Spott is a parish comprising a detached section and a main body in the eastern part of Haddingtonshire. The detached section lies among the Lammermoors, 2½ miles south of the nearest point of the main body. The main body is bounded by Dunbar, Innerwick, Whittingham, and Stenton. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Spott, Wester Broomhouse
Bower
The parish of Stenton had two detached parts, and the parish of Whittingehame one detached part. One of the detached parts of Stenton was situated at Friarsdykes, between the parishes of Spott and Innerwick. The other detached part of Stenton was separated from the rest of the parish by part of the parish of Spott and by the detached part of Whittingehame. The detached part of Stenton at Friarsdyke was transferred to Spott, and the other detached part of Stenton was united to the main portion of Stenton by the transference to that parish of the intervening portion of Spott and of the detached part of Whittingehame. 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:
Previous to the Reformation the church was a prebend of the collegiate church of Dunbar.
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 |
| 1635-1854 | Salton | 719 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Saltoun | 719 | RD |
| 2009 | East Lothian, Haddington | 722 | RD |
| 2026 | East Lothian Council; Humbie, East & West Saltoun, and Bolton 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, Allan, Brown, Burns, Cockburn, Glass, Robertson, Sutherland, Turnbull, 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 Martin.
"The population of the parish in 1791 was 619; there were 174 inhabitants in the village, 444 in the country. Of the total inhabitants 287 were males, 332 females. There were 40 Seceders. In the parish are 7 farmers, 1 innkeeper, 3 smiths, 4 carpenters, and 4 weavers. There are 150 inhabited houses."
(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 5, p. 451
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section II, p. 224
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