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Hutton Parish is situated in south east Berwickshire on the border with England. The Parishes of Chirnside and Foulden are to the north, the Parish of Mordington lies to the east, the english County of Northumberland is on the south and the the Parishes of Ladykirk, Whitsome and Edrom all lie to the west.

Old Parish Records cover the periods:

Births: 1700 to 1854.
Marriages: 1702 to 1788 and 1798 to 1854.
Deaths: 1702 to 1765 and 1798 to 1854

Hutton Parish Church

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1841 census Hutton.
1851 census Hutton.
1861 census Hutton.
Hutton Mortcloth Records 1798 to 1829 by Nigel Hardie.

Only pre 1855 memorial records have been transcribed (see below).

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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive

Pre 1855 Memorial Inscriptions of Berwickshire by David Cargill.
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.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
Hutton Kirk and Paxton House, John Burton & Kathleen Tansley (Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Vol. 47).
CD-ROM The Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire by James Robson 1896.
CD-ROM Slater's Directory of Berwickshire 1903.
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
Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register	List of persons with the surname Renton that appear in the Hutton Old Parish Register.	2 pages or more	13	Norrie McLeish
Extracts of the Hutton Session Records Jun 19th 1819 - Dec 7th 1821	Transcribed extracts of the Hutton Session Records mainly about donations to the Poor, and a list of ministers since 1688. Lots of names.	2 pages or more	50	Heather Lough
Rentons in the Hutton Old Parish Register	For anyone with a Renton in the family this is very interesting with full name, where, and the date they were born, and more.	2 pages or more	10	Norrie McLeish
A Family of Shoemakers - The Allans of Paxton	Interest account of the Allans of Paxton who were shoemakers in Paxton from around 1800 till the beginning of World War II.	4 pages or more	67	Mary Newbery
From Coldstream to Canada	The Galbraith history from Coldstream to Toronto University. A comprehensive account of the Galbraiths.	3 pages or more	26	James Burns
15 PARA - Jumping for Joy	The author's talk to the Society on 30th April 2006 about life in the Parachute Regiment, its history, and some of its characters.	9 pages or more	61	Alasdair Hutton
A Berwickshire Schoolmaster	Jean Smithers has contributed this "nugget" from her investigations into the history of one of the strands of her ancestry.	1 page or more	11	Jean Smithers

Map of Hutton 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

Notes on the Parish of Hutton by David Leslie, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1934.
The Parish of Hutton, Paxton and Fishwick - Hutton Local History Project 1988.
Creating Paxton by Carol Jefferson-Davies and Elizabeth Snow.
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-99 vol.4 p.196: Hutton, County of Berwick (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name)
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1834-45 vol.2 p.150: Hutton, County of Berwick (click "browse scanned pages" and insert Parish name)

Scottish Borders Archives, The Hub Hawick

School Records

Hutton Primary School Daily Register 1982 to 2002 (Ref - SBA/374/2).
Hutton Public School Log Book 1873 to 1913 (Ref - SBA/374/1).
Hutton School Board Minute Book 1873 to 1919 (Ref - B/ED/2/25).
Paxton Boys School Log Book 1864-1972 (Ref - B/ED/2/43).
Paxton Girls and Infants School Log Book 1864-1888 (Ref - B/ED/2/44).
Paxton Village School Log Book 1877-1898 - includes changes in staff (Ref - B/ED/2/44).
Paxton Evening Continuation School Log Book 1898-1921 (Ref - B/ED/2/46).
Paxton Public School Log Book 1898-1944 (Ref - B/ED/2/47).
Paxton School Exemption Register 1902 to 1943 (Ref - B/ED/3/).

The Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh

Hutton Parish Church (Ref - CH2/466 & 901)

Minutes 1649 to 17777, 1780 to 1783, 1786 and 1789 to 1792.
Testimonials 1746 to 1769.
Accounts 1744 to 1772, 1799 to 1813,and 1844 to 1873.
Proclamations 1854 to 1857.

Maps

pre 1828 Estate plan of Broadmeadows (Ref - RHP.3598).
1828 Plan for dividing the superiority of Broadmeadows (Ref - RHP.3659).
1918 Plan of Broadmeadows Estate (Ref - RHP.4408/2).

Berwickshire Naturalists' Club

Vol. 4 Fishwick Parish.
Vol. 7 Hutton Kirk Session records.
Vol 13 Hutton Church.
Vol. 13 Fishwick Church.
Vol. 16 Hutton Hospital (Spittal House).
Vol. 23 Fishwick Church by the Rev. W. Moodie.
Vol. 36 Ministers of the 17th. century.
Vol. 38 Parish Registers.
Vol. 30 Post Office.
Vol. 40 Parish School.
Vol. 40 Paxton Toll Irregular Marriages.
Vol. 47 Hutton Kirk and Paxton House by John Burton and Kathleen Tansley.

Websites;

Contemporary news
The RCHAMS 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: Hutton, Crook Inn, Hutton Mains, Sunwick, Crossrig, Canny Bank, Hutton Mill, Broadmeadows, Paddy Hall, Hutton Hall, Homefield, Paxton, Nabden, Spittal Mains, Clarabad, Chesterfield, Paxton North Mains, Nansfield, Plumburn, Fishwick, West Fishwick, Tweedhill.

1851 census: Hutton, Crossrig, Sunwick, West Fishwick, Broadmeadows, Fishwick, Tweedhill, Nansfield, Plumburn, Paxton, Paxton Glen, Nabton, Clarabed, Chesterfield, Hutton Mains, Spittal, Broadmeadows, Meadow House, Hutton Hall, Paddy Hall.

1861 census: Hutton, Spittal, Clarabad, Hutton Mill, Broadmeadows, Paddyhall, Huttonhall, Cannybank, Homefield, Paxton, Chesterfield, Wilson's Land, Clarevale, Crossrig, Sunwick, West Fishwick, Fishwick Mains, Nansfield, Plumburn, Tweedhill, Finchey, Nabdean.

Population;

The population has been recorded as follows:

1755 - 751
1801 - 955
1811 - 1030
1821 - 1118
1831 - 1096
1841 -
1851 - 1102
1861 � 1067

Berwickshire map