In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Houndwood like this:
Houndwood, a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish in the W of Coldingham parish, Berwickshire. The hamlet lies on the left bank of Eye Water, adjacent to the North British railway, 3 miles WNW of Reston station, and 3 ESE of Grant's House station, its post-town. It consists of the quoad sacra parish church (1836; 500 sittings), a Free church (370 sittings), and a few detached houses, scattered over a length of about ½ mile. ...
The quoad sacra parish, comprising about one half of Coldingham, was constituted by ecclesiastical authority in 1836, by civil authority in 1851; contains the mansions of Houndwood House, Newmains, Berrybank, Sunnyside, Coveyheugh, Stoneshiel, Fairlaw House, and Renton House; has vestiges of two or more old towers, one of them a hunting-seat of the priors of Coldingham; and is in the presbytery of Chirnside and synod of Merse and Teviotdale. The stipend is £120. Three public schools-.Auchincraw, Renton, and Reston -.with respective accommodation for 104, 103, and 110 children, had (1881) an average attendance of 43, 76, and 83, and grants of £38, 12s., £72, 15s., and £71, 1s. 6d. Pop of q. s. parish (1871) 1517, (1881) 1516.—Ord. Sur., sh. 34, 1864.
Houndwood through time
Houndwood 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 Houndwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Houndwood, in Scottish Borders and Berwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21476
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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