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Coldstream is a parish on the southern border of Berwickshire. It is bounded on the east and south by the River Tweed, which divides it from England, and on other sides by the parishes of Eccles, Swinton, and Ladykirk. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Coldstream, Graden, Lennel, New Coldstream
Lees, Milne-Garden
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A priory of Cistercian nuns was founded at Coldstream in 1125, by Gospatrick, third Earl of Dunbar. To it belonged the Parish Kirk of Lennel and the chapels of the Hirsel and St Mary's, Bassendean, in Westruther. This convent was destroyed by the English in 1545. [See: The Burning of Edinburgh on Wikipedia] The church of Lennel, of twelfth-century work, was for long the parish church. In 1705 a new church was erected at Coldstream by Charles, Earl of Home. The Earl of Haddington and Ker of Graden in the Merse repaired the old Church at Lennel, but in 1718 the new building in Coldstream was declared the parish church. A new church was erected in 1909.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1690-1854 | Coldstream | 733 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Coldstream | 733 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | Coldstream | 787 | RD |
| 2007-2009 | Scottish Borders, Coldstream | 787 | RD |
| 2026 | Scottish Borders Council; Coldstream and District Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Anderson, Brown, Davidson, Dodds, Guthrie, Johnston, Renton, Scott, Smith, Wilson
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
By James Bell, D. D..
"According to Dr Webster's return, about 40 years ago, the number were 1493. From the roll of examinable persons in 1785 and 1786, the number were 2017. In the country part of the parish were 292 males, 387 females, and 176 children. In the town and a few houses adjacent to it, the numbers were 1162. Number of families in the town, 305; in the country, 189.
In the town of Coldstream there are about 34 day-labourers, 20 carters, several of whom farm 3 or 4 acres of land, 17 weavers, 11 shoemakers, 15 wrights, 9 masons, 6 bakers, 4 butchers, 4 smiths, 5 gardeners, 3 saddlers, 5 tailors, 11 merchants, 13 innkeepers and ale-sellers, 1 physician, and 2 surgeons. There is a Seceder meeting-house in Coldstream.
We have no manufactures. Those who are fond of a military life, have a predilection to the Coldstream Regiment of Guards."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 4, p. 410
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section III, p. 199
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