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Abbey St Bathans is a very rural and picturesque Parish in north Berwickshire, nestling in the valley of the River Whitadder in the Lammermuir Hills. The County of East Lothian and the Parish of Cockburnspath are to the north, on the east are the Parishes of Coldingham and Bunkle, the Parish of Duns is to the south and the Parish of Longformacus is to the west. Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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Abbey St. Bathan's Parish Church
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| Abbey St Bathans, Cranshaws and Longformacus | A brief description of 3 neighbouring parishes and the records available. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Some Purves families in Duns Berwickshire | A well known Berwickshire name Purves, a family from Duns in 1634 and his heirs. | 2 pages or more | 22 | Mrs Evelyn Carlson |
| Ecclesiastical Education in Berwickshire What the records have to tell | Ecclesiastical education of Berwickshire and where to find useful information | 2 pages or more | 38 | Dr Charles Hoy |
Map of Abbey St Bathans from UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey one-inch to the mile (1:63,360), 'Hills' edition, 1885-1903
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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Map of Abbey St Bathans from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Abbey St Bathans monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): JOHNSTON (8), AITCHISON (7), COCKBURN (5), WELSH (5), DICKSON (5), MACK (4), GILLON (4), THOMSON (4), DAVIDSON (4), TURNBULL (4), DODDS (3), SMITH (3), RANKIN (3), EDGAR (3), YULE (3), DOBIE (2), COWE (2), GILLIES (2), BRUFORD (2), HOGG (2).
A detailed description of Abbey St Bathans Church .
RCHAMS website Scotland's Places contains details of
1841 census: Abbey St. Bathans, Moneynut, Barnside, Stafonate Mill, Bankend, Woodhouse, Godscroft, Quixwood, Muirhouse, The Moon.
1851 census: Abbey St. Bathans, Stafontane Mill, Woodhouse, Bankend, Godscroft, Barnside, Moorhouse, Quixwood, Pateshill.
1861 census: Abbey St. Bathans, Abbey Mill, Barnside, Shannabank, Sled House, Stafontane, Bankend, Wood House, Godscroft, Paits Hill, Moor House, Quixwood, Burnfoot.
The population has been recorded as follows: