Auchreddy
New Deer is a parish in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Tyrie, Strichen, Old Deer, Ellon, Tarves, Methlick, Fyvie, Monquhitter, King Edward, and Aberdour. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Auchriddie, Brucklay, Cairnbanno, Kirkton, Maud or New Maud, New Deer
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parish of Auchreddy was disjoined from Deer in 1622. It was at first placed in the Prebytery of Turriff but was ere long annexed to that of Deer.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Maud. The parish of Maud was disjoined from Deer and New Deer on 15 July 1889.
New Pitsligo. The village of New Pitsligo was founded on 12 September 1787 by Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart., who was superior of the lands. At Cavoch within the bounds, a chapel was built in 1799. The parish of New Pitsligo was disjoined from Tyrie, Aberdour, Strichen, and New Deer, 9 March 1853, mainly through the generous aid given by Sir John Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
New Deer (QO)
Maud (QS)
New Pitsligo (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 |
| 1684-1854 | New Deer | 225 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | New Deer | 225 | RD |
| 1968-1971 | Maud | 225 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | Maud | 312 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Maud | 312 | RD |
| 2026 | (New Deer) Aberdeenshire Council; Deer Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Maud) Aberdeenshire Council; Central Buchan 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
Bruce, Davidson, Fowlis, Henderson, Milne, Robertson, Smith, Stephen, Taylor, Wilson
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 Hugh Taylor.
"The amount of the present population is 2800 souls, of whom 1324 are males, and 1476 females. These are all of the Established Church, except 156 Seceders, 40 Episcopalians, and 6 Roman Catholics. Tradesmen and mechanics, excluding apprentices, are as follows: 20 merchants, 28 tailors, 27 weavers, 25 wrights, 19 smiths, 17 shoemakers, 7 masons, 2 dyers, and 1 physician.
The people are remarkably sober and humane, and very diligent in their callings. There is but 1 licensed public house, and but little frequented, except by travellers. The industry of those in the farming line here, as in most places, is not always attended with that success which might be wished. Seasons and circumstances, for some years, have been much against them."
(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. 184
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 175
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