Glenbucket
Glenbucket is a parish on the western border of Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Banffshire, and by the parishes of Cabrach, Towie, and Strathdon. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Badenyon, Belnaboth, Easter Buchat, Belnacraig
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Glenbuchat was dedicated to St Peter. The parish was annexed to Cabrach by the Commissioners of Teinds, 7 July 1618.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1719-1854 | Glenbucket | 200 | OPR |
| 1855-1903 | Glenbucket | 200 | RD |
| 1904-1967 | Glenbuchat | 200 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Alford | 326 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Donside Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Beattie, Begg, Bremner, Brodie, Clark, Dawson, Forbes, Michie, Reid, Ross
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
By the Reverend Mr William Spence.
"The parish contains, by a very exact list taken last winter (1795), 449 souls; 229 males, 220 females. The people are sober, and very industrious. There are few that do not make their own ploughs and carts, and also their brogues or shoes. The parish lies at a great distance from every market-town. Aberdeen is above 30 miles off. To it the people must carry whatever they have for sale, and from thence all their necessaries are procured. None but those who have felt it can imagine how inconvenient it is to be at such a distance from a post-office and market-town, when, for six or eight weeks, sometimes all communication is stopped."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 19, p. 607
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 436
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
