Auchenleck
Auchinleck is a parish in the west of the district of Kyle, Ayrshire. It is bounded on the north by the parishes of Mauchline, Sorn, and Muirkirk, on the east by Muirkirk and Crawfordjohn, on the south by Kirkconnel, New Cumnock, and Old Cumnock, and on the west by Ochiltree. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Auchinleck, Commondyke, Cronberry, Dernconner, Lugar
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Auchinleck belonged to the Abbey of Paisley. The parish had a Well named Our Lady's, and near Auchinleck Castle stood a Chapel of St Vincent. In 1844 Auchinleck Church was rebuilt on a new site adjoining the old one. There is a mission chapel at Darnconner.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Lugar. The church was built in 1867. The parish was disjoined from Auchinleck and erected by the Court of Teinds, 8 March 1907.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Auchinleck (QO)
Lugar (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 |
| 1693-1854 | Auchinleck | 577 | OPR |
| 1855-1884 | Auchinleck | 577 | RD |
| 1885-1971 | Auchinleck | 577-1 | RD |
| 1885-1968 | Lugar | 577-2 | RD |
| 1969-1971 | Auchinleck | 577 | RD |
| 1972-2005 | Auchinleck | 579 | RD |
| 2006-2008 | Auchinleck, East Ayrshire | 579 | RD |
| 2009 | (Auchinleck) East Ayrshire, Auchinleck | 579 | RD |
| 2009 | (Lugar) East Ayrshire, Old Cumnock | 682 | RD |
| 2026 | (Auchinleck) East Ayrshire Council; Auchinleck Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Lugar) East Ayrshire Council; Lugar and Logan 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
Brown, Campbell, Clark, Gibson, Johnstone, Muir, Reid, Smith, Stewart, 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.
Drawn up from the Communications of the late Reverend Mr John Dun, Minister of the Parish.
"The number of souls in the parish, in 1791, 380, in the village, 340, total 775. There were 35 Burgher Seceders and 20 Antiburgher Seceders. There were 5 shopkeepers, 1 bakers, 6 masons, 2 hawkers, 2 shoemakers, 1 fiddler, 15 weavers, 1 stocking-weaver, 3 millers, 4 smiths, 2 coopers, and 1 excise officer.
The village of Auchinleck has for these two or three years past been on the decline, and several houses are now empty, owing, in some measure, to the Muirkirk iron and coat tar works, but more especially to the cotton mill at Catrine, which have attracted inhabitants from this parish."
(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 11, p. 430
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 5, Section I, p. 322
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