Menmuir is a parish in the northern part of Forfarshire. It is bounded by Lethnot, Strickathrow, Brechin, Careston, and Fearn. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Burnside, Kirkton, Ledmore, Menmuir, Teigerton or Tigerton
Balnamoon
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Menmuir was dedicated to St Aidan. Not far from it was St Aidan's Well. A new church was built in 1767.
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 |
| 1701-1854 | Menmuir | 309 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Menmuir | 309 | OPR |
| 2009 | Angus, Brechin | 366 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council; Inveresk 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
Anderson, Keith, Low, Mowat, Robertson, Ross, Simpson, Smith, Thomson, Young
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 Waugh.
"By a very correct list taken last spring (1791,) there were 900 souls in this parish, viz. 432 males and 468 females. The number of farmers is 36; of manufacturers, the weavers, who are the only people of that description that are here, 12. The different sectaries or dissenters, are about 60, viz. 2 Roman Catholics, who do not properly belong to the parish, but come from the north; 10 Seceders, who attend a meeting in Brechin; and 48 Episcopalians.
The inhabitants of this parish are disposed to industry and economy. The women, in particular, spin a great deal of lint into coarse yarn for the duck or sail-cloth factory. They spin with both hands, a practice little known in the south of Scotland. This makes it sometimes difficult to get domestic servants, seeing they can make their bread easily at home."
(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 5, p. 145
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 656
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