In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Edgerston like this:
Edgerston, a quoad sacra parish on the southern border of Roxburghshire, 7 ¼ miles SSE of its post-town and station, Jedburgh. Comprising the detached sections of Jedburgh parish, with portions of Oxnam and Southdean, it is in the presbytery of Jedburgh and synod of Merse and Teviotdale; the minister's stipend is £120. ...
The church was built in 1838, and contains 200 sittings. Edgerston House here, near the left bank of an affluent of Jed Water, is the seat of William Alexander Oliver-Rutherfurd, Esq. (b. 1818; suc. 1879), who owns 7703 acres in the shire, valued at £3463 per annum. A public school, with accommodation for 60 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 61, and a grant of £62, 11s. Pop. (1861) 359, (1871) 365, (1881) 358.—Ord. Sur., sh. 17, 1864.
Edgerston through time
Edgerston is now part of Scottish Borders district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scottish Borders has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edgerston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edgerston, in Scottish Borders and Roxburghshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22305
Date accessed: 18th May 2024
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