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Ancrum
Ancrum is situated in north Roxburghshire, being bounded on the north by the Parish of St. Boswells, on the north-east by the Parish of Maxton on the east by the Parishes of Roxburgh and Crailing, on the south by the Parishes of Jedburgh, Bedrule and Cavers, on the south-west by the Parish of Minto, and on the west by the Parishes of Lilliesleaf and Bowden. Ancrum, along with Crailing, Eckford and Lilliesleaf, is now part of the Ale & Teviot United parish.
Ancrum Mortcloth Records 1733 to 1850 by Nigel Hardie.
Memorial Inscriptions Ancrum and Longnewton vol 18 Roxburghshire transcribed by Elspeth Ewan 2000 - includes:
Heath Tax
Militia List
List of Ministers
War Memorial transcription).
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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
1823 Pigot's Directory.
The Churches and Graveyards of Roxburghshire by Dr. G. A. C. Binnie 2001.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
CD-ROM Land Ownership Commission Report 1872 -1873.
Magazine Articles;
Please note that the heading Author includes persons who have compiled or transcribed records; and that the topics indexed, and the synopses are subjective opinions. See the Sales List to buy copies of the magazines containing articles in which you're interested.
Title
Synopsis
Size Description
Issue No
Author
The Rutherford Letters
These letters come from a collection written by Rutherfords, in Ancrum to their folks in Canada. 4 are from 1852, and one from1928. Many names of Ancrum and nearby people mentioned.
3 pages or more
44
Ann F Rutherford, Robert Turnbull, George Hay
Placenames in the Ancrum area
Review of book 'Placenames in the Ancrum area' by David Cain.
less than 1 page
89
John Ainslie Map Maker
John Ainslie who was described at a conference in Edinburgh in 1971 as Scotland's greatest cartographer.
2 pages or more
4
C.M. Ainslie
Travelling Scottish Sons from Ancrum, Crailing, Stichill and Earlston
Information extracted from the privately printed book about 3 large Border families, all of who had 1 girl who married a minister in each generations, where letters were written and kept by the brothers. The Cranstoun brothers to the Ancrum manse, the Scott brothers to the Stichill manse, and the Gordon brothers to Gordon and Earlston; the groups of brothers also kept in touch with each other. All these documents have been indexed and reflect every day life in the 1700s and early 1800s, including writing and social skills, education, professions and ministers tenures.
1 page or more
107
Colin -Miles Edgar
Anne Edgar
They Went To Australia
Fascinating account of the Turnbulls journey from Ancrum to Australia via Cape Town, and life afterwards.
2 pages or more
43
Janet Godden
Ainslies of Dolphinston to Manitoulin Island
Excellent article on the author's Ainslie forebears from Ancrum and Lilliesleaf to their arrival and life in Canada.
4 pages or more
20
Robert L P Morden
Inheritances and Family History
A short article on the inheritance of a pair of silver sugar tongs which had originally belonged to Walter Laing Wilson and his wife Janet Nichol of Ancrum.
less than 1 page
78
Anne Golden
Map of Ancrum 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. 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.
Map of Ancrum from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947 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.
20 Most Common Surnames
The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Ancrum and Longnewton monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): SCOTT (65), TURNBULL (32), DAVIDSON (24), RUTHERFORD (20), THOMSON (19), BROWN (16), HYMERS (16), DOUGLAS (15), RICHARDSON (14), WILSON (14), OGILVIE (14), SMITH (13), BLACK (12), HALL (12), BELL (12), MURRAY (11), GRAY (11), ELLIOT (10), ROBSON (9), KENNEDY (9).
