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Cockburnspath is a coastal Parish in north east of Berwickshire with the County of Midlothian to the north-west, the North Sea to the north-east, the Parish of Coldingham to the south and the Parish of Abbey St. Bathans on the south-west. Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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Cockburnspath Parish Church
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| Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
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| Kennington/Cowe Family History. Part 2 - Emigration to New Brunswick 1837 - James Cowe & Isabella Donaldson | Details of the lives of further branches of the Cowe family including one that emigrated to New Brunswick. | 6 pages or more | 71 | Fred Kennington |
| Johne Blair of Cockburnspath | Further to a request for information on Johne Blair of Cockburnspath in Issue 108, the author has found a book with a mention of Johne, showing a lively trade with the Netherlands in the past (evidenced by the use of red roof tiles. Also a Blair living in Dunbar is happy to do a DNA test. "Cockburnspath: A History of a People and a Place", by Sally Smith. | less than 1 page | 110 | Rudolf de Blij |
| Kennington/Cowe Family History | The story of the family's arrival in Berwickshire and their life there until they departed to Canada. | 9 pages or more | 70 | Fred Kennington |
Map of Cockburnspath 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.
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Map of Cockburnspath from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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Cockburnspath and Cove Community Council
RCHAMS website Scotland's Places contains details of
1841 census: Cockburnspath, Pathhhead, Kirklands, Nook, Stockbridge, Hoprig, Fulfordlees, Hoprigshiel, Whiteburn, Bowshiel, Edmonsdean, Ecklie, Blackburn, Blackburnrigg, Burnfoot, Old Toll, Dunglass Toll, Cove, Linhead, Copath Tower, Chapelhill, Bridgend, Redheugh, Headchesters, Oldcambus, Townhead, West Mains, Pease Mill, Woodend, Penmanshiel, Oakenside.
1851 census: Cockburnspath, Bridgend, Chapelhill, Tower, Pease Mill, Linhead, Cove, Pathhead, Cove, Dunglass, Burnfoot, Kirklands, Nook, Stockbridge, Woodend, Oldcambus, Redheugh, Headchesters, Old Townhead, Penmanshiel, Oakenside, Bowshiel, Edmonsdean, Eccly, Blackburn, Blackburn Rigg, Blackburn Mill, Fulfordlees, Hoprig, Hoprig Shiels, White Burn.
1861 census: Cockburnspath, Bridgend, Chapelhill, Tower, Linhead, Cove, Pathhead, Dunglass, Burnfoot, Kirklands, Hoprig, Fulfordlees, Stockbridge, Neuk, Pease Mill, Woodhouse, Woodend, Oldcambus, Redheugh, Penmanshiel, Blackburn Rig, Blackburn, Whiteburn, Hoprig Shiels, Ecclie, Edmonsdean, Bowshiel.
The population has been recorded as follows: