Damelingtoun
Dalmellington is a parish in the district of Kyle, Ayrshire. It is bounded on the north by Ochiltree, on the east by New Cumnock, on the south-east by Kirkcudbrightshire, on the south-west by Loch Doon and Doon water, which divide it from Straiton, and on the west by Dalrymple. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Benqubat or Benwhat, Burnfoothill, Camlarg, Craigmark, Dalmellington, Lethanhill, Patna, Waterside
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PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The vicarage of Dalmellington was a prebend of the Chapel Royal of Stirling. A yearly Lammas Fair was held at Dalmellington on 1st August. The parish church was rebuilt in 1846. There are mission chapels within the bounds at Lethanhill and Waterside.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Patna. A church was built here in 1837. On 2 July 1877 the parish of Patna was disjoined from Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Kirkmichael, and Straiton.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Dalmellington (QO)
Patna (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 |
| 1641-1854 | Dalmellington | 586 | OPR |
| 1855-1879 | Dalmellington | 586 | RD |
| 1898-1968 | Dalmellington | 586-1 | RD |
| 1898-1968 | Waterside | 586-2 | RD |
| 1969-1971 | Dalmellington | 586 | |
| 1972-2005 | Dalmellington | 684 | RD |
| 2006-2008 | Dalmellington, East Ayrshire | 684 | RD |
| 2009 | East Ayrshire, Dalmellington | 684 | RD |
| 2026 | (Dalmellington) East Ayrshire Council; Dalmellington Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Waterside) East Ayrshire Council; Moscow and Waterside 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, Gibson, Hamilton, Kerr, Murray, Scott, 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.
By the Reverend Mr Duncan M'Myne.
"The population in 1792 was 681, of whom 472 were above 12 years of age. The population in the country part of the parish has considerably diminished, owing to the monopolizing of farms, or conjoining a number of possessions into one; but it has increased in proportion in the village of Damelingtoun, which contains about 500 inhabitants. Damelingtoun is particularly well situated for a woolen manufactory, especially as it is in the neighbourhood of numerous and fine flocks of sheep. Accordingly, a few public-spirited men propose immediately to establish both a woolen and a cotton manufactory here; which, in time, will probably be productive of the happiest effects; as the inhabitants of the village are a sober, industrious, regular, and well-informed set."
(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 6, p. 71
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 5, Section I, p. 308
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