Features: Scottish Parishes » Historic Shires » Peeblesshire » Newlands

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Location
• Parish Timeline
• Records
• Residents
• Notes

LOCATION

Location Description:

Newlands is a parish in the north of Peebles-shire. It is bounded on the north by Edinburghshire, and on other sides by the parishes of Eddlestone, Lyne, Stobo, Kirkurd, and Linton. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).

Shire, District, and Region Timeline:

• Shire: Peeblesshire (Before 1707)
• County: Peebles (After 1707)
• District: Peebles (Before 1930)
• Landward District: Linton (1930-1975)
• Region: Borders (1975-1996)
• District: Tweeddale (1975-1996)

Cities, Towns, Villages, and Hamlets:

Newlands, Noblehouse, Romanno Bridge

Estates:

Boreland or Bordlands, Callends, Halymyre House, Lamancha, Macbie Hill, Romanno

PARISH TIMELINE

PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:

• Diocese: Glasgow
• Deanery: Peebles

POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:

• Synod: Lothian and Tweeddale
• Presbytery: Peebles

PAROCHIAL OVERVIEW:

Previous to the Reformation a prebend of the collegiate church of Dalkeith.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND CLERGY:

Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.

(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)

RECORDS

Parochial Registers:

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.

• (1) B. 1681-1819; M. 1677-1790
• (2) B. 1820-54; M. 1838-54

(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)

Population:

Statistics from informal and official censuses

• 1755: 1,009
• 1790: 891
• 1801: 850
• 1811: 1,163
• 1821: 1,041
• 1831: 1,078
• 1841: 1,063
• 1861: 987
• 1881: 821
• 1901: 564
• 1911: 590

RESIDENTS

Common Surnames:

Brown, Fleming, Gibson, Hamilton, Harper, Johnston, Lawson, Tait, Watson, Wilson

Land-owners, teachers, and other professionals:

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.

• William AITCHISON, Esq., of Boreland
• James AITKEN, Esq., of Callends
• Sir Thomas CARMICHAEL, of Scotston
• Francis Wemyss-Charteris DOUGLAS, Earl of Wemyss, of Whiteside, Fingland, Fleminton-mill, and Drochil
• William GORDON, Esq., of Hallmyre
• Sir John HAY, of Stevenson
• Adam KENNEDY, Esq., of Romanno
• James M'INTOSH, Esq., of Lamancha
• William F. MACKENZIE, Esq., of of Easter and Wester Deans-houses
• Sir James MONTGOMERY, of Whim
• Henry VEITCH, Esq., of Bogend

Other residents:

By the Reverend Mr Charles Findlater.
"From a visitation of the parish, begun 13th July, and finished 2d September, 1790, it appears that the number of inhabited houses possessed by separate families is 182. The number of males are 448, females 443, total 891. There are 220 under age 10. The inhabitants are composed of farmers, quarriers, other labourers, and a few of the most indispensable mechanics."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)

NOTES:

Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 1, p. 148
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 3, Section II, p. 135

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