The Parish of Eyemouth, the smallest in Berwickshire based on the fishing port of Eyemouth, is situated on the coast bounded on the north and east by the North Sea,
on the south by the Parish of Ayton and on the west by the Parish of Coldingham.
Old Parish Birth Records exist from 1710 to 1854.
Marriage Records exist from 1732 to 1854.
There are no Death Records.
1841 census Eyemouth.
1851 census Eyemouth.
1861 census Eyemouth.
Maps;
Eyemouth 1898.
Apart from as below memorial records have not been transcribed.
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The former Eyemouth Parish Church taken from the harbour.
Volumes available for consultation within our Archive;
Children of the Sea by Peter Aitchison 2001.
Pre 1855 Memorial Inscriptions of Berwickshire by David Cargill.
C.D. The Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire by James Robson 1896.
The Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire by G.A.C. Binnie.1995.
Index to Particular Register of Sasines for Berwickshire.
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;
Other Sources;
An Old-time Fishing Town - Eyemouth its history romance and tragedy with an account of the East Coast Fishing Disaster by the
Rev. Daniel McIver - Greenock 1906.
Fishing Boats and Fisher Folk on the East Coast of Scotland by Peter F Anson - London 1930.
Byways of the Scottish Border by George Eyre-Todd - Selkirk 1890.
Where The Merse meets the Sea by Alan Spence Scots Magazine 1971.
Ebb Tide by Will Wilson - Berwick 1980.
Eyemouth Remembers by J. M. Russell - Scots Magazine October 1981.
The Eyemouth Forts - 'Anvils of Union' by Marcus Merriman - Scottish Historical review LXXV11 -1988.
Eyemouth in Old Picture Post cards Vol 2 by Lawson Wood - 1995.
Scottish Borders Council and Family History Centre The Hub Hawick has the following volumes;
Eyemouth Parish Inspector of Poor Record Book containing the inspector's half-yearly statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Parish of Eyemouth.
The register of Special or occasional visits to paupers belonging to the Parish of Eyemouth, by the inspector.
Record of statutory visits to paupers belonging to the parish residing therein or within five miles thereof.
Register of Applications for relief to paupers resident in this, but belonging to other Parishes.
List of Persons who have applied for and refused relief with the grounds of refusal.
List of Paupers for whom relief has been claimed by other Parishes.
Register for whom relief has been claimed by other Parishes.
Register of Out-door relief to Occasional Poor in the Parish of Eyemouth.
Register of Out-door relief to the permanent poor in the Parish of Eyemouth.
List of Insane or Fatuous persons who are in receipt of relief from the Parish of Eyemouth in the Presbytery of Chirnside.
Eyemouth Parish Visiting Book Registered Poor 1878-1896.
The above are currently being indexed and transcribed by the Society.
Eyemouth School Board Minute Books 1873 to 1919 ref; B/ED/1/45-49.
The Scottish National Archives Edinburgh hold the
following;
Eyemouth Parish Church;
Minutes 1826, and 1834 to 1881 ref; CH2/1239.
Kirk Session Records for 1709-1718 and 1729 -1793 - ref 739/1.
Minutes of Poor's Fund and Accounts 1731-1777 - ref 739/3.
Eyemouth United Secession Church;
Minutes containing list of members 1842 to 1917.
Baptisms 1841 to 1861 and 1880 to 1917.
Marriages 1843 to 1850 ref. CH3/1235.
St. John's Free Church;
Minutes 1844 to 1954 ref; CH3/1236.
Berwickshire Naturalists' Club has published the following articles;
Vols. 1 and 5 Eyemouth visited 1838 and 1858.
Vol. 13 Eyemouth Church.
Vol. 25. An Old-time Fishing Town by Rev. D McIver.
Vol. 39 Witches Trial.
Vol. 40 Eyemouth Parish School.
Vol. 43 Captain Sir Samuel Brown of Netherbyres (1776-1851) by Simon Furness.
Vols. 43 and 44 William Crow of Netherbyres (c1704-1750) by Stella Mills.
Vol. 47 The Netherbyres Branch of the Craw family by J.P. Craw. (available in Society Archive)
The Southern Annual has published the following article;
1951 Contraband - Smugglers' haunts on the Berwickshire Coast by Will Hood (available in Society Archives).
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).
