Drummelzier
Drumelzier is a parish in Peeblesshire. It is bounded on the south-west by Lanarkshire, and on other sides by the parishes of Glenholm, Stobo, Manor, Lyne, and Tweedsmuir. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bellspool, Drumelzier, Stanhope
Dawick House
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Drumelzier. Drumelzier was a vicarage of Stobo previous to the Reformation.
Dawyck. Formerly a chapelry of Stobo. Annexed by the Court of Teinds, 17 November 1742, to the parishes of Stobo and Drumelzier.
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 |
| 1649-1854 | Drumelzier | 759 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Drumelzier | 759 | RD |
| 2009 | Scottish Borders | 803 | RD |
| 2026 | Scottish Borders Council; Upper Tweed 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
Brown, Dalgleish, Falconer, Johnstone, Miller, Mitchell, Scott, Veitch, White
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 William Welsh.
"The population in 1790 was 123 males, 147 females, total 270. A third of the inhabitants live in the village, the rest in farm and cot-houses. We have only 6 farmers, 7 weavers, 4 tailors and apprentices, 2 masons, 2 smiths, and 6 day-labourers; the rest are shepherds, cowherds, and ploughmen. There are only one Seceder, and one Episcopalian. The people are industrious. Only four old persons, and a dumb man, receive charity."
(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 7, p. 153
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 3, Section II, p. 71
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
