Yarrow

Parish No 779 Yarrow is located within the County of Selkirkshire which now makes up part of the Scottish Borders. Yarrow lies approximately 9 miles west of Selkirk. For a map showing the location of Yarrow please click here.

"YARROW, a parish in Selkirkshire. It long comprehended the three ancient parishes of Duchoire, St Mary's, and Kirkhope; but it was divided in 1852, into the two parishes of Yarrow and Kirkhope ... [The parish] contains the post-office station of Yarrow, the hamlet of Yarrowfeus, the village of Ettrick-bridge, and part of the village of Yarrowford. It is bounded on the north by Traquair and Innerleithen in Peebles-shire, and by the Selkirkshire parts of Innerleithen and Stow; on the east by both the Selkirkshire and the Roxburghshire parts of both Selkirk and Ashkirk; on the south by Roberton and Ettrick; and on the west by Megget, Manor and Peebles in Peebles-shire. its length is 18 miles; its greatest breadth is 16 miles; and its area is about 111 square miles."

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

Cemeteries

The GENUKI website contains information on surnames of people buried within Yarrow. From the information given at GENUKI the information was originally compiled by Hawick Archaeological Society’s Transactions. If you would like to receive further information please click here to be re-directed to GENUKI.

Church History

Population

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

1755 – 1180

1793 – 1230

1801 – 1216

1811 – 1225

1821 – 1249

1831 – 1221

1841 –

1851 –

1861 – 643

1871 –

1881 – 641

1891 –

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