Date: Pre-1929
Boundary: District designations as they appear in early census records
Date: 1930-1975
Boundary: Landward districts were created as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929. They were formed by grouping parishes outside of Burghs (areas known as Landward) into districts with elected councils.
Date: 1975-1996
Boundary: Region and district designations as a result of the 1973 Local Government (Scotland) Act, with OPR parishes that fell into each district. The changes took effect on 15 May 1975, and were in place until 1996.
Date: Changes made as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Changes went into effect on 15 May 1891.
Summary: Parishes straddling border with Peebles-shire: Innerleithen, Peebles and detached part of Yarrow to Peeblesshire; Lyne and Megget divided between Lyne and Yarrow. Parishes straddling boundary with Roxburghshire: Selkirk, Ashkirk, and Galashiels to Selkirkshire; portion of Melrose in Selkirkshire to Galashiels. Selkirkshire portion of the parish of Stow (straddling boundary with Edinburgh) formed new parish of Caddonfoot.
Details:
Orders made by the Boundary Commissioners for Scotland under Section 49 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Orders shall come into operation for the purposes of School Board elections on the 1st day of February 1891, and for all other purposes on the 15th day of May 1891.
Affected Parishes:
Ashkirk
Galashiels
Innerleithen
Melrose
Peebles
Roberton
Selkirk
Stow
Yarrow
Parish of Ashkirk, counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh
The parish of Ashkirk was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Roxburgh. The Selkirkshire part of the parish consisted of (a) a detached part of the county of Selkirk, and (b) part of the main portion of the county of Selkirk, these two parts being separated from each other by the Roxburghshire part of the parish. The parish was placed wholly in the county of Selkirk.
Transferred from the county of Roxburgh to the county of Selkirk (while remaining in the parish of Ashkirk):
Ashkirk - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Ashkirk Bridgend - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Ashkirk Mill - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Ashkirktown - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Barbacklaw - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Castleside - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Salenside - Alexander Cochrane of Ashkirk (Proprietor)
Ashkirk - Earl of Minto (Proprietor)
Dryden - Earl of Minto (Proprietor)
Easter Essenside - Earl of Minto (Proprietor)
Headhsaw - Earl of Minto (Proprietor)
New Headshaw - Earl of Minto (Proprietor)
Shielswood - Earl of Minto (Proprietor)
Birkwood - Mrs A. E. Pattison (Proprietor)
Greenhill - Mrs A. E. Pattison (Proprietor)
North Sinton - Mrs A. E. Pattison (Proprietor)
Burnfoot - Lieut-Col. R. D. Eliot Lockhart (Proprietor)
Burnfoot Bridge - William Eliot Lockhart of Cleghorn (Proprietor)
Wester Essenside - William Eliot Lockhart of Cleghorn (Proprietor)
Clerklands - Lieut-Gen. John Sprot of Riddell (Proprietor)
Floss - W. Scott Bell of the Woll (Proprietor)
Sandy Haugh - W. Scott Bell of the Woll (Proprietor)
Woll - W. Scott Bell of the Woll (Proprietor)
Wollrig - W. Scott Bell of the Woll (Proprietor)
New Woll - W. Scott Bell of the Woll (Proprietor)
Askkirk (Houses and byre) Mrs Jean Millar (Proprietor)
Transferred from the parish of Selkirk to the parish of Ashkirk, county of Selkirk:
Todrig (Farm) - A. D. R. Pott of Todrig (Proprietor)
Parish of Galashiels, counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh
The parish of Galashiels was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Roxburgh, the Roxburghshire part of the parish consisting of the old parish of Lindean. The parish of Galashiels was placed wholly within the county of Selkirk.
Transferred from the county of Roxburgh to the county of Selkirk (while remaining in the parish of Galashiels):
Faldonside - Mrs Elizabeth Boyd of Faldonside (Proprietor)
Faldonside - Miss Marion Milne, Otterburn (Proprietor)
Bankend - C. H. Scott Plummer of Middlestead (Proprietor)
Bridgeheugh - C. H. Scott Plummer of Middlestead (Proprietor)
Lindean - C. H. Scott Plummer of Middlestead (Proprietor)
Lindean Mill - C. H. Scott Plummer of Middlestead (Proprietor)
Over Whitlaw - C. H. Scott Plummer of Middlestead (Proprietor)
Nether Whitlaw - Charles Erskine (Proprietor)
Lindean - John Scott of Galashiels (Proprietor)
Parish of Innerleithen, counties of Selkirk and Peebles
The parish of Innerleithen was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Peebles. The Selkirkshire part of the parish included (a) a detached part of Selkirkshire, and (b) part of the main portion of the county of Selkirk, these two parts being separated from each other by the Peeblesshire part of the parish. The parish was placed wholly in the county of Peebles.
Transferred from the county of Selkirk to the county of Peebles (while remaining in the parish of Innerleithen):
Holylee - Major James Llewellyn Evans (Proprietor)
Priesthope - Major James Llewellyn Evans (Proprietor)
Thornilee - The Baroness Reay (Proprietor)
Parish of Melrose, counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk
The parish of Melrose was originally situated entirely in the county of Roxburgh. By Statute, it is secured that whatever part of the parish of Melrose may be at any time included within the police limits of Galashiels, shall ipso facto become part of the county of Selkirk. A considerable portion of the parish of Melrose was thus placed within the county of Selkirk. So much of Melrose parish was situated within the county of Selkirk (i.e., so much of Melrose parish as lay within the burgh of Galashiels) was transferred to the parish of Galashiels. No change was made on the county boundary, which accordingly is the Galashiels burgh boundary along that part of its course which ran formerly through the parish of Melrose.
Parish of Peebles, counties of Selkirk and Peebles
The parish of Peebles was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Peebles. The parish was placed wholly in the county of Peebles.
Transferred from the county of Selkirk to the county of Peebles (while remaining in the parish of Peebles):
Glensax - Sir John Adam Hay of Smithfield and Haystoune (Proprietor)
Parish of Roberton, counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh
The parish of Roberton was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Roxburgh. The parish was placed wholly in the county of Roxburgh.
Transferred from the county of Selkirk to the county of Roxburgh (while remaining in the parish of Roberton):
Easter Alemoor - Mrs Ann Elizabeth Pringle Pattison of Haining (Proprietor)
Wester Alemoor - Robert Nobel of Borthwickbrae (Proprietor)
Borthwickbrae - Robert Nobel of Borthwickbrae (Proprietor)
Borthwickbraeburnfoot - Robert Nobel of Borthwickbrae (Proprietor)
Greenbank - Robert Nobel of Borthwickbrae (Proprietor)
Bellendean - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Easter Buccleuch - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Craick - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Craickburn - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Craickfaulds - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Craickshiel - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Henwoodie - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Midshaw - Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (Proprietor)
Borthwickshiels - Arthur David Ripley Pott of Todrig (Proprietor)
Glenburn - Arthur David Ripley Pott of Todrig (Proprietor)
Glenburnie - Arthur David Ripley Pott of Todrig (Proprietor)
Deanburnhaugh - Robert Brown (Proprietor)
Deanburnhaugh - William Elliot (Proprietor)
Hoscote - Archibald Stavert of Hoscote (Proprietor)
Hoscoteshiel - Archibald Stavert of Hoscote (Proprietor)
Howcleuch - Charles Scott of Howcleuch (Proprietor)
Philhope & Roughhope - W. R. Dickson of Alton and Chisholme (Proprietor)
Scaurend - Mrs Helen Elliot (Proprietor)
Parish of Selkirk, Counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh
The parish of Selkirk was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Roxburgh. The parish was placed wholly in the county of Selkirk, and at the same time a detached part of the parish in Selkirkshire was transferred to the parish of Ashkirk (see Ashkirk).
Transferred from the county of Roxburgh to the county of Selkirk (while remaining in the parish of Selkirk):
Ettrickbank - C. H. Scott Plummer of Middlestead (Proprietor)
Greenhead - James Toner Hay (Proprietor)
Whitmuirhall - C. W. Dunlop of Whitmuirhall (Proprietor)
Trotters and Byreshole Park, Strandhope and Blackcrook Knowes - C. W. Dunlop of Whitmuirhall (Proprietor)
Parish of Stow, counties of Selkirk and Edinburgh
The parish of Stow was situated partly in the county of Selkirk and partly in the county of Edinburgh. On 15th August 1890 the Boundary Commissioners issued a Draft Order by which it was proposed to place the parish wholly in the county of Edinburgh. On reconsideration of the question in the light of the objections and representations made with reference to the Draft Order, the Commissioners issued a circular on 23d March 1891 intimating that they had resolved to issue no Order, but to leave the parish of Stow, as hitherto, partly in the county of Edinburgh and partly in the county of Selkirk.
Parish of Yarrow, county of Selkirk
The parish of Yarrow had one detached part which was almost surrounded by the Peeblesshire parish of Traquair. It had also a part nearly detached which was in a similar position. Both these areas have been transferred to the parish of Traquair and to the county of Selkirk. The parish of Yarrow has been further altered in area by the Order which has transferred the detached part of the Peeblesshire parish of Lyne & Megget to the parish of Yarrow and to the county of Selkirk.
Transferred from the parish of Yarrow, county of Selkirk to the parish of Traquair, county of Peebles:
Cardrona Mains - Miss Catherine Isabella Williamson of Cardrona (Proprietor)
Fawburnhead - Miss Catherine Isabella Williamson of Cardrona (Proprietor)
Howford - Miss Catherine Isabella Williamson of Cardrona (Proprietor)
Easter Plora - Hon. Henry Constable Maxwell Stuart of Traquair (Proprietor)
Transferred from the parish of Lyne & Meggett, county of Peebles to the parish of Yarrow, county of Selkirk:
Cramilt - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Craigierigg and Megget Knowes - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Megget Head - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Henderland - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Shielhope - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Syart - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Winter Hope Burn - Earl of Wemyss and March (Proprietor)
Galashiels
Burgh of Barony: 1599
Small Burgh: 1929
Parish: Galashiels
Region (Before 1975): Borders
District (Before 1975): Ettrick and Lauderdale
Selkirk
Royal Burgh: 1328
Small Burgh: 1929
Parish: Selkirk
Region (Before 1975): Borders
District (Before 1975): Ettrick and Lauderdale
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