Dunbarnie
Dunbarney is a parish in the south-east of Perthshire. It is bounded by the parishes of Perth, Rhynd, Abernethy, Dron, Forgandenny, and Forteviot. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bridge of Earn, Dunbarney, Kintillo or Kintilloch, Moncrieff, Pitcaithly
Ballendrick, Kilgraston
The parish of Dron had a detached part lying to the west of the main portion of the parish, and separated from it by a narrow intervening strip of the parish of Dunbarney. The greater portion of this intervening strip was annexed to Dron, and the detached part of Dron has in this way been united with the main portion of the parish. See affected properties and landholders. (1892: Boundary of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government Act, 1889, by Hay Shennan)
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Dunbarney was dedicated to St Breandan. At Moncrieff, in the parish, there was a chapel, of which the ruins remain.
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 |
| 1594-1854 | Dunbarney | 347 | OPR |
| 1855-1940 | Dunbarney | 347 | RD |
| 1941-1965 | Dunbarney and Dron | 347 | RD |
| 1966-1968 | Dunbarney District | 347 | RD |
| 2009 | Perth and Kinross, Perth | 390 | RD |
| 2026 | Perth and Kinross Council; Earn 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
Brown, Campbell, Ellis, Fordyce, Hunter, Morrison, Robertson, Scott, Taylor, Willes
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 David Beatson.
"The number of souls in this year, 1792, is 1250. In this parish, there are comparatively few dissenters."
(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 8, p. 401
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 10, p. 790
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
