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(Gael. inbhir-uisge, 'confluence of the water'), a village and a coast parish of NE Edinburghshire. The village stands above the right bank of the winding Esk, 5 furlongs S of Musselburgh, and ¼ mile N by W of Inveresk station on the main line of the North British, this being 6½ miles E by S of Edinburgh. Enjoying so healthy a climate as long to have been called the Montpelier of Scotland, it extends along a broad-based gentle ascent, whose higher parts command wide and delightful views - northward across the Firth of Forth, south-westward away to the Pentlands; and itself is a pleasant, old-fashioned place, whose trees and gardens, 18th-century mansions, and more recent villas give it somewhat the aspect of a Thames-side village. The parish church, on the western summit of the hill, is a plain edifice of 1805, with 2400 sittings, a high conspicuous spire, and a churchyard which for beauty is scarcely to be matched in all the kingdom.
(Extract from Groomes Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland c.1895)
Many books pertaining to the parish are available.
Monumental Inscriptions have been taken.
The parish church has records for births dating from 1607, for marriages from 1606 and for deaths from 1750. These are held in the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh and copies on microfilm may be consulted in the Midlothian Studies Centre in Loanhead and also in LDS Family History Centres around the world. Further information on church records, such as births & baptisms, marriages, marriage contracts, deaths & burials, parish church, parish ministers (with a list of names), Old Parish Registers, church session and session clerks & precentors are available.
A selection of 18th century testaments of Inveresk inhabitants is available.
The transcription of the section for Inveresk from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Various maps of the parish are available.
Information on clocks & watchmakers and craft guilds is available online.
Information on population statistics, such as a list of inhabitants, and the population of the parish in 1792 is available online.
Information on schoolmasters for theparish (with names given) is available online.
Fishing was one of the parish's main occupations and information on the Fisherrow Sailors' Society is available online.
More information on the Poll tax of 1695 and of customs & excise men (with names given) is available online.
Information on some of the town's records such as bailies & town treasurers, burgesses of Musselburgh, burgess tickets (with names given), chartularies, Notaries' protocal books (with names given), town clerks (with names given), Musselburgh burgh records and the town council is available online.
Page Created by Margaret A. MitchellInformation on statistics of the parish is available online.
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