Newlands parish is in the north of Peeblesshire on the border with Midlothian. It is bounded on the east by Eddleston. Kirkurd, Stobo and Lyne are to to the south and West Linton to the west. The church is on the banks of Lyne Water with few houses in the immeidiate vicinity. The present building was erected in 1838. The ruins of the original Saxon & Gothic church are close by. The parish war memorial is on the wall of the church. Drochil Castle, which dates from the late 16th century stands above the junction of Lyne Water and Tarth Water. The parishes of Newlands and Kirkurd have been combined and this new parish is linked with West Linton
Old Parish Records cover the periods:
Births: 1661-1854 (Mothers' names are not recorded until about 1809)
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Pre 1855 Monumental Inscriptions of Peeblesshire by S.A. Scott published by Scottish Genealogical Society 1971.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
C.D. Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Peebles 1652 to 1716.
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Two stories of 19th century emigration to Australia and New Zealand
Two stories from the 19th century of emigration to the New World. Andrew Rutherford and his family.
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Elsie Ahrens
Map of Newlands from Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1921-1923 or One-inch to the mile, Popular edition, Scotland, 1920-1930 by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland. Use the control at the top left of the map to zoom in or out and drag the map left, right, up, or down as you wish.
Other Sources
The Buildings of Scotland - Borders, Cruft, Dunbar & Fawcett, Yale University Press, London 2006
A History of Peeblesshire (3 Vol) - Buchan & Paton, , Jackson, Wylie and Co, Glasgow 1925-7
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-99 vol.1 p.148:
Newlands, County of Peebles
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1834-45 vol.3 p.135:
Newlands, County of Peebles
A Brief Chronicle of Old and New Churches of Newlands and its Ministers, by Bertie Patterson.
Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church, by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D.
Newlands Public School Log Book, 1874-1921; ref: P/ED/2/27
The National Archives of Scotland
Newlands kirk session records (Ref - CH2/543)
Minutes 1650-1694
Accounts 1709-1759, 1850-1893
Heritors' Minutes 1790-1832, 1836-1927
Papers Concerning Kirk Session and Heritors 1754-184
Newlands United Presbyterian Church records (Ref - CH3/373)
When an unpopular minister was settled in 1791, some parish members left the Established Church and obtained supply of sermon from the Relief Presbytery of Edinburgh and built a church in 1793.
