Castleton is the largest and most remote parish in Roxburghshire. It is situated in the south of the county on the border with England on the east and Dumfriesshire on the west. The Parishes of Teviothead, Kirkton, Hobkirk and Southdean & Abbotrule lie to the north. The parish lies in Liddesdale a notorious haunt of the Border Reivers and is home to both Hermitage Castle and Liddle Castle.
The principle centre of population is Newcastleton which was built in the late 18th century to house people displaced by clearances from the original village of Castleton. It is also known as Copshaw Holm which gives it's name to the local Common Riding which has a flavour all of it's own.
Another village in the parish was Riccarton Junction which for most of its existence was only accessible by rail. It existed to house railway workers who staffed a junction where a branch line to Kielder and Hexham in Northumberland left the Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Carlisle.
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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
Liddesdale Monumental Inscriptions by Scottish Genealogy Society 1992.
No Road this way after Dark by George Harkness - Walter Thomson Selkirk.
Liddesdale - All those fine fellows by Derek Robertson - 1999.
Newcastleton bi-centenary 1793 to 1993 by Newcastleton Bicentenary Committee.
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 Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
CD-ROM Land Ownership Commission Report 1872 -1873.
Magazine Articles
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Title
Synopsis
Size Description
Issue No
Author
The Early Kyles of Castleton, Scotland
The researching of the Kyles and their history right through from the 1745 rebellion to living in Kelso in the 21st Century.
2 pages or more
39
John Murray and Gavid Irvine
Map of Castleton 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
Memorials of Castleton Parish by George Gilchrist, Arthur McCracken and Arthur Tolson - Annan 1971.
