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Montrose is a parish at the north-east extremity of the maritime district of Forfarshire. It is bounded on the north by Logie-Pert and Kincardineshire, on the east by the German Ocean (North Sea), on the south by the South Esk, which divides it from Craig, and on the west by the Montrose Basin and by Dun. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Charleton, Ferryden, Hillside, Kinnaber, Montrose
Rosemount
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Montrose was dedicated to St John the Evangelist. The parish was a prebend of Brechin. There were within the bounds chapels of the Holy Rood and St John the Baptist. There were also Wells of the Holy Rood and St Fergus. St Mary's Convent of the Black Friars at Montrose was founded by Alan Durward in 1230. A Roodmas Fair was held in Montrose.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Hillside. The parish of Hillside was disjoined from Montrose on 17 March 1879.
Melville. This parish was disjoined from Montrose on 27 June 1855. It was named Melville as a memorial of Andrew Melville, the Reformer, who was born at Baldovie in the parish of Craig.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Montrose (QO)
Hillside (QS)
Melville (QS)
(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 |
| 1615-1854 | Montrose | 312 | OPR |
| 1855-1856 | Montrose Burgh | 312-1 | RD |
| 1855-1856 | Montrose Landward | 312-2 | RD |
| 1857-1960 | Montrose | 312 | RD |
| 1960-1962 | Montrose, Dun and Maryton | 312 | RD |
| 1963-1971 | Montrose | 312 | RD |
| 1972-2004 | Montrose | 367 | RD |
| 2009 | Angus, Montrose | 367 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council; Royal Burgh of Montrose 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
Clark, Davidson, Duncan, Middleton, Milne, Mitchell, Scott, Smith, Strachan, Thomson
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 Alexander Molleson.
"The following were extracted from the minister's parish rolls, which are made up with all possible accuracy: In 1790, number of souls in town, 5194; in the country, 1000; total 6194. When it is considered, that the manufacture of canvas, since the peace of 1783, has been, in a great measure, given up, and that trade, since that time, has not been very brisk in Montrose, it will be acknowledged, that the population in this town, has, of late, increased more than might have been expected. Gloomy speculatists predicted, at the conclusion of the American war, that many would emigrate from this corner. A very few did emigrate, and these few have given no encouragement to others to follow their example."
(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. 23
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 271
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