The ancient Parish of Galashiels is bounded on the north and east by the Parish of Melrose , on the south by the Parish of Bowden and on the west by the Parishes of Selkirk and Caddonfoot. Old Parish Birth Records exist from to Marriage Records exist from to and for Death records exist from to and from to Sales List census Galashiels. Caddonfoot Monumental Inscriptions by Selkirk Genealogy. Galashiels Death Records to by Selkirk Genealogy.

Baillie Smail, born at Clovenfords, was First Baillie in , and was renowned for severe punishment.

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He died of chronic alcoholism. If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick. This is a transcript of a list of Galashiels men willing to serve their country during the Napoleonic times as pioneers, guides, and providing horses, carts, and drivers. The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergents and how they came into being.

Continued from issue Description of Ladhope now Galashiels and historical notes. Includes a drawing of Ladhope Parish Church. The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. About the Telford family from the Hawick area. He moved around from Langlee, Ancrum. They were buried in Melrose.


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An account of a successful attempt to return war medals belonging to an Andrew Colville born in Galashiels to his family now in New Zealand. This is the text of the authors' talk to the Society on 18th September titled 'Cairncross, a Border Family'. Consists of ex-local authority homes and a handful of older, stone-built properties along the Melrose Road. Sits high up the hill as you leave Galashiels on the A7 towards Edinburgh at the north-west of the town. Consists of two large streets Halliburton Place and Glendinning Terrace that run parallel with Magdala Terrace and further on Bristol Terrace, which make up part of the A7.

Neighbouring Halliburton, Ladhope, comprising homes from the past four decades, stretches high up on the hillside, largely connecting Halliburton to the High Road, Melrose Road area of Galashiels. It is also home to Galashiels Golf Club and Heatheryetts grave yard.

Torwoodlee and Kilnknowe are in the north west of the town. The main street running through this area is Wood Street, and is part of the A72 , that carries on to Clovenfords , Innerleithen and Peebles. Netherdale is also home to the 'Raid Stane' Raid Stone.

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This stone marks the site of skirmish between the residents of Galashiels and English raiders during the Scottish wars of independence. The stone is marked by a small sign, located on the lawn next to Netherdale car park. The area most vehicles pass through; Kingsknowes is in the extreme south of Galashiels. The A7 from Selkirk enters from the south-west up to Kingsknowes roundabout before heading north-west into Galashiels. In Galashiels, Channel Street is considered the main shopping street and has a pedestrian precinct and other traffic calming measures to ensure shopping in the town is a pleasurable experience.

Most visitors will appreciate Bank Street gardens situated in the town centre. There is an award-winning war memorial by Robert Lorimer constructed in the style of a Peel Tower fronted by a statue of a Border Reiver.

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Galashiels also has a multi-screen cinema on Market Street and along with several restaurants and night-clubs gives Galashiels a very urban and city-like feel despite its comparatively small population. Now a mixture of housing and a busy thoroughfare through town, this part of Galashiels has a market or mercat cross and is surrounded by remnants of the town's history, with a former cloth hall, the Gala Aisle, and Tea Street in the neighbouring area. There is a small late shop, a primary school, a community centre - used for scouts , guides, rainbows etc. Tweedbank also has an industrial estate and is home to radio station, Radio Borders.

The town is also the terminus of the Borders Railway. Although now technically separate, Tweedbank's population is often lumped in with Galashiels, with a total area population of recorded in the census. This particular geographical formerly linked Langlee and Tweedbank to the town centre. It has been replaced when The Borders Railway which has been rebuilt and now currently has the Scotrail service from Tweedbank to Edinburgh running over it. Both have elderly residential homes complexes. Not formally part of one area or another, there are also streets of former mill terraces just off the town centre, including at St John Street, Gala Park and Scott Street.

These link with parts of the Old Town and bear similarities here with blocks of flats dating from the s and 70s evident among the terraces. Also away from town are places such as Duke Street, King Street and Union Street where again, mill terraces dominate but their former associated workplaces have long since been demolished to be replaced with modern retail or business units. Duke Street almost stands alone but was once connected to Wilderhaugh with terraced rows such as Queen Street once forming an almost unbroken link.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Galashiels shown within the Scottish Borders. Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk. Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

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