Coldstream is situated in south central Berwickshire on the English border being bounded on the north by the Parish of Swinton and Simprim, on the east by the Parish of Swinton and Simprim and the County of
Northumberland, on the south by the County of Northumberland and on the west by the Parish of Eccles.
Old Parish Birth Records exist from 1690 to 1854.
Marriage Records from 1693 to 1713 and from 1766 to 1854.
Death records exist from 1698 to 1713 and from1785 to 1854.
1841 census Coldstream.
1851 census Coldstream.
1861 census Coldstream.
Deaths 1783 to 1805 by Nigel Hardie.
Deaths 1805 to 1819 by Nigel Hardie.
Deaths 1820 to 1834 by Nigel Hardie.
Deaths 1835 to 1845 by Nigel Hardie.
Deaths 1846 to 1856 by Nigel Hardie.
Except as undernoted the Memorial Inscriptions have not been transcribed.
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Coldstream Parish Church
Volumes available for consultation within our Archive;
fiche - Coldstream Bridge irregular marriages 1793 to 1797.
Historic Memorials of Coldstream Abbey by W. B. Turnbull 1850.
Fifty years at the Hirsel Golf Club - Brian Young - 2000.
Pre 1855 Memorial inscriptions of Berwickshire by David Cargill.
The Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire by G.A.C. Binnie.
C.D. The Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire by James Robson 1896.
Index to Particular Register of Sasines for Berwickshire.
Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
C.D. Slater's Directory of Berwickshire 1903.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
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
Female Suffrage by "Titwillow"
This article was first published in a family magazine produced and edited by his grandfather Robert Hogg who farmed at Fireburnmill Coldstream.
4 pages or more
38
John C. Gill
From Simprim Kirk session records 1705--A case of Drunkenness
Drink was the downfall of two friends after a session in Coldstream in 1705.
1 page or more
7
Colin Wood
Old soldiers of the eighteenth century
This is a list and some extracts from War Office records at the Public Record Office at Kew. If you are studying shoemakers - read this.
1 page or more
11
E. A. Gray
The men who marched away
If you have heard Gavin speak you will know how he has devoted his all spare time to this subject this is the K.O.S.B. part in Gallipoli, another Flodden. Men missing Gala 54, Hawick 52, Jedburgh 18, and so on.
3 pages or more
9
Gavin Richardson
Poor Relief in the 1840s
Talk given at the Society’s Open Meeting on 16th September 2001, about how poor relief cases were determined, and how much they received in 1843 in Coldstream.
4 pages or more
47
Peter Munro
Border Marriges
Boon for "Priests" and Bane for Searchers
The rise and fall of the "Irregular Marriages" From Gretna to Lamberton.
4 pages or more
30
Northumberland and Durham History Soc.
Berwick-upon-Tweed Twixt Thistle and Rose-A Family Historian's Nightmare
Locations and types of marriages in and on the Border. Types of sources, also Parish Registers for 18th and 19th century.
2 pages or more
33
Linda Bankier
Jerdan Family History
The family history of the Jerdans, who they married, and where they lived in the Borders.
2 pages or more
34
Fred Kennington
Poor Relief in the 1840s
A review of the operation of the poor releif in the early 19th century. It includes the size of the allwances paid and an estimate of the cost of living at the time.
4 pages or more
71
Peter Munro
Notes on the Halliburton Family
The Halliburton family who were well known landowners in the Borders from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Halliburtons intermarried with other well known Border families.
2 pages or more
6
C.D. Wickenden
The Gladstones-A study
This is a brief outline of the Gladstone family here in the Borders and as far away as Edinburgh, and Norwich.
3 pages or more
35
G.M.S. Lauder-frost
Kelso's Ragged school
Case histories and fate of children in the 1800s who went to a Ragged School.
These three names from the excellent book that Audrey has written will make you want to purchase this book.
2 pages or more
9
Audrey Mitchell
The Flowers of the Forest
Borders who fell at Flodden
A list of nobility who fell in the battle The rank and file fell with no records.
2 pages or more
26
Andrew Cockburn
Border Marriage Records
The history of Irregular Marriages up and down the country.
2 pages or more
34
Donald Whyte
The Purves, Clays, and the Crimean War
This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society titled 'James Charles Purves: a Coldstream Lad at the Charge' on 20th March 2005 about one of the participants in the charge of the Light Brigade, the battle, and some of James' family.
12 pages or more
58
Will Murray and Trevor Swan
A Case for the Commissary
The amount of information found on any particular family is a matter of luck but time spent will be rewarding.
4 pages or more
33
Rosemary Bigwood
Other Sources;
Scottish Borders Archives, The Hub Hawick hold the following records;
School Board Minute Book 1873 to 1919 ref; B/ED/1/28-31.
Hirsel Law School Logs Books 1914 to 1937 ref; B/ED/2/24.
Berwickshire Naturalists' Club has published the following articles;
Vol. 3 Coldstream Bridge.
Vol. 5 Duke Street - the name.
Vols. 8, 28 and 33 Coldstream visited.
Vol. 25 Coldstream its typography.
Vol. 29 Coldstream Priory - troubled ownership of Whitchester.
Farm Horse tax 1797-1798.
Medical Officer's of Health Reports 1891.
Land Ownership Commission Report 1872 -1873. (available on C.D. in Society Archives).
Place and Farm names in Census Records;
1841 census: Coldstream, Quarry Houses, Hope Park, Dunse Loan, Dovecot, Rosy Bank, Rosybank, Braeheads, Lees, Hillhead, Fireburn Mill, Hatchetnize, Todrig, Hirsel, Crooks, Spylaw, Kincharn, Muirhuses, Castlelaw, Darnchester, Wylliecleugh, Hawkslaw, Dovecotmains,
Sootyfield, Lennel, New Coldstream, Oxenridge, Kittle Naked, Skaithmuir, Todhillridge,
Milne Graden, Sunny Side, Tweed Mill, Lennel Hill 1851 census: Coldstream, Hatfield, Hope Park, Quarry Houses, Gallows Know, Rosey Bank, Tweed Bank, Gilkie's Edge, Dove Cot, Lees,Coldstream Mains, Moorhouses, Hirsel, Skaithmoor,Toodle Rig, Milne Graden, Sunny Side, Tweed Mill, Lennel Hill, Oxen Ridge, Lennel, New Town, Marlefield, Hawkslaw, George field,
Darnchester, Castlelaw, Todrig,, Hatchednize, Crooks, Fireburn, Molesmill, Spylaw, Hill House, Lees Bank, Westmains, Wylliecleugh. 1861 census: Coldstream, Hatfield, Hope Park, Gallowsknowe, Lees, Milne Graden, Sunnyside, Tweed Mill, Lennel, Coldstream Mains, Oxenrig, Lennel Hill, Skaithmuir, Todhillrig, Fireburn, Hill House, Hirsel, Hatchednize, Todrigg, Darnchester, Wylliecleugh, Hawkslaw,
Martle Field, Dovecotemains, Georgefield, Darnchester, Castlelaw, Crooks Lodge, Quarry Lodge, Spylaw, Kinchim, Crooks, Hirsellaw.
Population;
The population has been recorded as follows: 1755 - 1493 1801 - 2269, 1811 - 2384,
1821 - 2801, 1831 - 2897, 1841 - 2858, 1851 - 3245, 1861 - 2823.
