Kilmany is a parish in the Cupar district of Fife. It is bounded by Balmerino, Forgan, Logie, Dairsie, Cupar, Moonzie, and Creich. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bogton, Clubston, Drumnod, Easter Kinnear, Grayson, Hillcairnie, Kilmany, Muirraigs, Murdochcairnie, Newcairnie, Newington, Rathillet, Starrlaw, Stirton, Wester Kilmany, Wester Kinnear
Lochmalonie, Rathillet
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Kilmany belonged to St Salvator's College, St Andrews. (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 |
| 1706-1854 | Kilmany | 437 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Kilmany | 437 | RD |
| 2009 | Fife, Cupar | 417 | RD |
| 2026 | Fife Council; Balmerino, Gauldry, Logie and Kilmany 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
Donaldson, Greig, Jack, Leslie, Pearson, Pratt, Ritchie, Ross, Thomson, 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 John Cook, Minister.
"There are now living in the parish 396 males, and 473 females; in all 869. Several families are Seceders from the Established Church, and assemble at a place of worship within the parish.
The parish is the residence of husbandmen. Agriculture is the universal employment; it is the source and the substance of its few commercial transactions. It gives subsistence to almost every individual in the parish; to the farmers, to their servants, to the families of these servants, who are the great body of inhabitants; and to the few mechanics, whose office are necessary for carrying on country affairs, or for promoting the comforts of life. There is no baker in the parish. The greatest part of the bread consumed is prepared by the families who eat it."
(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 19, p. 420
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 9, Section I, p. 532
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