Channelkirk

Parish No 729 Channelkirk is located within the County of Berwickshire, which is now known as the Scottish Borders.

"CHANNELKIRK, a parish in the north-west corner of Berwickshire,- bounded by Edinburghshire, Haddingtonshire, and the parish of Lauder, and containing the head-streams of Leader Water ... The Girthgate, or road by which the monks travelled from Melrose to Edinburgh, passes through the western border of the parish; and on this road, a few miles due west of the church, are the ruins of an old building commonly called Restlaw Ha', at which, tradition says, the monks and pilgrims used to stop for refreshment."

from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, edited by John Marius Wilson, 1868.

History

See History of Channelkirk by Rev. Archibald Allan (691 pages), published at Edinburgh in 1900. The book is listed in the LDS Family History Library catalogue in microfilm format, so is hopefully available worldwide in LDS family history centres.

Population

Here are some figures showing the Parish's population through time:

1755	531	1831	841	1871
1801	640	1841		1881	607
1811	707	1851		1891
1821	730	1861	641	1901

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