Rulewater and Its People

An Account of the  Valley of the Rule and Its Inhabitants

By George Tancred of Weens.
452 pages. Originally published 1907. Book on CD-ROM or downloadable pdf.

This is a parish history in the monumental 19th-century tradition, including extensive historical and genealogical information on a farm-by-farm basis. Rulewater is formed by the union of the Wauchope, the Harwood, and Catlee Burns, united at the Forkins. It is in the county of Roxburgh, and thus is another in our series of Border histories. The primary families included in this study are: Turnbull, Elliot, Scott of Wauchope, Armstrong, and Kerr. However, of equal importance are histories and genealogies of: Renwick, Waugh, Smith, Dalgleish, Tait, St. Clair, Cleghorn, Taylor, Barry, Usher, Rutherfurd of Wells, Laidlaw, Cumyn and Common, Simson and Simpson, Vetch and Veitch, Young, Redpath, Oliver, Glendinning, Carruthers, and Amos. The amount of material given on each of these families does vary, but in the case of all the families listed above, there is considerable historical and genealogical information provided. The author moves through the parish, looking at each farm in turn and discussing its past and present inhabitants; he as well surveys the notable characters, eccentrics, and other historical and genealogical peculiarities of Rulewater.