Logie-Coldstone is a parish in the Kincardine-O'Neil district of Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Strathdon, Towie, Tarland, Coull, Aboyne, and Glenmuick. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Logie Coldstone or Newkirk
Blelack, Corrachree, Deskrie, Finzean, Hopewell, Melgum, Tillypronie
These four parishes (Logie Coldstone, Strathdon, Tarland and Migvie, and Towie) form a group, and can best be dealt with together.
The parish of Strathdon had a detached part in Glenkindie, bounded on the east by the parish of Towie and on the west by the parish of Glenbucket. This detached part was so situated as to separate a part of the parish of Towie at Glencuie from the rest of that parish. In the case of these two detached parts these defects have been cured by transferring the detached part of Strathdon to Towie, thus uniting the detached part of Towie with the main portion of that parish.
The parish of Tarland and Migvie had three detached parts. Tarland and Migvie detached No. 1 was situated at Deskry, and had the parish of Strathdon on the west and the parish of Towie on the east. Tarland and Migvie detached No. 2, situated at Migvie, was bounded on the north by the parish of Towie and elsewhere by the parish of Logie-Coldstone. Tarland and Migvie detached No. 3 was almost entirely surrounded by the parish of Strathdon. Detached No. 3 was transferred to Strathdon; Tarland and Migvie detached No. 1 was divided between Strathdon and Towie, Strathdon receiving the part situated on the left bank of the Deskry, and Towie receiving the remainder; and Tarland and Migvie detached No. 2 was transferred to the parish of Logie-Coldstone. The north-east corner of Logie-Coldstone was transferred to Tarland and Migvie.
See affected properties and landholders. (1892: Boundary of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government Act, 1889, by Hay Shennan)
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Logie Mar and Colstone were united on 17 July 1618.
Logie Mar. The church of Logie-Mar was dedicated to St Faelchu, who was Abbot of Iona from 717 to 724. He is known also as St Walach. At Logie-Mar there was a Well of St John.
Colstone, or Coldstone. Colstone was a prebend of Aberdeen. The church was dedicated to St Neachtan of Mortlach.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Dinnet. A priory of the Red Friars was founded at Dinnet in 1297 by Alexander, third Earl of Buchan. The parish of Dinnet was disjoined from Aboyne, Logie-Coldstone, and Glenmuick on 14 March 1886.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Logie Mar (QO)
Coldstone (QO)
Dinnet (QS)
(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 |
| 1716-1854 | Logie Coldstone | 218 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Logie Coldstone and Cromar | 218 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Aboyne | 330 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Cromar 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, Bain, Clark, Coutts, Esson, Farquharson, Forbes, Paterson, Smith, Thomson
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 Farquharson.
"The writer of this was settled here in 1779; the number of inhabitants since that time is considerably decreased. At that period, all the farms were occupied by tenants and subtenants; but at present there are about 20 families quite extirpated, and their possessions in natural grass. In 1780, there were 1300 souls in the parish, at present (1793) there are 1182. The people follow, in general, the occupation of husbandry. There are 2 smiths, 1 carpenter, 2 shoemakers, and 4 shopkeepers, who sell small articles for the good of the country.
The chief manufacture, till about 1789, was that of knitting stockings by the women, the wool brought by manufacturers from Aberdeen. For 3 years past, spinning on the two-handed wheel is much introduced, and found more profitable. The whole inhabitants are member of the Established Church, and speak all the dialect of English, common in the north of Scotland."
(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 9, p. 510
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 1070
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