Sorbie Parish Records
In the 12th and 13th cents Sorbie was made up of two divisions, Great
Sourby and little Sourby, each of which had their own church. The two
divisions were however united between the years of 1235 and 1253 and
were joined together as Sorbie. The church of Sorbie was dedicated to
St Fillan and prior to the reformation it belonged to the Abbey of
Dryburgh. In 1633 Sorbie formed a union with the former parishes of
Kirkmadryne and Crugilton. Sorbie, Kirkrmadryne and Crugilton all had
their own parish churches prior to the union, however after the were
joined, the parish church at Sorbie served all three and the united
parish continued under the name of Sorbie. The Parish church of Sorbie
was rebuilt in 1750 and underwent extensive repairs in 1824, a new
church was later erected in 1874-1876. In 1981 Sorbie was linked with
Kirkinner. The kirk session sat within the Presbytery of Wigtown and
later of Wigtown and Stranraer.
see The History of Sorbie
Parish Church, Donna Brewster, 1994, ISBN 9781872350219
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- Garlieston Congregational Church:
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At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CH2/332
Sorbie Kirk Session
Minutes, 1700-1702 and 1829-1856; Poor's Accounts, 1797-1821; Accounts,
1845-1863; Loose cash records, 1765-1775.
Included in the Old Parochial Registers on microfilm and at
the ScotlandsPeople
Centre, Edinburgh but not online:
- 897/1
Sorbie Kirk Session
Accounts, 1703-1716.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HR12
Sorbie parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1861-1900, 1908-1929; Cash book, 1905-1919; Accounts,
1920-1929; Vouchers, 1874-1928; Papers relating to buildings,
1869-1914; Papers relating to transference to Church of Scotland,
1927-1929; Correspondence, 1870-1919; Valuation, 1799; Plans church,
manse, 1912-? 1929.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- IRS87/51-54
Valuation Office (Scotland): Field Book, 1910-1920: Sorbie
Parish
Entries 1-100, 101-200, 201-300, 301-347.
- IRS133
Valuation Office (Scotland) maps to accompany the above field books,
scale 1/2500, Ordnance Survey sheets for Wigtownshire.
At the Dumfries
and Galloway Archives, Dumfries:
- EW4
Wigtownshire County Council: County Treasurer's Department
Valuation rolls, 1891-1975; Assessment rolls, 1890-1897, 1950-1960.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
Some estate papers can be found by searching the National
Archives of Scotland catalogue for "Sorbie or Garlieston" and reference
starts
"GD". Collections
particularly worth searching are:
- GD10
Papers of the Murray Family of Broughton, Wigtownshire, and Cally,
Kirkcudbrightshire
- GD138
Papers of the Stewart family, Earls of Galloway (Galloway Charters)
- GD150
Papers of the Earls of Morton
- GD154
Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, Wigtownshire
- GD455
Papers of the Hathorn family of Castlewigg, Wigtownshire
- GD1/1138/4
Estate Sales Particulars, Various Estates 1896-1939
Galloway House Estate, Garlieston, Wigtownshire, 1929
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- RH4/23/235-237
Ordnance Survey Original Object Name Books for Scotland: Wigtownshire
Parishes of Kirkinner and Sorbie (book 69); Glasserton, Kirkinner,
Mochrum and Sorbie (book 74); Glasserton, Mochrum, Sorbie and Whithorn
(book 76); Glasserton, Kirkinner, Sorbie and Whithorn (book 77); Sorbie
and Whithorn (book 78); Glasserton, Sorbie and Whithorn (book 79);
Sorbie, Stoneykirk and Whithorn (book 80); Glasserton, Sorbie and
Whithorn (book 84)..
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CO4/43
Sorbie Parish Records
Parish Council Minute Book, 1918-1930; Parochial Board General Register
of the Poor, 1878-1922;Parish Council General Register of the Poor,
1922-1930.
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EW5/56
Sorbie Public School
Log books, 1905-1950. (Closed until 1/01/2026)
- EW5/8/2
Glasserton (Whithorn and Sorbie) School Board
Register of mortgages (including receipts, 1918-1919), 1875-1894.
- EW5/8/1
Whithorn, Glasserton and Sorbie School Management Committee
Minutes, 1947-1949. (Closed until 1/01/2025)
see Early Taxation Records
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: William McM. Owen
