Borders Family History Society

Foulden

Foulden is situated in the south east corner of Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parish of Ayton, on the east by the Parish of Mordington, on the south by the Parish of Hutton and on the east by the Parish of Chirnside.

Old Parish Birth Records exist from 1662 to 1854.
Marriage Records exist from 1727 to 1854.
Death records exist from 1809 to 1854.

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1841 census Foulden.
1851 census Foulden.
1861 census Foulden.
Foulden and Lamberton Memorial Inscriptions edited by Elspeth Ewan (contains Hearth Tax, Militia List, List of Ministers and transcription of the War Memorial).
Foulden Burials 1817-1854 by Nigel Hardie.

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Foulden Parish Church

Volumes available for consultation within our Archive;

Smallholding Memories published by Foulden Community Council.
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;

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
Smallholdings at Foulden, Mordington and Lamberton	A summary of Brian Patten�s talk on 17th March 2002.	3 pages or more	49	Brian Patten
Farms And Smallholdings at Foulden - 1920-21	Transcription of Valuation Rolls for Foulden	1 page or more	50	Brian Patten
A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties	The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and traveled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good.	2 pages or more	32	Mrs. Jean Greenland

Other sources:

Smallholding Memories by Foulden Mordington and Lamberton Community Council 2000.

Scottish Borders Archives and Family History Centre, The Hub Hawick hold the following volumes;

HM Inspector's Report on Foulden Primary School 1954 ref; SBA/29/1/1.
Miscellaneous documents on Foulden Primary School; ref; SBA/29/1/2.
Primary School Daily registers 1984 to 1997.
Public School Admission Registers 1924 to 1996 ref; SBA/29/2/1-2.
School Log Books 1925 to 1997 ref; SBA/29/1/1,2.

The Scottish National Archives Edinburgh hold the following records;

Accounts 1814 to 1896.
Minutes 1821,1835,1841 and 1848 ref; CH2/1138.

Berwickshire Naturalists' Society has published the following articles;

Vol. 13 Foulden Chapel.
Vol. 36 Ministers of the 17th. century.
Vol. 40 The Parish School.
Vol. 45 John Wilkie of Foulden 1806 to 1884.
Vol. 50 Foulden Manse by Peter Daniel (available in Society Archive).
Vol. 50 Foulden, Church and Tithe Barn by G.A.C. Binnie (available in Society Archive).

Websites;

First Statistical Account by the Rev. Dr. David Young (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name).

Second Statistical Account by the Rev. Alexander Christison. (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name).

RCHAMS website Scotland's Places contains details of;

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: Foulden, Burnbank, Foulden Lone, Foulden Newton, Foulden Mill, Foulden Bastle, West Mains, New Mains, Hagg, Moorpark, Nunlands, Newfarm, Foulden Hill, St. Johns Greenfield, Deans, Greenlaw.

1851 census: Foulden, Burnbank, Foulden Mill, Foulden Bastle, Newton, New Mains, Hagg, Moorpark, Foulden Hill, Greenfield, St. John's, Newfarm, Deans, Greenlaw, Nunlands, West Mains.

1861 census: Foulden Newton, Bastle, West Mains, Newmains, Burnbank, Foulden Lone, Foulden Hagg, Mosspark, Newfarm, Foulden Hill, Greenfield, St. Johns, Nunlands, Foulden Deans, Greenlaw, Bastle Barn.

Population;

The population has been recorded as follows: 1755 - 395, 1793 - 344, 1801 - 393, 1811 - 368, 1821 - 396, 1831 - 535, 1841 - 393, 1851 - 430, 1861 - 431.