Ednam

Ednam is a rural Parish situated in north east Roxburghshire which is traversed by the River Eden and is bounded on the north by the Parishes of Stichill and Eccles, Berwickshire, on the east by the Parish of Sprouston on the south by the Parish of Kelso and on west by the Parish of Nenthorn. Enam is now part pf a combined parish with with Kelso North

Old Parish Records cover the periods:

Births: 1666 to 1854.
Marriages: 1666 to 1768, 1793 to 1842.
Deaths: 1694 to 1778, 1840.

Ednam Parish Church.

Sales List

1841 census Ednam.
1851 census Ednam.
1861 census Ednam.
Ednam Memorial Inscriptions Vol VI Roxburghshire (revised) edited by Mrs. Elspeth Ewan - includes:
- Hearth Tax List
- List of Ministers
- War Memorial transcription

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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive

The Churches and Graveyards of Roxburghshire by Dr. G. A. C. Binnie 2001.
One of Zion's Gates by The Rev. D. R. Gaddes 1996.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
The Ednam Society and the Monument to James Thomson by Paul Payne - Vol. 48 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club.
CD-ROM Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
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.
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Title	Synopsis	Size Description	Issue No	Author
Ednam and Captain Cook	A Cleveland lady spent time and effort tracing Captain Cook. Herein lies the Ednam Connection	less than 1 page	25	John Newlands
James Thomson, Capt. James Cook R.N., Ednam and Cleveland	The connection of Rev. James Thomson and Capt. Cook with the village of Ednam.	1 page or more	27	P. D. Thomson
Know Your Parish - Ednam	History of the parish of Ednam and some inhabitants.	1 page or more	24	Audrey Mitchell
Captain Cook's Border Background	The history of Captain James Cook and the Ednam connection.	1 page or more	6	Dr Jim Trainer

Map of Ednam 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.

20 Most Common Surnames

The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Ednam monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): ROBERTSON (13), SCOTT (12), WILSON (11), ANDERSON (9), SHIEL (7), PATERSON (7), DOUGLAS (7), THOMSON (6), PURVES (6), YOUNG (6), BROWN (6), GRAHAM (5), BURN (5), CAMPBELL (5), SMITH (5), MITCHELL (5), FAIRBAIRN (4), SWAN (4), KINGHORN (4), LAIDLAW (4).

Other Sources;

Ednam and its Indwellers by John Burleigh Glasgow 1912.
The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire and adjacent Districts by Alexander Jeffrey 1864.
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-99 vol.11 p.303: Ednam, County of Roxburgh (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name)
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1834-45 vol.3 p.419: Ednam, County of Roxburgh (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name)
Two Centuries of Borders Church Life by J Tait Kelso 1891.

Scottish Borders Archives, The Hub Hawick

School Records

School Admission Registers 1873 to 1963 (Ref - B/ED/3/12).
School Log Books 1873 to 1965 (Ref - B/ED/2/17-19).

Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh

Maps

1777 Plan of Highridge ref NT7 638 (Ref - RHP.3620).
Late 18th. century plan of Newtonlees (Ref - RHP.3534).
1831 Sketch of lands adjoining Ferneyhill Bog (Ref - RHP.4220).
1888 Ednam Estate (Ref - RHP.4223).
1904 Hendersyde and Ednam Water Supply (Ref - RHP.4225).
1918 Hendersyde Park Burial Ground (Ref - RHP.4226).

Websites

Ednam Village Website .
The Village Information Website
Stobie's Map of Roxburghshire of 1770 .
A description of the parish from The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland,1868
The RCAHMS website Scotland's Places contains details of;

Farm Horse tax 1797-1798.
Medical Officer's of Health Reports 1891.

Place and Farm names in Census Records

1841 census: Ednam, Hendersyde, Edenmouth, Springhall, Sharpitlaw,Fannyhill, Sydenham, Brewery House, West Mill, Newtonlees, Kaimflat, Houndridge, Harpertoun, Highridgehall, New Edmonston, Cliftonhill.

1851 census: Ednam, Newtonlees, Kaimflat, Houndridge, Harpertown, Highridgehall, New Edmonston, Cliftonhill, Red House, Sydenham, Check Toll, Ferneyhill, Hendersyde, Springhall, Banff Mill, Edenmouth.

1861 census: Sydenham, Hendersyde, Ferneyhill, Check Toll, Sharpitlaw, Springhall, Newtonlees, Kaimflat, Harpertown, Highridgehall, New Edmonston, Cliftonhill, Houndridge.

Population

The population has been recorded as follows:

1755 - 600
1801 - 598
1811 - 533
1821 - 601
1831 - 637
1841 - 615
1851 - 658
1861 - 599

Roxburghshire map