Leslie is a parish in the Garioch district of Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Kinnethmont, Insch, Premnay, Keig, Tullynessle, and Clatt. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Leslie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Leslie belonged to the Abbey of Lindores.
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 |
| 1699-1854 | Leslie | 215 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Leslie | 215 | 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, Hall, Johnston, Laing, Milne, Reid, Smith, Thomson, Watt, Wood
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 John Harper, Assistant to the Reverend Mr Alexander Stewart, Minister.
"The present (1792) state of the population of this parish is exactly stated; the number of souls is 392, of whom 184 are male, 208 are female. There are 25 farmers, 2 shopkeepers, 1 smith, 4 carpenters, 7 weavers, 5 tailors, 5 millers, 30 male farm servants, and 25 female farm servants. The only manufacture, carried on here, is a coarse kind of stockings, in which almost all the women are engaged.
The inhabitants are a sober, honest, decent, well behaved set of people; some of them active and industrious: They are humane and charitable, friendly and hospitable. Many of them are well informed in the principles of religion, and are pious without ostentation. There are no particular vices, to which they are generally addicted. Capital crimes are unknown. They enjoy the comforts of life in as great a degree as their neighbours of the same rank, and seem to be pretty well satisfied with their condition."
(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 8, p. 511
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 1019
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