day-labourers, 1 schoolmaster, and 12 householders, being single women or widows. Of the above there are 239 males, 260 females, and 112 families. Of this number 13 families are Dissenters."
(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 7, p. 402
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section II, p. 355
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