The Parish of Stichill (previously Stichell) is situated in the north east of Roxburghshire and is triangular in shape. It is bounded on three sides by Berwickshire with the Parish of Nenthorn to the west, the Parishes of Earlston and Gordon to the north and the Parishes of Greenlaw and Eccles to the east. It is linked to the rest of Roxburghshire by the Parish of Ednam on the south. It was united with Hume which is in Berwickshire in 1640 and the 1851 census covered both Parishes. Stichill is now one of the Kelso Country Churches - the others are Makerstoun, Nenthorn, Roxburgh & Smailholm - which is linked with Kelso Old Parish Church & Sprouston.
Roxburgh Memorial Inscriptions Vol 8 (Stichill and Hume) 1994 edited by Elspeth Ewan - includes:
Hearth and Poll Tax
War Memorial Transcriptions
List of Ministers
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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
One of Zion's Gates by the Rev Donald R. Gaddes.
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.
CD-ROM Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
CD-ROM Land Ownership Commission Report 1872 -1873.
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Map of Stichill 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 Stichill & Hume monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): PRINGLE (17), WOOD (13), SMITH (12), WILSON (11), GRAY (10), DICKSON (9), JOHNSTON (9), RAE (8), LEITCH (8), ANDERSON (7), TROTTER (7), DODDS (7), TAIT (7), GIBB (6), SCOTT (6), TURNBULL (5), BLACK (5), FAIRBAIRN (5), HAMILTON (4), STEVENSON (4).
Other Sources
Diary of George Ridpath, Minister of Stichill 1755-1761 University Press Edinburgh 1922. (fully indexed)
A Collection of Writings by the Rev George Gunn Minister of Stichill 1851-1900, Alnwick 1901.
