Kirkinch (Nevay)
Eassie and Nevay is a united parish on the western border of Forfarshire, Essie on the north and Nevay on the south. It is bounded by Perthshire, and by the parishes of Airlie, Glamis, and Newtyle. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Balkerrie, Dunkenny, Essie, Gateside, Ingliston, Kirkinch, Kirkton, Mireside, Nevay, Paddockhall
Dunkenny
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Eassie and Nevay were united on 21 March 1600.
Eassie. The ancient church of Eassie was dedicated to St Fergus.
Nevay. The old church of Nevay was dedicated to St Nevydd.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Eassie and Nevay (QO)
Nevay (QO)
(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 |
| 1728-1854 | Eassie and Nevay | 284 | OPR |
| 1855-1960 | Eassie and Nevay | 284 | RD |
| 1961-1968 | Glamis and Eassie | 289 | RD |
| 2009 | Angus, Forfar | 364 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council; Newtyle and Eassie 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
Allan, Craig, Kerr, Lindsay, Munro, Robertson, Simpson, Smith, Thomson, Tosh
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 Dr Playfair.
"The population of this district has remained nearly the same for a century past. There are now (1793) 630 souls of whom 132 are householders, 102 servants of both sexes, 29 weavers, 4 tailors, 5 shoemakers, 5 wrights, 4 masons, and 3 blacksmiths. No manufacture has been ever established in these parishes, owing to their local situation, and distance from any considerable market-town.
The inhabitants of this territory are sober and industrious, strangers alike to intemperance and dissipation of every kind. The vice of dram-drinking, which if we may rely on Statistical information, so much prevails in many parishes of Scotland, is here unknown. There is not a tavern or alehouse in either parish. These people, however, are open, generous, and hospitable. They are neither proud or parasitical. Mild and peaceable, they are neither ready to resent an injury, nor to harbour revenge. Not a few of them enjoy the benefits and comforts of society, and all are contented with their condition."
(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 16, p. 212
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 475
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