Numerical list of the original 901 parish OPR numbers 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 |
| 1 |
Bressay, Burra & Quarff |
Shetland |
| 2 |
Delting |
Shetland |
| 3 |
Dunrossness, Sandwick & Cunningsburgh, and Fair Isle |
Shetland |
| 4 |
Fetlar and North Yell |
Shetland |
| 5 |
Lerwick and Gulberwick |
Shetland |
| 6 |
Mid and South Yell |
Shetland |
| 7 |
Nesting, Lunnasting, and Whalsay & Skerries |
Shetland |
| 8 |
Northmavine |
Shetland |
| 9 |
Sandsting and Aithsting |
Shetland |
| 10 |
Tingwall and Whiteness & Weisdale |
Shetland |
| 11 |
Unst |
Shetland |
| 12 |
Walls, Sandness, Papa Stour, and Foula |
Shetland |
| 13 |
Birsay |
Orkney |
| 14 |
Deerness |
Orkney |
| 15 |
Eday and Pharay |
Orkney |
| 16 |
Evie and Rendall |
Orkney |
| 17 |
Firth and Stenness |
Orkney |
| 18 |
Harray |
Orkney |
| 19 |
Holm and Paplay |
Orkney |
| 20 |
Hoy and Graemsay |
Orkney |
| 21 |
Kirkwall and St Ola |
Orkney |
| 22 |
North Ronaldsay |
Orkney |
| 23 |
Orphir |
Orkney |
| 24 |
Rousay and Egilsay |
Orkney |
| 25 |
St Andrews |
Orkney |
| 26 |
Sanday |
Orkney |
| 27 |
Sandwick |
Orkney |
| 28 |
Shapinsay |
Orkney |
| 29 |
South Ronaldsay and Burray |
Orkney |
| 30 |
Stromness |
Orkney |
| 31 |
Stronsay |
Orkney |
| 32 |
Walls and Flotta |
Orkney |
| 33 |
Westray |
Orkney |
| 34 |
Bower |
Caithness |
| 35 |
Canisbay |
Caithness |
| 36 |
Dunnet |
Caithness |
| 37 |
Halkirk |
Caithness |
| 38 |
Latheron |
Caithness |
| 39 |
Olrig |
Caithness |
| 40 |
Reay |
Caithness |
| 41 |
Thurso |
Caithness |
| 42 |
Watten |
Caithness |
| 43 |
Wick |
Caithness |
| 44 |
Assynt |
Sutherland |
| 45 |
Clyne |
Sutherland |
| 46 |
Creich |
Sutherland |
| 47 |
Dornoch |
Sutherland |
| 48 |
Durness |
Sutherland |
| 49 |
Eddrachillis |
Sutherland |
| 50 |
Farr |
Sutherland |
| 51 |
Golspie |
Sutherland |
| 52 |
Kildonan |
Sutherland |
| 53 |
Lairg |
Sutherland |
| 54 |
Loth |
Sutherland |
| 55 |
Rogart |
Sutherland |
| 56 |
Tongue |
Sutherland |
| 57 |
Alness |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 58 |
Applecross |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 59 |
Avoch |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 60 |
Contin |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 61 |
Cromarty |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 62 |
Dingwall |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 63 |
Edderton |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 64 |
Fearn |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 65 |
Fodderty |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 66 |
Gairloch |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 67 |
Glenshiel |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 68 |
Killearnan |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 69 |
Kilmuir Easter |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 70 |
Kiltearn |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 71 |
Kincardine |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 72 |
Kintail |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 73 |
Knockbain |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 74 |
Lochalsh |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 75 |
Lochbroom |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 76 |
Lochcarron |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 77 |
Logie Easter |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 78 |
Nigg |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 79 |
Resolis |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 80 |
Rosemarkie |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 81 |
Rosskeen |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 82 |
Tain |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 83 |
Tarbat |
Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 84 |
Urquhart and Logie Wester |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 85 |
Urray |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 86 |
Barvas and Carloway |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 87 |
Lochs |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 88 |
Stornoway |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 89 |
Uig |
Ross (Ross & Cromarty) |
| 90 |
Alvie |
Inverness |
| 91 |
Ardersier |
Inverness |
| 92 |
Boleskine & Abertarff |
Inverness |
| 93 |
Cromdale, Inverallan, and Advie |
Inverness |
| 94 |
Croy and Dalcross |
Inverness |
| 95 |
Daviot and Dunlichity |
Inverness |
| 96 |
Dores |
Inverness |
| 97 |
Glenelg |
Inverness |
| 98 |
Inverness |
Inverness |
| 99 |
Kilmonivaig |
Inverness |
| 100 |
Kilmorack |
Inverness |
| 101 |
Kiltarlity |
Inverness |
| 102 |
Kingussie and Insh |
Inverness |
| 103 |
Kirkhill |
Inverness |
| 104 |
Laggan |
Inverness |
| 105 |
Moy and Dalarossie |
Inverness |
| 106 |
Petty |
Inverness |
| 107 |
Urquhart and Glenmoriston |
Inverness |
| 108 |
Barra |
Inverness |
| 109 |
Bracadale |
Inverness |
| 110 |
Duirinish |
Inverness |
| 111 |
Harris and St Kilda |
Inverness |
| 112 |
Kilmuir |
Inverness |
| 113 |
North Uist |
Inverness |
| 114 |
Portree |
Inverness |
| 115 |
Sleat |
Inverness |
| 116 |
Small Isles |
Inverness |
| 117 |
Snizort |
Inverness |
| 118 |
South Uist and Benbecula |
Inverness |
| 119 |
Strath |
Inverness |
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.
