Hi Lesley,
I have just come across your post about the Annfield Inn and I wondered if you would be in a position to help me.
For a number of years I have been trying to trace details of my mother-in-law, who according to all records did not exist !!!. Her DoB does not relate to her name in either Scotlands People or the National Archives in England.
She lived in Edinburgh but claimed to have been born in Berwick upon Tweed. When I was living in England and we used to take her down for a visit we would travel down the A68, this would be in the mid 1970s. As we traveled over Soutra and came down towards Channelkirk, the ruins of a building were still standing, and every time we passed she would tell us that was where she lived as a child, walking every day to Channelkirk School. Now I believe that the building was the remains of the Annfield Inn.
Her name was Agnes Douglas Tait and according to her Marriage Certificate, her DoB was 15th September 1915. Her father was George Tait (a fisherman) and her mother was Robina Tait (m.s. Robertson).
The first census she could possibly appear on would be 1921, not available till 2021, but I wondered if in your research you have a Robina Robertson associated with the Annfield Inn.
This has been a mystery which has been plaguing the family for about 15 years and it has always been a brick wall. Unfortunately my wife passed away last year, but I would like to carry on with our family tree and hopefully pass it down through the generations.
Any help you could give would be gratefully appreciated
Neil