Foulden

Parish No 741 Foulden is located within the County of Berwickshire which is now known as the Scottish Borders. Foulden lies on the Whiteadder Water half-way between Berwick and Chirnside. For a map showing the location of Foulden please click here.

"FOULDEN, a parish in the eastern part of the district of Merse, Berwickshire. It is of nearly a square form, 2 1/4 miles each way; and is bounded by the parishes of Ayton, Mordington, Hutton, and Chirnside. Its church is nearly equally distant from the towns of Ayton, Chirnside, and Berwick; and the last of these is the post-town. The surface rises in a gently inclined plane from south to north, and terminates in a ridge of heights."

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

Church History

Foulden Parish Church

In 1587 commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I congregated at Foulden Parish Church along with commissioners of James VI to justify the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. The execution had been ordered by Queen Elizabeth I of England, Mary Queen of Scots cousin.

Foulden Parish Church as it stands today was built in 1786 on the foundations of a church built in medieval times.

Population

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

1755 – 465

1793 – 344

1801 – 393

1811 – 368

1821 – 396

1831 – 535

1841 –

1851 –

1861 – 431

1871 –

1881 – 393

1891 –

1901 –

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