Burgh of Lauder Archive

• Reference:GB 1097 BL
• Dates of Creation:1848-1975
• Name of Creator:
  Burgh of Lauder
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  91 items

• Scope and Content

  The archive includes minute books of the town council, police commissioners, subscription library and joint cemetery committee, a municipal poll book, abstracts of the accounts of the town council, a light railway order and improvement grants register.

  Items with an alternative reference number are marked with this reference, rather than the new BL reference number.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The early history of the Burgh of Lauder is not clear. It is thought to have become a Royal Burgh of Burgh of Barony in favour of James Douglas during the reign of King Robert I (1306-1329). Upon the forfeiture of the Douglases, in 1455, Lauder became a Royal Burgh. This status was reconfirmed by King James IV in 1502. Lauder was a Police Burgh from 1864 and became a Small Burgh in 1929. When burghs were abolished in 1975 Lauder became part of the Ettrick and Lauderdale district in the Borders Region. In 1996 it became part of the Scottish Borders council area.

  Historic Lauder: the archaeological implications of development by Anne Turner-Simpson and Sylvia Stevenson (1980), p. 1.

  Scottish Burgh & County Heraldry by R. M Urquhart (1973), p. 243.

  Scottish Archive Network www.scan.org.uk

  ScotlandsPlaces: www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk

• Arrangement

  BL/1 Town Council Minute Books

  BL/2 Police Commissioners Minute Books

  BL/3 Subscription Library Minute Books

  BL/4 Cemetery Minute Book

  BL/5 Municipal Poll Book

  BL/6 Abstracts of Accounts

  BL/7 Light Railway Order

  BL/8 Improvement Grants Register

• Access Information

  Open

  Scottish Borders Archives operates within Local Authority, Freedom of Information and Data Protection Legislation, whereby some limitations on access may apply.

• Other Finding Aids

  Digital catalogue on CALM, paper catalogue available in the search room.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Archive Manager. Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational or private use & condition of documents.

• Custodial History

  Transferred from Scottish Borders Council Galashiels Area Office; additional minutes books came via Borders Family History Society on 24/07/2019 [see acc 0456]

• Accruals

  None expected.

• Related Material

  Other items relating to the Burgh of Lauder are located in the archives of the County of Berwickshire and SC/B/6 and SBA779