Features: Scottish Parishes » Historic Shires » Berwickshire

• Berwickshire Parishes Index
• Boundary and Name Changes
• Common Surnames
• Population

BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:

Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Earlston - Detached portion transferred to Melrose, Roxburghshire, 1891
Lauder - Detached portion transferred to Melrose, Roxburghshire, 1891
Mertoun - Detached portions transferred to St Boswells, Roxburghshire, 1891
Oldhamstocks - Detached portion transferred to Coldingham, Berwickshire, 1891

SURNAMES:

Most Common Surnames:
Aitchison, Anderson, Brown, Johnston, Patterson, Purves, Robertson, Scott, Wilson, Young

Common Surnames:
A: Ainslie, Allan, Armstrong
B: Bain, Barron, Bell, Blair, Bolton, Boyle, Brunton, Buckham
C: Cairns, Campbell, Cleghorn, Cockburn, Collin, Cowan, Craig, Crombie
D: Davidson, Deans, Denholm, Dickson, Dodds, Dougal, Douglas, Duncan
E: Edgar, Elliott
F: Fairbairn, Fairley, Fender, Ferguson, Fleming, Foster, Frater, Fullerton
G: Gibb, Gibson, Gillies, Goodfellow, Gordon, Grant, Gray, Guthrie
H: Haig, Hamilton, Hardie, Hay, Henderson, Hendry, Hogarth, Hogg, Hope, Hume, Hunter
I: Inglis
J: Jacks, Jeffrey
K: Kerr
L: Laidlaw, Lauder, Laurie, Lawrie, Lees, Lindsay, Lothian, Lough, Luke
M: Mack, Martin, Mather, Middlemiss, Miller, Mitchell, Moffat, Murray
N: Nelson, Nicol, Nisbet, Norris
O: Oliver
P: Paterson, Paulin, Pike, Preston, Pringle
R: Rae, Ramage, Rankin, Redpath, Reid, Renton, Renwick, Richardson, Russell
S: Shearer, Shed, Shiel, Simpson, Skeldon, Smith, Somerville, Spence, Spiers, Stobie, Stuart
T: Tait, Thomson, Thorburn, Todd, Torrance, Trotter, Tulley, Turnbull, Turner
W: Waddell, Wallace, Watson, White, Whitehead, Whittaker, Wightman, Wood
Y: Yule

POPULATION:
1755: 23,987
1801: 30,206
1811: 30,893
1821: 33,385
1831: 34,048
1841: 34,438
1851: 36,297