Salton
Saltoun is a parish in the western division of Haddingtonshire. It is bounded by Pencaitlaud, Gladsmuir, Haddington, Bolton, Humbie, and Ormiston. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Burnfoot, East Saltoun or East Salton, Gilchriston, Saltoun or Salton, Samuelston, West Saltoun or West Salton
Herdmanston
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Previous to the Reformation the church, dedicated to St Michael, belonged to the Abbey of Dryburgh.
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 |
| 1635-1854 | Salton | 719 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Saltoun | 719 | RD |
| 2009 | East Lothian, Haddington | 722 | RD |
| 2026 | East Lothian Council; Humbie, East & West Saltoun, and Bolton 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
Cowan, Jeffrey, King, Monteith, Richardson, Ritchie, Robertson, Scott, Thomson, Watson
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 the Reverend Mr Andrew Johnston.
"The number of souls in the parish in 1792 is 830; of these there are 280 males, 327 females, and 223 below age 10. The inhabitants are all of the established church, except two who are Quakers, and about 15 who are Seceders.
There are 5 tailors, 17 weavers, 3 shoemakers, 3 bakers, 4 masons, 4 carpenters, 8 blacksmiths, 3 shopkeepers, 7 millers, 4 innkeepers, 7 starch-makers, 2 coopers, and 12 limestone quarriers and burners.
There are only two villages of any consequence in the parish, viz. East and West Salton, so denominated on account of their relative situation to each other. East Salton contains 63 houses, and 281 souls; here the church and manse stand. West Salton contains about 33 houses and 127 souls.
The only manufactures of any consequence in the parish, are a starch-work, which employs 8 persons, a paper-mill, which employs 8, and a bleach-field, which employs 7.
The inhabitants are decent in their deportment, frugal and industrious, and remarkable for their attention to the ordinances of religion. For these many years, no crimes of a public nature have been committed."
(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 10, p. 251
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section II, p. 106
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