Hi Merv,
I would say it is Island, which means he was living the vicinity of where Island Street is now. This means Andrew was living in the town of Galashiels but the Parish of Melrose; which was in the county of Roxburghshire in 1845. Helen was living in the parish of Galashiels, which is in the county of Selkirkshire.
Interestingly the OPR marriages for Galashiels parish, for this time period, are missing and are therefore not searchable on scotlandspeople. There are however marriages found amongst the Kirk Session records of Galashiels Parish for the period 1845-1854.
Marriage Banns were proclaimed in the parishes of each party, if both lived in the same parish they appear in one parish; however as in your case if they lived in different parishes they appear twice. Here is the transcription from the Galashiels register for you:
Date Booked; Man: Name and Parish; Woman: Name and Parish; Cautioners; Marriage Date; Remarks
1845 Septr. 27; Andrew Scott, Melrose; Helen Hutton, Galashiels; Jas. Hutton & Alexr. Johnston; 2
(The two in the remarks column indicates on how many separate days they were proclaimed.)
© Kirk Session records — National Archives of Scotland references CH2/1255/10
© Transcription and indexes — Copyright Graham Maxwell Ancestry 2010.
Emma