Glassmuir
Gladsmuir is a parish in Haddingtonshire. It is bounded by the Firth of Forth, and by the parishes of Aberlady, Haddington, Salton, Pencaitland, and Tranent. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Gladsmuir, Longniddry, Macmerry, Penston, Samuelston
Elvingston
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Proposed to be erected 13 July 1642; decree given on 28 February 1640. The church was built and ready , 9 February 1660. The parish was disjoined from Haddington, Aberlady, and Tranent, 10 August 1691 and erected by the Commissioners of Teinds, 29 July 1692.
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 |
| 1688-1854 | Gladsmuir | 708 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Gladsmuir | 708 | RD |
| 2009 | East Lothian, Tranent | 723 | RD |
| 2026 | East Lothian Council; Macmerry and Gladsmuir Community Council Longniddry 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, Blair, Chambers, Edmond, Hogg, Hunter, Livingston, Scott, Smith, 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 George Hamilton.
"The villages in this parish are 3 in number, and, by a singular coincidence, they contain exactly 59 families each. The number of families in the whole parish is 340; of souls, 1380; of these 647 are males, 733 are females, 1010 are above 10 years of age, and 370 are under 10. About a twelfth part of the whole number may be Seceders.
No foreign trade is carried on, nor is any considerable manufacture established in the parish; the inhabitants (excepting colliers) are mostly employed in agriculture, or in the occupations connected with it. Twenty-two are farmers, and 140 farm servants are employed by them. Nine are smiths or journeymen, 8 carpenters, 20 weavers, 26 shoemakers, 7 tailors, 4 masons, 4 millers, and 40 colliers.
The people, in general, are industrious and sober. Few of them go into the army or navy. Very few crimes are committed, and punishments, accordingly, are but seldom required."
(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 7, p. 316
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 2, Section II, p. 173
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