Pencaitland
"PENCAITLAND, a parish, containing the post-office station of
Pencaitland, and the villages of Easter Pencaitland, Wester Pencaitland,
and Newton, in the western division of Haddingtonshire. It is bounded by Gladsmuir,
Salton, Ormiston, and Tranent ... Population in 1831, 1,166; in 1861, 1,187."
from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, edited by John Marius Wilson,
1868.
A lengthier description is available.
This map shows the
location of the parish in the county.
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Cemeteries
The Scottish Genealogy Society
holds a list of gravestones in this parish (188 in total) in its library
in Edinburgh. Similar lists may be available elsewhere, for example in the
East Lothian District Library's Local History Centre at Newton Port in Haddington.
Church History
A history of the church is available from GenWeb.
Church Records
The parish church (Church of Scotland) has registers dating from 1598.
Old Parish Registers (before 1855) are held in the General Register
Office for Scotland in Edinburgh, and copies on microfilm may be consulted
in local libraries and in LDS Family History
Centres around the world. Later parish registers (after 1855) are often held
in the Scottish
Record Office as are any records of non-conformist churches in the area
(often unfilmed and unindexed, and only available there).
In his entry for the Statistical Account of Scotland (compiled 1790s, see
the Statistics section of the East
Lothian page for more details) the Rev. Henry Sangster made the following
comment about deficiencies in the registration of births in the parish of
Pencaitland in the late 18th century:
"in the country parishes, many of the common people, since the
date of the tax upon the registration of baptisms, do not register the births
in their families"
Civil Registration
Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st
January 1855. For details of these and other records held at the General
Register Office in Edinburgh, see the GRO tutorial.
Gazetteers
Extracts for this parish from the 1868 National
Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland are available.
Maps
The Scottish
Record Office holds the following as part of its collection of maps and
plans:
- 1831: The estate of Wester Pencaitland. Scale 1:3200. Size 62x52cm.
Grid (map) reference NT4368
Population
Here are some figures showing the parish's population through time:
| Year |
Population |
| 1801 |
925 |
| 1831 |
1166 |
| 1861 |
1187 |
| 1881 |
1320 |
| 1891 |
1107 |
| 1901 |
1125 |
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Last updated 5 February 2004
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