Kildrummie, Keldrummy
Kildrummy is a parish in the district of Alford, Aberdeenshire. The parish is bounded by Auchindoir, Tullynessle, Alford, Leochel-Cushnie, Towie, and Cabrach. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Kildrummy, Mossat
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Kildrummy was dedicated to St Bride. Beside it was St Bride's Well. In 1650 the parishes of Auchindoir and Kildrummy were united, but they were severed again in 1653. There were three chapels within the bounds, St Machar's in St Machar's Haugh, St Luke's at Mid Clova, and St Ranald's in Glenkindie, where also is St Ranald's Well.
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 |
| 1678-1854 | Kildrummy | 208 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Kildrummy | 208 | 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
Anderson, Cameron, Ellis, Forbes, Ingram, Reid, Souter, Thomson, Walker, Watt
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 Robert Lumsden.
"At present, the number of souls is 568, of whom 221 are males, and 347 females. Some of them are craftsmen, shoemakers, tailors, smiths, necessary for the occasions of the country; yet all of them possess some land, and are so frequently engaged in the operations of agriculture, that the whole may be regarded as farmers, there being no town or village in the parish.
The Scots language, with the enunciation peculiar to the county of Aberdeen, is the only tongue spoken in the parish; but many of the names of places are of the Gaelic language."
(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 18, p. 411
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 976
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