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Features: Scottish Parishes » OPR (Old Parish Registers) Alphabetical Index


Alphabetical list of the original 901 OPR parishes and the Scottish shires they were assigned to.

Notes:
Parish Name links lead to individual pages with information about the parish, which includes Pre- and Post-Reformation timelines, boundary changes, common surnames, names of landowners and clergy, and more.
Shire Name links lead to an index of all parishes within the shire, along with common surnames, population, and boundary change summaries.

OPR Number Parish Name Shire Name
559 Abbey (Abbey-Paisley) Renfrew
726 Abbey St Bathans Berwick
399 Abbotshall Fife
400 Abdie Fife
661 Abercorn Linlithgow (West Lothian)
323 Aberdalgie Perth
168 Aberdeen and Old Machar Aberdeen
169 Aberdour Aberdeen
401 Aberdour Fife
324 Aberfeldy Perth
325 Aberfoyle Perth
702 Aberlady Haddington (East Lothian)
269 Aberlemno Forfar (Angus)
145 Aberlour Banff
326 Abernethy Perth
124 Abernethy and Kincardine Elgin (Moray)
327 Abernyte Perth
170 Aboyne Aberdeen
270 Airlie Forfar (Angus)
469 Airth Stirling
171 Alford Aberdeen
465 Alloa Clackmannan
57 Alness Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
470 Alva Stirling
146 Alvah Banff
125 Alves Elgin (Moray)
90 Alvie Inverness
328 Alyth Perth
780 Ancrum Roxburgh
812 Annan Dumfries
402 Anstruther Easter Fife
403 Anstruther Wester Fife
855 Anwoth Kirkcudbright
58 Applecross Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
813 Applegarth, Sibbaldbie, and Brydekirk Dumfries
271 Arbirlot Forfar (Angus)
272 Arbroath Forfar (Angus)
250 Arbuthnott Kincardine
504 Ardchattan Argyll
120 Ardclach Nairn
91 Ardersier Inverness
505 Ardnamurchan Argyll
576 Ardrossan Ayr
404 Arngask Fife
492 Arrochar Dunbarton
781 Ashkirk Roxburgh
44 Assynt Sutherland
703 Athelstaneford Haddington (East Lothian)
172 Auchindoir and Kearn Aberdeen
577 Auchinleck Ayr
329 Auchterarder Perth
405 Auchterderran Fife
330 Auchtergaven Perth
273 Auchterhouse Forfar (Angus)
173 Auchterless Aberdeen
406 Auchtermuchty Fife
407 Auchtertool Fife
121 Auldearn Nairn
59 Avoch Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
621 Avondale Lanark
578 Ayr Ayr
727 Ayton Berwick
 
471 Baldernock Stirling
472 Balfron Stirling
506 Ballachulish and Corran of Ardgour Argyll
579 Ballantrae Ayr
408 Ballingry Fife
856 Balmaclellan Kirkcudbright
857 Balmaghie Kirkcudbright
409 Balmerino Fife
331 Balquhidder Perth
251 Banchory Devenick Kincardine
252 Banchory Ternan Kincardine
147 Banff Banff
622 Barony Lanark
580 Barr Ayr
108 Barra Inverness
274 Barry Forfar (Angus)
86 Barvas and Carloway Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
662 Bathgate Linlithgow (West Lothian)
410 Beath Fife
782 Bedrule Roxburgh
581 Beith Ayr
174 Belhelvie Aberdeen
126 Bellie Elgin (Moray)
332 Bendochy Perth
253 Benholm Kincardine
254 Bervie Kincardine
623 Biggar Lanark
127 Birnie Elgin (Moray)
13 Birsay Orkney
175 Birse Aberdeen
333 Blackford Perth
334 Blair Atholl Perth
335 Blairgowrie Perth
624 Blantyre Lanark
663 Bo'ness (Borrowstounness) Linlithgow (West Lothian)
128 Boharm Elgin (Moray)
92 Boleskine and Abertarff Inverness
704 Bolton Haddington (East Lothian)
493 Bonhill Dunbarton
858 Borgue Kirkcudbright
674 Borthwick Edinburgh (Midlothian)
473 Bothkennar Stirling
625 Bothwell Lanark
148 Botriphnie Banff
176 Bourtie Aberdeen
783 Bowden Roxburgh
34 Bower Caithness
536 Bowmore Argyll
149 Boyndie Banff
109 Bracadale Inverness
275 Brechin Forfar (Angus)
1 Bressay, Burra, and Quarff Shetland
758 Broughton Peebles
474 Buchanan Stirling
859 Buittle Kirkcudbright
728 Bunkle and Preston Berwick
411 Burntisland Fife

Source: National Records of Scotland. "Coverage of the Old Parish Registers. Detailed list of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872)." National Records of Scotland. 2020, https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20200818175650/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/print/1857. Accessed 13 July 2025.