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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
378 Madderty Perth
307 Mains and Strathmartine Forfar (Angus)
797 Makerstoun Roxburgh
766 Manor Peebles
447 Markinch Fife
161 Marnoch Banff
264 Maryculter Kincardine
265 Marykirk Kincardine
308 Maryton Forfar (Angus)
604 Mauchline Ayr
798 Maxton Roxburgh
605 Maybole Ayr
571 Mearns Renfrew
379 Meigle Perth
799 Melrose Roxburgh
309 Menmuir Forfar (Angus)
751 Mertoun Berwick
221 Methlick Aberdeen
380 Methven Perth
6 Mid and South Yell Shetland
694 Mid Calder Edinburgh (Midlothian)
841 Middlebie Dumfries
222 Midmar Aberdeen
876 Minnigaff Kirkcudbright
800 Minto Roxburgh
892 Mochrum Wigtown
842 Moffat Dumfries
381 Moneydie Perth
310 Monifieth Forfar (Angus)
311 Monikie Forfar (Angus)
448 Monimail Fife
606 Monkton and Prestwick Ayr
223 Monquhitter Aberdeen
312 Montrose Forfar (Angus)
224 Monymusk Aberdeen
382 Monzie Perth
383 Monzievaird and Strowan Perth
449 Moonzie Fife
752 Mordington Berwick
801 Morebattle Roxburgh
712 Morham Haddington (East Lothian)
162 Mortlach Banff
843 Morton Dumfries
528 Morvern Argyll
384 Moulin Perth
844 Mouswald Dumfries
105 Moy and Dalarossie Inverness
529 Muckairn Argyll
385 Muckhart Perth
486 Muiravonside Stirling
607 Muirkirk Ayr
313 Murroes Forfar (Angus)
386 Muthill and Persie Perth
 
123 Nairn Nairn
572 Neilston Renfrew
753 Nenthorn Berwick
7 Nesting, Lunnasting, and Whalsay & Skerries Shetland
877 New Abbey Kirkcudbright
608 New Cumnock Ayr
225 New Deer Aberdeen
500 New Kilpatrick (East Kilpatrick) Dunbarton
893 New Luce Wigtown
227 New Machar Aberdeen
651 New Monkland Lanark
136 New Spynie Elgin (Moray)
695 Newbattle Edinburgh (Midlothian)
450 Newburgh Fife
451 Newburn Fife
226 Newhills Aberdeen
767 Newlands Peebles
696 Newton Edinburgh (Midlothian)
314 Newtyle Forfar (Forfar)
78 Nigg Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty)
266 Nigg Kincardine
713 North Berwick Haddington (East Lothian)
557 North Bute Bute
530 North Knapdale Argyll
22 North Ronaldsay Orkney
113 North Uist Inverness
8 Northmavine Shetland
 
546 Oa Argyll
315 Oathlaw Forfar (Angus)
609 Ochiltree Ayr
610 Old Cumnock Ayr
228 Old Deer Aberdeen
501 Old Kilpatrick (West Kilpatrick) Dunbarton
894 Old Luce Wigtown
229 Old Meldrum Aberdeen
652 Old Monkland Lanark
714 Oldhamstocks Haddington (East Lothian)
39 Olrig Caithness
163 Ordiquhill Banff
715 Ormiston Haddington (East Lothian)
23 Orphir Orkney
463 Orwell Kinross
802 Oxnam Roxburgh
230 Oyne Aberdeen
 
573 Paisley Renfrew
316 Panbride Forfar (Angus)
878 Parton Kirkcudbright
768 Peebles Peebles
716 Pencaitland Haddington (East Lothian)
697 Penicuik Edinburgh (Midlothian)
895 Penninghame Wigtown
845 Penpont Dumfries
387 Perth Perth
231 Peterculter Aberdeen
232 Peterhead Aberdeen
653 Pettinain Lanark
106 Petty Inverness
233 Pitsligo Aberdeen
452 Pittenweem Fife
487 Polmont Stirling
754 Polwarth Berwick
574 Port Glasgow Renfrew
388 Port of Menteith Perth
464 Portmoak Kinross
547 Portnahaven Argyll
896 Portpatrick Wigtown
114 Portree Inverness
234 Premnay Aberdeen
717 Prestonkirk Haddington (East Lothian)
718 Prestonpans Haddington (East Lothian)

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.