Lilliesleaf is a parish in the north-west of Roxburghshire. It is bounded by the parishes of Selkirk, Bowden, Ancrum, Minto, and Ashkirk. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Lilliesleaf
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Lilliesleaf is mentioned in 1116. Up to the Reformation the church belonged to the See of Glasgow. There was a chapel at Riddell.
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 |
| 1737-1854 | Lilliesleaf | 795 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Lilliesleaf | 795 | RD |
| 2009 | Scottish Borders, Hawick | 823 | RD |
| 2026 | Scottish Borders Council; Lilliesleaf, Ashkirk and Midlem 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
Brown, Brunton, Eliot, Gray, Irvine, Redford, Riddell, Rutherford, Scott, Steele
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 William Campbell, Minister.
"At Whitsunday 1793, in the parish, there were 342 males and 288 females; total number of souls 630, of whom 148 were under 10 years of age. There are 87 families in the village, and 59 families in the country. There are 35 Seceders of various denominations.
There are 14 weavers, 13 wrights, 9 masons, 3 smiths, 2 coopers, 7 tailors, 2 bakers, 3 shopkeepers, and 4 licensed alehouses. At present the spinners are employed by the manufacturers in Hawick. The quantity of cloth woven for sale is not great.
The people in general, a very few excepted, are sober and attentive to business, there being plenty of work for such as choose not to be idle, or half employed. They are generally strangers to the neglect of family worship; and wish to give their children a decent education."
(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 17, p. 173
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 3, Section I, p. 24
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