BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:
Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Regions and Districts (1975-1996)
Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Kirkpatrick Juxta - Partly in Lanarkshire until 1891
Moffat - Partly in Lanarkshire until 1891
SURNAMES:
Most Common Surnames:
Bell, Brown, Graham, Irving, Johnstone, Little, Scott, Smith, Thomson, Wilson
Common Surnames:
A: Alston, Anderson, Armstrong
B: Beattie, Beck, Black, Boyd, Broadfoot, Bryden, Bryson, Burgess, Byers
C: Carlyle, Carruthers, Carson, Clark, Cook, Cowan, Crosbie
D: Dalziel, Davidson, Dempster, Dickson, Dinwoodie, Dobie, Douglas, Duff, Dunbar
E: Edgar, Elliot, Ewart
F: Ferguson
G: Gardiner, Gibson, Glass, Gordon, Gracie, Grierson
H: Halliday, Harkness, Hastie, Hastings, Henderson, Hunter, Hutchison, Hyslop
J: Jackson, Jardine, Johnston
K: Kelly, Kennedy, Kerr, Kirkpatrick, Knox
L: Laidlaw, Latimer, Laurie, Lockhart, Lorimer
M: Martin, Maxwell, Milligan, Moffat, Monteith, Muir, Mundell, Murray
N: Nichol, Nicholson
P: Pagan, Paterson, Phillips, Pringle, Proudfoot
R: Rae, Reid, Renwick, Richardson, Robertson, Robson, Roddick, Rogerson, Ross
S: Shankland, Shannon, Spence, Steel, Stitt, Swan
T: Taylor, Telfer, Todd, Tweedie
W: Wallace, Watson, Waugh, Wells, White, Williamson, Wylie
POPULATION:
1755: 39,788
1801: 54,597
1811: 62,960
1821: 70,878
1831: 73,770
1841: 72,830
1851: 78,123
Location of Dumfriesshire
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Note: OPR stands for Old Parochial Registers, which are the earliest records of baptisms, marriages, and burials kept by The Church of Scotland. The OPR number is useful, and often necessary, in tracking down these records. The Church of Scotland kept the records before civil registration was introduced in 1855. Civil registration district numbers (RD numbers) are included in the timelines on the Parish pages. See the All Parishes Index for ancient parishes and parishes created or subdivided from older parishes.
| Parish Name | OPR Number |
|---|---|
| Annan | 812 |
| Applegarth and Sibbaldbie | 813 |
| Canonbie | 814 |
| Caerlaverock | 815 |
| Closeburn | 816 |
| Cummertrees | 817 |
| Dalton | 818 |
| Dornock | 819 |
| Dryfesdale | 820 |
| Dumfries | 821 |
| Dunscore | 822 |
| Durisdeer | 823 |
| Eskdalemuir | 824 |
| Ewes | 825 |
| Glencairn | 826 |
| Gretna | 827 |
| Half-Morton | 828 |
| Hoddom | 829 |
| Holywood | 830 |
| Hutton and Corrie | 831 |
| Johnstone | 832 |
| Keir | 833 |
| Kirkconnel | 834 |
| Kirkmahoe | 835 |
| Kirkmichael | 836 |
| Kirkpatrick Fleming | 837 |
| Kirkpatrick Juxta | 838 |
| Langholm | 839 |
| Lochmaben | 840 |
| Middlebie | 841 |
| Moffat | 842 |
| Morton | 843 |
| Mouswald, or Mousewald | 844 |
| Penpont | 845 |
| Ruthwell | 846 |
| St Mungo | 847 |
| Sanquhar | 848 |
| Tinwald | 849 |
| Torthorwald | 850 |
| Tundergarth | 851 |
| Tynron | 852 |
| Wamphray and Wanlockhead | 853 |
| Westerkirk | 854 |