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Temple records
Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.
Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results
Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland
Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/353/2 | Minutes | 1738-1866 | Request lookup |
| CH2/353/4 | Cash and accounts | 1781-1809 | Request lookup |
| CH2/353/5 | Cash and accounts | 1809-1827 | Request lookup |
| CH2/353/6 | Baptisms | 1863-1935 | Request lookup |
| CH2/353/7 | Communion roll | 1840-1874 | Request 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert BARNS | 1852 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James BROWN | 1859 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Agnes CHISHOLM | 1848 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Martha DAVIDSON | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Barbara HASTIE | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Michael HUGHES | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary KIRKE or BLACKIE | 1862-1863 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Peter MCFARLANE | 1847 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet Allan STEWART | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| George SYME | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes BATHGATE Catcune Farm, Gorebridge | Archibald MCGLASHAN | 13 Nov 1884 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/54 |
| Hetty CUNNINGHAM Haughhead, Gorebridge | Walter BERTRAM | 9 Jan 1904 Heriot | Order now | Selkirk SC63/6/15 |
| Anne Or Annie DAVIDSON East Wood, Gorebridge | Henry COWE | 25 Aug 1878 Elphingstone, Tranent | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Jane HADDEN Gorebridge | John TAYLOR | 21 Mar 1885 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/53 |
| Christina MASON Hillhead, Gorebridge | John ADDISON OR ADDINSON | 28 Feb 1856 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/37 |
| Christina MASON Hillhead, Gorebridge | John ADAMSON | 28 Feb 1856 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/37 |
| Flora MCINNES Carrington Barns, Gorebridge | John STEWART | 12 Jun 1884 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/53 |
| Margaret RUTHERFORD Gorebridge, Temple | James LEES | 30 Dec 1866 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/40 |
| Margaret SCOUGAL Mossend, Gorebridge | George MELROSE | 24 May 1887 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/56 |
| Elizabeth SIMPSON Barleyknowe, Gorebridge | William YOUNG | 27 Sep 1880 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/49 |
| Jane YOUNG Hunterfield, near Gorebridge | William DAVIDSON | 14 Feb 1883 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/50 |
| Janet YOUNG Outerstone, Gorebridge | William FYFE | 9 Jun 1876 | Order now | Edinburgh SC39/8/45 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
Anatomy register
This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
| Name | Age | Last residence and place of death | Date of death | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas CONNELL | 74 | Middleton Limeworks, Gorebridge | 11 Jan 1935 | Order record |
| James KELLY | 68 | 20 Jubilee Row, Hunterfield, Gorebridge | 20 May 1917 | Order record |
| Mary NOBLE | 26 | 3 Stobhill, Gorebridge | 24 Jun 1908 | Order record |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella ANDERSON | 4 December 1857 | Agnes ANDERSON | Find the father |
| James BLAKE | 28 July 1864 | Jane BLAKE | Find the father |
| Robert BONAR | 25 April 1861 | Rebecca BONAR | Father found |
| Janet BROWN | 17 May 1860 | Janet Brown Or FRASER | Find the father |
| Anne BRUCE | 24 December 1860 | Christina BRUCE | Find the father |
| James BRUCE | 24 December 1860 | Christina BRUCE | Find the father |
| James Armstrong BRYDEN | 29 December 1858 | Margaret BRYDEN | Find the father |
| Mary BUTLER | 4 February 1858 | Anne Butler Or DARGE | Find the father |
| Mary BUTLER | 11 December 1860 | Anne Butler Or DARGE | Find the father |
| Agnes CORNWALL | 31 August 1863 | Janet CORNWALL | Find the father |
| David CRAIG | 23 April 1868 | Isabella CRAIG | Find the father |
| Mary DENHOLM | 25 August 1866 | Christina DENHOLM | Find the father |
| Mary Morrison DENHOLM | 8 December 1858 | Margaret DENHOLM | Find the father |
| James Lynn DICKSON | 1 June 1863 | Louisa DICKSON | Find the father |
| Isabella Jane Brown DRYSDALE | 29 May 1858 | Jane DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| John DRYSDALE | 6 August 1869 | Annie DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| Mary DRYSDALE | 5 December 1858 | Isabella DRYSDALE | Find the father |
| John FORREST | 5 March 1863 | Jane FORREST | Find the father |
| John FRATER | 13 December 1856 | Elisabeth FRATER | Find the father |
| Janet GOLDIE | 21 October 1856 | Anne GOLDIE | Find the father |
| Archibald HERRIOT | 9 October 1864 | Marion HERRIOT | Find the father |
| Margaret HERRIOT | 27 March 1860 | Marion HERRIOT | Find the father |
| Alexander HODGE | 11 February 1860 | Christina HODGE | Find the father |
| John HOGG | 1 March 1869 | Alison Hogg Or MARK | Find the father |
| Alexander Finlayson JOHNSTON | 5 October 1867 | Jemima Goldie JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William JOHNSTON | 6 May 1855 | Helen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Catherine KELLY | 25 June 1859 | Mary KELLY | Find the father |
| Isabella KINNEAR | 23 April 1868 | Susan KINNEAR | Find the father |
| Elisabeth LAW | 7 May 1865 | Margaret LAW | Find the father |
| Helen Mc Intosh LAW | 23 September 1868 | Margaret LAW | Find the father |
| John Stodart MITCHELL | 30 April 1866 | Helen MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Alexander MORRISON | 10 September 1864 | Frances Morrison Or LEARMONTH | Find the father |
| David MORRISON | 4 July 1869 | Helen MORRISON | Find the father |
| Frances MORRISON | 11 November 1862 | Catherine MORRISON | Find the father |
| Helen MORRISON | 11 December 1868 | Catherine MORRISON | Find the father |
| Jessie Prentice MORRISON | 12 January 1866 | Helen MORRISON | Father found |
| Robert MORRISON | 27 June 1865 | Catherine MORRISON | Find the father |
| Thomas MORRISON | 30 March 1867 | Fanny Morrison Or LEARMONTH | Find the father |
| Isabella NICOL | 2 June 1860 | Helen NICOL | Find the father |
| Mary PATON | 23 May 1869 | Janet PATON | Find the father |
| George PRINGLE | 18 August 1856 | Margaret PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Helen PRINGLE | 11 June 1860 | Margaret PRINGLE | Find the father |
| James PRINGLE | 18 March 1863 | Margaret PRINGLE | Find the father |
| Margaret PRINGLE | 3 July 1867 | Margaret PRINGLE | Find the father |
| John Christie RICHARDSON | 3 February 1861 | Margaret RICHARDSON | Father found |
| Charles RUSSELL | 19 July 1860 | Mary RUSSELL | Find the father |
| Archibald RUTHERFORD | 30 November 1868 | Margaret RUTHERFORD | Find the father |
| Janet Hill SANDERSON | 30 March 1863 | Janet SANDERSON | Find the father |
| John Kerr SANDERSON | 31 July 1865 | Ann SANDERSON | Find the father |
| John SHEARER | 9 December 1867 | Margaret SHEARER | Find the father |
| Alexander SIMPSON | 22 November 1864 | Alison SIMPSON | Father found |
| Alison SIMPSON | 7 September 1861 | Isabella SIMPSON | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 4 December 1864 | Marion Hope SMITH | Father found |
| James STEWART | 13 October 1866 | Janet STEWART | Find the father |
| William VEITCH | 8 September 1864 | Isabella VEITCH | Find the father |
| Elisabeth WALKER | 7 August 1856 | Elisabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| John Moffat WALKER | 8 November 1866 | Margaret WALKER | Find the father |
| William Cairns WALKER | 23 June 1866 | Joan WALKER | Find the father |
| George WEST | 16 July 1867 | Anne WEST | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Affleck | mason | Temple | |
| John | Affleck | mason | Temple | |
| Joseph | Affleck | labourer | Temple | |
| John | Amos | blacksmith | Gorebridge | |
| Thomas | Amos | tailor | Temple | |
| James | Blackie | labourer | Temple | |
| Robert | Blaikie | tollkeeper | Side | |
| David | Bowman | gardener | Arniston | |
| John | Brown | labourer | Temple Mill | |
| Robert | Brunton | collier | Stobs Green | |
| William Tait | Brunton | of Toxside | ||
| Adam | Cairns | weaver | Howburn | |
| Archibald | Chisholm | ploughman | Yorkston | |
| John | Coldwells | powder manufacturer | Stobs Mills | |
| Robert | Cossar | carpenter | Temple | |
| Alexander | Cowan | ploughman | Fountain Side | |
| William | Craik | tailor | Temple | |
| John | Cunningham | ploughman | Outerston | |
| Thomas | Denholm | ploughman | Temple Farm | |
| William | Dickson | ploughman | Castleton | |
| John | Doig | ploughman | Muirfoot | |
| George | Ferme | farmer | Rosebery | |
| Thomas | Ferme | farmer | Braidwood | |
| George | Ferrier | labourer | Stobs Mills | |
| Robert | Ferrier | labourer | Stobs Mills | |
| Robert | Finlayson | labourer | Temple | |
| James | Gilchrist | shepherd | Muirfoot | |
| James | Goldie | minister of Temple | ||
| James | Granger | labourer | Rosebery | |
| James | Granger | blacksmith | Rosebery | |
| Robert | Grindlay | carpenter | Rosebery | |
| Alexander | Halston | ploughman | Esperston | |
| Robert | Hardy | ploughman | Stobs Farm | |
| Henry | Hogg | farmer | Tweeddale Burn | |
| William | Hunter | farmer | Outerston | |
| Robert | Inglis | shepherd | Pig Knolls | |
| Walter | Inglis | ploughman | Braidwood | |
| John | Irvine | ploughman | Muirfoot | |
| Peter | Jardine | ploughman | Temple Farm | |
| James | Johnston | ploughman | Fountain Side | |
| Robert | Johnston | carpenter | Temple | |
| Thomas | Johnston | carpenter | Temple | |
| William | Hogg | labourer | Temple | |
| Alexander | Kay | ploughman | Temple Farm | |
| Adam | Knox | ploughman | Esperston | |
| John | Lawson | ploughman | Fountain Side | |
| William | Liddell | gamekeeper | Rosebery | |
| Robert | Liddell | overseer | Rosebery | |
| Aeneas | Mackintosh | schoolmaster of Temple | Temple | |
| James | Moir | mason | Temple | |
| Andrew | Murray | labourer | Temple | |
| Archibald | Murray | shepherd | Huntlycote | |
| James | Murray | weaver | Temple | |
| Stevenson | Paton | ploughman | Outerston | |
| Adam | Pringle | labourer | Rosebery | |
| Walter | Ritchie | innkeeper | Cockmuir | |
| David | Russell | mason | Temple | |
| George | Russell | ploughman | Esperston | |
| John | Russell | carrier | Temple | |
| Joseph | Russell | labourer | Temple | |
| James | Sanderson | ploughman | Rosebery | |
| Adam | Scott | mason | Gorebridge | |
| George | Sheill | ploughman | Esperston | |
| Archibald | Smith | ploughman | Toxside | |
| James | Smith | farm servant | Toxside | |
| William | Smith | ploughman | Rosebery | |
| William | Somerville | flesher | Gorebridge | |
| Thomas | Spiers | ploughman | Outerston | |
| George | Tait | labourer | Fountain Side | |
| James | Tait | overseer | Side | |
| James | Tait | farmer | Maulslie | |
| John | Tait | shepherd | Blackburn | |
| John | Thomson | ploughman | Fountain Side | |
| David | Thorburn | labourer | Gorebridge | |
| Alexander | Veitch | ploughman | Yorkston | |
| Robert | Waldie | ploughman | Esperston | |
| Thomas | White | overseer | Yorkston | |
| Thomas | White | blacksmith | Toxside | |
| William | White | farmer | Yorkston | |
| John | White | shoemaker | Temple | |
| Walter | Whitson | shepherd | Blackburn | |
| James | Wilkinson | carpenter | Temple | |
| Robert | Wilkinson | labourer | Rosebery | |
| Henry | Wilson | ploughman | Fountain Side | |
| John | Wilson | ploughman | Rosebery | |
| John | Wilson | baker | Temple | |
| Thomas | Wilson | merchant | Gorebridge | |
| William | Wilson | mason | Temple | |
| John | Young | labourer | Temple |
Kirk Session Records Index
Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
