Caertarres, Castletarras, Castletarres
Carstairs is a parish in the upper ward of Lanarkshire. It is bounded by Cambusnethan, Carnwath, Pettinain, Lanark, and Carluke. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Carstairs, Harelaw, Ravenstruther
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Carstairs was a prebend of Glasgow. It was dedicated to St Mary. In 1794 Carstairs Church was rebuilt. There is a chapel-of-ease in the parish at Carstairs Junction.
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 |
| 1672-1854 | Carstairs | 633 | OPR |
| 1855-1912 | Carstairs | 633 | RD |
| 1913-1926 | Carstairs | 633a | RD |
| 1913-1926 | Cathcart | 633b | RD |
| 1927-1968 | Carstairs | 633 | RD |
| 2009 | (Carstairs) South Lanarkshire, Lanark | 583 | RD |
| 2009 | (Cathcart) Glasgow City | 644 | RD |
| 2026 | (Carstairs) South Lanarkshire Council; Carstairs Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Cathcart) Glasgow City Council; Cathcart, Merrylee and Muirend 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
Barrie, Brown, Cooper, Martin, Robertson, Scott, Stewart, Watson, Weir, Wilson
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 James Finlayson.
"The number of families amounts to 187; there are 422 males, and 502 females; so that the number of souls in the parish, is 924. Of these, there are 217 children under 10 years of age. There are 98 farmers, 6 gardeners, 12 wrights, 6 smiths, 10 tailors, 23 weavers, 14 shoemakers, 3 coopers, 3 slaters, 2 hosiers, 4 licensed publicans, 4 shopkeepers, 68 male servants, 73 female servants, and 34 day labourers.
As the writer of this account has resided in this parish only for a very short time, he is by no means qualified to draw the character of the people. He can say with truth, that they are regular in attending divine worship; and is told, that they all adhere to the church of Scotland, a few persons in the extremity of the parish excepted, who find it convenient to attend a Burgher meeting at Davie's Dykes."
(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 18, p. 176
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 6, p. 547
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