Borders Family History Society

BFHS Publications - Monumental Inscriptions

This shows all our Monumental Inscriptions volumes currently for sale.
Society members get a discount of Ł1 per volume.
Examples of Gravestone (Tombstone) Inscriptions.

Scottish Borders Council has a list of burial grounds.

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Each volume contains the inscription on all the (readable) gravestones (tombstones) in the respective burial place at the time of publication, and there is an index to the surnames in the inscriptions at the back.
Most volumes include a Hearth Tax list, War Memorial inscriptions, a list of kirk ministers, and many have a militia list.

See a sample of the content for the Oxnam volume.

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Cover	Burial Place	County	Price (Ł)	Weight (g)	Notes	No of Stones
	Ancrum and Longnewton	Roxburghshire	7.00	150		560
	Ashkirk	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones. List of Ministers, Militia List, School Attendance 1890 - 1894, Lair Maps, Place Name Index, Separate Scott Index. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	310
	Ayton	Berwickshire	7.00	200	Poll Tax 1695. Review	1050
	Bedrule	Roxburghshire	5.00	100		181
	Bowden CD	Roxburghshire	7.50	70	Contains photos of all the gravestones as well as photos of the church and graveyard. Includes Bowden war memorial.	318
	Cavers & Kirkton (including Denholm)	Roxburghshire	8.50	205		820
	Channelkirk and Legerwood	Berwickshire	7.00	150		376
	Crailing & Nisbet CD	Roxburghshire	6.00	70	New revised edition with 61 additional stones, and photographs of 294 stones. No Militia List.	355
	Earlston	Berwickshire	8.50	200	Front cover has a line drawing of Earlston church and graveyard. Back cover has a photograph of the War Memorial with its fine Celtic-style cross.	1047
	Eccles (with Birgham and Leitholm)	Berwickshire	7.00	160	Hearth Tax, List of Ministers, War Memorial Inscriptions, and Militia List is for Eccles only.	740
	Eckford	Roxburghshire	5.00	100	No Militia List.	247
	Edgerston	Roxburghshire	5.00	100		108
	Ednam	Roxburghshire	5.00	100	2nd edition. Revised and reprinted. No Militia List.	245
	Ettrick Kirkyard	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and the war memorial. Has notes on James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, Rev. Thomas Boston, and Tibbie Shiel (also known as Mrs Isabella Richardson), and a Place Name Index. No Hearth Tax list or list of ministers. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	235
	Fogo	Berwickshire	5.00	110		269
	Foulden and Mordington	Berwickshire	7.00	140	War Memorial inscriptions for Foulden only.	540
	Galashiels - Old Ladhope	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and videos of the graveyard. No Hearth Tax list, war memorial, list of ministers, or militia list.	121
	Gordon, Nenthorn, & Westruther	Berwickshire	7.00	200		933
	Hounam and Linton	Roxburghshire	7.50	70	3rd edition on CD. Now has an extra 85 gravestones. Includes photographs of all the gravestones and the kirks. Includes Militia Lists.	409
	Houndwood	Berwickshire	7.50	70	Contains photos of the gravestones. No Hearth Tax or Militia List.	321
	Kelso - Rosebank Cemetery - CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	CD Version. Includes Militia List. No Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of kirk ministers. Covers stones installed between 1870 and 2002.	2454
	Kelso - Rosebank Cemetery - Book	Roxburghshire	21.00	620	Book Version. A4 format, ring bound. Includes Militia List. No Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of kirk ministers. Covers stones installed between 1870 and 2002.	2454
	Kirkhope	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and the war memorial. Also contains Kirkhope School register 1876—1880, Kirkhope teachers list 1873 onwards, and some notes from Kirkhope School Board and log book. No Hearth Tax list or list of ministers. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	225
	Lauder	Berwickshire	8.50	200	Review	956
	Makerstoun	Roxburghshire	5.00	110	A note on Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. No Militia List.	127
	Maxton	Roxburghshire	5.00	120		145
	Melrose - Weirhill and High Cross Cemeteries CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	Has hearth tax and militia list and war memorial inscriptions. No list of ministers.	718
	Melrose Abbey - Book	Roxburghshire	12.75	285	Book Version. Ring bound. A4. Card covers. Includes Militia List and Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of ministers. Includes photographs of gravestones on CD affixed to back cover.	564
	Melrose Abbey - CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	CD Version. Includes Militia List and Hearth Tax list. No War Memorial inscriptions. No list of ministers. Includes photographs of gravestones.	564
	Mertoun	Berwickshire	5.00	100		223
	Morebattle CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	3rd edition revised. Includes stones in new extension and photographs of all stones. Now with photographs of the site of Mow church and Mowhaugh Public School admission log 1873 - 1918	451
	Oxnam CD	Roxburghshire	6.00	70	2nd edition. Now has an extra 156 gravestones. Includes photographs of all the gravestones. No Militia List. See part of the content.	420
	Polwarth	Berwickshire	5.00	100	Poll Tax 1695.	177
	Roxburgh	Roxburghshire	6.00	130		411
	Selkirk Auld Kirkyard CD	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and the war memorial. Has brief maternal family tree of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a list of migrants 1850-1865, and lair plans and owners. No Hearth Tax list, list of ministers, or militia list. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society.	460
	Selkirk Brierylaw Cemetery CD	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	No Hearth Tax list, or list of ministers. Includes 13 stones around St. John’s Episcopal Church. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society.	1054
	Selkirk Shawfield Cemetery CD	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Photos and plans of cemetery sections. No hearth tax list, list of ministers, militia list, war memorial inscriptions or surname index. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society.	1373
	Smailholm CD	Roxburghshire	10.00	70	2nd edition revised. Includes new burial ground and photographs of all stones. Includes 1814 plan of churchyard. Also Smailholm Public School Admission Log 1884-1915	237
	Sprouston & Lempitlaw	Roxburghshire	5.00	140		472
	St. Boswells (Lessudden)	Roxburghshire	7.00	140		676
	Traquair and Kailzie CD	Peeblesshire	10.00	70	Contains photos of all the gravestones as well as photos of the churches and graveyards. Also has Traquair School Records - Admissions from 1872 to 1886.	297
	Yarrow	Selkirkshire	10.00	70	Includes inline colour photos of all the gravestones and the war memorial. Militia List, Also School admissions 1874. No Hearth Tax list. Place Name index. Transcribed by Selkirkshire Antiquarians.	439
	Yetholm	Roxburghshire	5.00	140		581

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Weight (g)	UK - 1st Class - Letter Rate	UK - 2nd Class - Letter Rate	UK - 1st Class - Large Letter Rate	UK - 2nd Class - Large Letter Rate	UK - 1st Class - Packet Rate	UK - 2nd Class - Packet Rate	Europe - Air Mail	Overseas - Air Mail	World - Surface Mail
0-100	0.39	0.30	0.61	0.47	1.28	1.08	1.21	1.68	0.91
101-120	Note 1	Note 2	0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	1.31	1.93	1.22
121-140			0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	1.45	2.19	1.22
141-150			0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	1.57	2.44	1.22
151-160			0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	1.57	2.44	1.53
161-180			0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	1.70	2.70	1.53
181-200			0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	1.82	2.94	1.53
201-250			0.90	0.76	1.62	1.41	Note 7	Note 8	Note 9
251-500			1.24	1.04	2.14	1.85
501-750			1.77	1.51	2.65	2.24
751-1000			Note 3	Note 4	3.25	2.70
1001-1250					4.45	Note 6
Over 1250					Note 5

Postal Charges Notes

1.	Items heavier than 100g cannot be sent 1st Class - Letter Rate.
2.	Items heavier than 100g cannot be sent 2nd Class - Letter Rate.
3.	Items heavier than 750g cannot be sent 1st Class - Large Letter Rate.
4.	Items heavier than 750g cannot be sent 2nd Class - Large Letter Rate.
5.	Add £0.70 for each 250g or part thereof.
6.	Items heavier than 1000g cannot be sent 2nd Class - Packet Rate.
7.	Air mail in excess of 200g to be charged at £0.13 for each additional 20g.
8.	Overseas air mail charged at small packet rate. Air mail in excess of 200g to be charged at £0.24 for each additional 20g.
9.	Surface mail over 200g to be charged at £0.31 for each extra 50g.

Forms of Payment
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Examples of Gravestone (Tombstone) Inscriptions
There's a lot of variability in the length of gravestone or tombstone inscriptions, and the information they contain. The examples here are both from the Ayton volume, a small one, and a large one. The small inscription is more typical of the general size, but there are many larger inscriptions, as well as a few stones that have no or illegible inscriptions.

Stone 536
Sacred to the memory of ISABELLA BEGBIE the most excellent wife of
ALEXANDER WRIGHT late farmer of Prenderguest died 19.1.1840. Also
ALEXANDER WRIGHT age 81 years died at Corsbie 7.12.1850.

Stone 537
Sacred to the memory of STUART EDINGTON grocer died 30.3.1865 aged
72 years. Also SARAH SMITH his wife died 7.2.1870 aged 87. Also MARY
ANN their daughter died 25.9.1836 age 16. Also WILLIAM STEPHEN their
eldest son engineer was lost a sea 21.11.1866 aged 37 years. JANET
daughter of the said WILLIAM who died 20.2.1880 aged 22. Also LUCY
their daughter died 2.10.1885 aged 67. AGNES GRAY wife of STUART
EDINGTON Jr died 11.11.1878 aged 39 years. Died 4.1.1888 AGNES
EDINGTON age 63 years. Also the above STUART EDINGTON Jr died
25.2.1899 in his 67th year. And JANE EDINGTON widow of
CHRISTOPHER NEESHAM died 20.5.1899 in her 84th year.
Reverse: Sacred to the memory of STUART EDINGTON for 17 years elder
of the parish church who died 30.3.1865 aged 72 years. Also SARAH
SMITH his wife who died 7.2.1870 aged 87 years. Also their daughter MAY
ANN EDINGTON died 25.9.1831 aged 18 years and is interred in Chirnside
Church Yard. Also their eldest son WILLIAM STEPHEN EDINGTON aged
37 years who was lost at sea 21.11.1838 on their voyage to Bombay in the
Neabudy which he was chief engineer. Also of the above WILLIAM died
20.2.1880 aged 29 years.
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