Features: Scottish Parishes » Historic Shires » Peeblesshire

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

BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:

Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Regions and Districts (1975-1996)
Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Broughton, Kilbucho and Glenholm - Formed from subdivision of Culter, Lanarkshire, 1891
Innerleithen - Partly in Selkirkshire until 1891
Peebles - Partly in Selkirkshire until 1891
Lyne and Megget - Divided to form Lyne, Peeblesshire and Yarrow, Selkirkshire, 1891

SURNAMES:

Most Common Surnames:
Anderson, Brown, Murray, Scott, Smith, Tait, Thomson, Veitch, Watson, Wilson

Common Surnames:
A: Aitken, Allan, Alexander
B: Bain, Ballantyne, Baxter, Brodie, Brunton, Bryden
C: Campbell, Chalmers, Church, Clark, Cranston, Crawford
D: Dalgleish, Dempster, Dickson, Dodds, Duncan
F: Falconer, Ferguson, Fleming, Forrest, French
G: Gauld, Gibson, Graham, Grive
H: Hamilton, Harper, Henderson, Hislop, Hogg, Home, Hope, Horsburgh
I: Inch
J: Jack, Jackson, Johnstone
K: Kilgour
L: Laidlaw, Lawson, Lindsay, Linton, Little
M: MacKay, Masterton, Melrose, Millar, Miller, Milne, Mitchell, Moncrieff, Muirhead
N: Neilson, Nicol, Nicolson, Noble
P: Pringle, Proudfoot,
R: Rait, Reid, Renwick, Ritchie, Robertson, Robson, Rowe, Russell, Rutherford
S: Shiel, Sim, Sinclair, Small, Stewart, Swan, Swanston, Sykes
T: Todd, Turner, Tweedie
W: Walker, White

POPULATION:
1755: 8,908
1801: 8,735
1811: 9,935
1821: 10,046
1831: 10,578
1841: 10,499
1851: 10,738