Kennachin, Kennochy
Kennoway is a parish in the centre of the south of Fife. It is bounded by Kettle, Scoonie, Wemyss, and Markinch. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bainton, Baneton or Bayneton, Bonnybank, Kennoway, Starr
Kingsdale, Newton Hall
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Kennoway was dedicated to St Kenneth. It belonged to the Priory of St Andrews. A fair of St David was held at Kennoway. (1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
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 |
| 1638-1854 | Kennoway | 434 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Kennoway | 434 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | Kennoway | 419 | RD |
| 2009 | Fife, Kennoway | 419 | RD |
| 2026 | Fife Council; Kennoway 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
Bethune, Birrell, Brown, Campbell, Duncan, Henderson, Philp, Thomson, Williamson, 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 Patrick Wright.
"In 1785, the whole inhabitants of the parish (of whom the village contains about one half), amounted, from the age of going to school, to 1200, of whom 800 attended the Established Church, and 400 were Seceders. All the houses are inhabited, none are allowed to go to ruin. There are at present, but two brewers in the parish, keeping ale-houses, none of which can well be termed an inn.
Every person almost that is not engaged in the labours of the field is employed at the loom. A considerable quantity of coarse linen is made in the parish, which is sold brown, and some also of a better quality, which is bleached and sold at the summer markets in the neighbourhood, to merchants from Edinburgh, Stirling, &c. All the inhabitants are remarkably sober, industrious, and economical."
(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 13, p. 123
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 9, Section I, p. 375
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