Kilmadan, Kilmadon, Glendaruel
Kilmodan is a parish in Cowal, Argyleshire. It is bounded by Loch Riddan, and by the parishes of Kilfinan, Strachur, Dunoon, and Inverchaolain. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Glendaruel
Dunans
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Glendaruel, dedicated to St Modan, was a prebend of Lismore. It belonged to the Priory of Whitern (Whithorn).
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 |
| 1737-1854 | Kilmodan | 522 | OPR |
| 1855-1969 | Kilmodan | 522 | RD |
| 2007-2011 | Argyll and Bute, South Cowal | 531 | RD |
| 2026 | Argyll and Bute Council; Colintraive and Glendaruel 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
Buchanan, Cameron, Ferguson, Gillies, Lamont, Leitch, Millar, Robertson, Sinclair, Weir
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 MacKinnon.
"The number of inhabitants is about 351, of whom 172 are males, and 179 are females. There are 42 farmers and their families, including graziers, 14 handicraftsmen, 4 apprentices and journeymen, 10 seamen, 25 labouring servants, and 32 female labouring servants. There is 1 foreigner, from North America, 3 gentry, and 1 Roman Catholic family. Some families leave the parish yearly; but for 20 years past, only 2 families belonging to it have emigrated from Scotland.
The inhabitants are much disposed to industry, and it is a pity that some manufacture, especially in the linen way, is not established among them, as the soil is so favourable for flax. They are judicious, economical, and disposed to generous and humane actions. They are not remarkable for size or strength; some are 5 feet 6 inches, some 6 feet. They are remarkably altered with regard to their dress within these 30 years; and their living is little inferior to their dress. The Gaelic is the language chiefly spoken. Few or none have been in the navy, and none in the army, except in the Fencibles."
(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 4, p. 338
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 7, Section II, p. 672
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