Inchmabanin
Insch is a parish in the Garioch district of Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Drumblade, Forgue, Culsalmond, Oyne, Premnay, Leslie, Kennethmont, and Gartly. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bainshole, Dunnideer, Insch
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The old church of Insch (originally Inchmabanin) was dedicated to St Drostan. It belonged to the Abbey of Lindores. A chapel of St John stood at Dunnideer in the parish.
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 |
| 1683-1854 | Insch | 203 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Insch | 203 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | Insch | 318 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Insch | 318 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Bennachie 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
Anderson, Beattie, Gibb, Gordon, Leslie, Meldrum, Milne, Moir, Robertson, Smith
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 a Friend to Statistical Inquiries.
"The population of this parish has decreased within these 40 years; it is now only 900. The knitting of stockings for the Aberdeen manufacturers is the principal employment of the women of this district. It is at present at a stand; and, from various causes, is presumed to be on the decline.
The people are decent in their behaviour, and industrious in their occupations; and, like the inhabitants of all the country parishes, more simple in their manners, and more pure in morals than the inhabitants of towns. The decay of the weekly markets has not been prejudicial to the morals of the inhabitants of the village."
(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 17, p. 482
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 747
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