Ednam is a parish on the northern verge of Roxburghshire. It is bounded by Berwickshire, and by the parishes of Sprouston, Kelso, and Stitchell. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Ednam, Ferneyhill, Harpertoun
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
King Elgar, who reigned from 1097 to 1107, granted the lands now forming this parish to Thor, an Englishman. Thor built a church dedicated to St Cuthbert, and, with the King's consent, endowed it with a ploughgate of land. This is the earliest recorded case of the erection of a parish in Scotland. There was here a hospital of St Leonard, known as Ednam Spital.
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 |
| 1666-1854 | Ednam | 788 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Ednam | 788 | RD |
| 2009 | Scottish Borders, Kelso | 821 | RD |
| 2026 | Scottish Borders Council; Ednam, Stichill and Berrymoss 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, Broomfield, Cranston, Fleming, Henderson, Kinghorn, Pringle, Robertson, Thompson, Wilson
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 David Dickson, Minister.
"The present number of souls is about 600. There are some Quakers and Episcopals, but no Roman Catholics. All the principal farmers attend the Established Church.
There is a woollen manufacture for cloth, particularly English blankets, a waulk mill, an extensive brewery, a corn mill, and a good bleach-field in the parish."
(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 11, p. 303
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 3, Section I, p. 419
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