Tannadyce
Tannadice is a parish in Forfarshire. It is bounded by Lethnot, Fearn, Careston, Aberlemno, Oathlaw, Kirriemuir, and Cortachy. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Burnside, Denside, Tannadice
Downie Park, Glenogil, Glenquiech, Inchewan, Tannadice
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Tannadice was dedicated to St Adamnan. It belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath. At Shielhill in the parish there was a chapel of St Columba.
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 |
| 1694-1854 | Tannadice | 321 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Tannadice | 321 | RD |
| 2009 | Angus, Forfar | 364 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council; Kirriemuir Landward East 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, Duncan, Lindsay, Low, Nicoll, Robbie, Robertson, Stewart, Turnbull, 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 John Jamieson, D. D., Forfar.
"By reason of the parish being vacant, no exact account of the population can be obtained. By Dr Webster's account in 1755, it amounted to 1470. Fifty or sixty years ago there were 400 communicants; now there are generally between 500 and 600. As far as I can learn, the only Dissenters are a few of the Episcopalian communion.
The parish includes about 106 farms, but not the same number of farmers, as some of them possess more than one farm. There has, it is said, been of late years a decrease as to population, in consequence of the conversion of small farms into larger, and the removal of a number of cottagers from their possessions. None, indeed, have been under the necessity of leaving the parish for want of employment.
The broad Scotch is the only language spoken here. Some of the names of places are of Gaelic, and others of Gothic origin, although the former seems to abound most."
(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. 372
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 198
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