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Roxburgh
Roxburgh Parish is situated towards the north east of the County of the same name and is bounded on the north-west by the Parish of Makerstoun on the north-east by the Parish of Kelso, on the south by the Parishes of Eckford and Crailing and and on the west by the Parishes of Ancrum and Maxton. The parish includes the village of Heiton and the manor of Fairnington.
Once a royal burgh; in the Middle Ages it rivalled Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, or Berwick-upon-Tweed in importance and as as royal residence of David I it could have been considered the Capital of Scotland. It occupies an easily defensible site between the Rivers Tweed and Teviot and remains of the Roxburgh Castle can still be seen on a mound opposite Floors Castle. This part of the medeival parish of Roxburgh is now incorporated into the Parish of Kelso.
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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
The High Toun on The Hill by Ian Abernethy.
The Churches and Graveyards of Roxburghshire by Dr. G. A. C. Binnie 2001.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
Roxburghshire 3rd. Statistical Account Vol 28 by John Herdman.
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. See the Sales List to buy copies of the magazines containing articles in which you're interested.
Title
Synopsis
Size Description
Issue No
Author
Letters of Slains 1569 - A family puzzle
An intriguing tale of death and complaint in 1569.
2 pages or more
12
Jean Smithers
Roxburgh Police Instruction Book
Book review. Author: William Everitt (Chief Constable of Roxburgh County). "Orders Regulations and Instructions framed and issued for the government of the Roxburgh County Police". 1858. The reviewer lifts instructions from the book describing the law, but also some insight into Borders life at that time.
1 page or more
108
Ronald Morrison
Local TS Royal Edward KOSB casualties
A list of KOSB casualties. (Additional names and places - William Hogg - Hawick. Also Dumfries and Galloway names - Archibald Strong - Johnstone, Francis Head Cameron - Whithorn, James Dickson + James Gordon - Kirkbean, James Kirkpatrick - Twynham, John McCaig - Port William, Joseph Hunter McMunnies - Tynwald, Joseph Melvin - Glasserton, Matthew Bryson Richardson - Lochmaben, John Telford + Robert Trodden - Annan.
1 page or more
101
Jared Squirrell
Robeson descendants in Roxburghshire & Berwickshire
Andrew Robeson was born in Kelso (1640), with 4 siblings Thomas, David, James and Janet, was a wool and linen merchant and a Quaker and was imprisoned in Duns and Edinburgh for that reason in the 1660s. He went to America, via Clonmel, Ireland and established the earliest township in Philadelphia, and called it Roxburgh.His grandson Thomas was heavily involved American Revolution in North Carolina, and Robeson County was named after him. Robesone, Robison, Robson and Robertson make tracing this family a challenge.
1 page or more
102
Editor
Map of Roxburgh from UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey one-inch to the mile (1:63,360), 'Hills' edition, 1885-1903 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.
Map of Roxburgh from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947 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 Roxburgh monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): SCOTT (21), HOPE (18), LAIDLAW (13), HENDERSON (13), HOGG (12), TURNBULL (12), KERR (10), ROBERTON (10), RICHARDSON (9), ROBSON (8), BROWN (8), BELL (8), JOHNSTONE (8), ARMSTRONG (7), HAY (7), TAIT (7), WALKER (7), GRAY (7), SMITH (7), RUTHERFORD (6).
Other sources
Auld Roxburgh from former times to the Golden Jubilee 2002.
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland compiled initially between 1791 and 1799, with a subsequent edition between 1834 and 1845 are a valuable record of the geography, history, economy, people and customs recorded by local ministers. You'll need to search for the parish name.
Two Centuries of Borders Church Life by J Tait Kelso 1891.
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