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Mordington records

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Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

Lookups

The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/1137/1Mordington Kirk Session: Accounts 1775-1784
Minutes 1775-1796
Minutes 1819
Minutes 1822
Heritors' minutes 1816-1842
Includes some mortcloth dues and poor rolls		1775-1842Request lookup
CH2/1137/2Mordington Kirk Session: Accounts 1727-1745
Accounts 1767-1774		1727-1774Request lookup
CH2/1137/3Mordington Kirk Session: Collections 1783-1866
Minutes 1832-45
Minutes 1848
Minutes 1871-95
Communicants' roll 1842-3
Communicants' roll 1870-5
Collections 1866-75		1783-1895Request lookup
CH2/1137/4Mordington kirk session: Communion roll1876-1886Request lookup
CH2/1137/5Mordington kirk session: Minute book1895-1927Request lookup
CH2/1137/6Mordington kirk session: Proclamation register 1855-1927
Baptisms 1881-1926		1855-1927Request lookup
CH2/1137/7Mordington kirk session: Communion roll1887-1903Request lookup
CH2/1137/8Mordington kirk session: Communion roll1904-1927Request lookup

Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
  • £3 for a single minute
  • £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
  • £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Thomas BLACKHALL 1871 (2)Order imagesRemitted for reconsideration
John HAY 1871 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Sophia WILKINSON 1872 (1)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Thomas AIKMAN30 June 1870Elizabeth AIKMANFather found
Henry Craig ANDERSON1 November 1871Eliza ANDERSONFind the father
George Edward BLAIR7 December 1863Alison BLAIRFather found
John COWE23 October 1855Elizabeth COWEFind the father
William CURLE17 September 1873Mary Ann CURLEFind the father
Agnes DEANS27 September 1859Elizabeth DEANSFind the father
James DIXON9 February 1873Isabella DIXONFather found
Mary Jane DIXON5 January 1867Isabella DIXONFind the father
Agnes FERRIER1 March 1874Margaret FERRIERFind the father
Mary Thomasin HAY21 August 1861Mary HAYFind the father
James Alexander HORSBURGH19 March 1868Agnes HORSBURGHFind the father
Andrew INGLES14 June 1874Mary INGLESFind the father
Jessie LOGAN22 November 1866Ellen LOGANFind the father
William MCKELVIE28 March 1869Margaret MCKELVIEFind the father
John PATERSON4 December 1871Mary PATERSONFind the father
Agnes PATTERSON20 September 1867Easable PATTERSONFind the father
Agnes RENTON20 September 1860Jane RENTONFind the father
Adam SHERLAW8 October 1861Mary SHERLAWFind the father
George SMITH26 November 1872Mary SMITHFind the father
Alison SPOUSE26 April 1874Alison SPOUSEFind the father
Jane Ann STEEL26 May 1867Agnes Ballantyne STEELFind the father
James Anderson STRUTHERS20 October 1858Elisabeth STRUTHERSFind the father
William UTTERSON8 November 1864Jane UTTERSONFind the father
Robert Fleming WIGHT5 October 1857Emily WIGHTFind the father

Rolls of Male Heads of Families

In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/1137/3 pp. 205-205)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesBlaikieEdrington Gardens
JohnGuthrieStarch House
JasRutherfordStarch House
JohnRutherfordStarch House
JohnWilsonEdrington Mills
DavidMurrayClappers
AlexrBlackhallClappers
AdamKerrClappers
ThosCairnsMordington Lodge
RalphKerrfarmerMordington Farm
JohnKerrMordington Farm
RobtCleghornMordington Farm
JohnNairnBurnhouses
AlexrDarlingMordington Mains
JasScougallLamberton
WillmClezyLamberton
RobtMcdougallLamberton
RobtWoodLamberton
JamesPurvesLamberton
GeorgeKerrLamberton
ThosWoodLamberton
JamesMarshallgamekeeper to Mr Renton of LambertonLamberton
JohnCraigRoss
WillmSpouseRoss

Kirk Session Records Index

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