Inchture is a parish in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire. It is bounded by the Firth of Tay, and by the parishes of Errol, Kinnaird, Abernyte, and Longforgan. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Ballegarno or Ballerno, Ballendean or Ballindean, Inchture, Rossie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Inchture and Rossanclearach were united on 22 August 1670.
Inchture. The church of Inchture belonged to the Priory of St Andrews.
Rossanclearach, now Rossie. The church of Rossanclearach was dedicated to St Coman of Tyrconell, but there was a later dedication to St Laurence. The church belonged to the Priory of St Andrews.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Inchture and Rossie (QO)
Rossanclearach, or Rossie (QO)
(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 |
| 1619-1854 | Inchture | 359 | OPR |
| 1855-1965 | Inchture | 359 | RD |
| 1966-1968 | Abernyte and Inchture | 359 | RD |
| 2009 | Perth and Kinross, Longforgan | 392 | RD |
| 2026 | Perth and Kinross Council; Inchture 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, Cameron, Crighton, Peebles, Robertson, Scott, Sime, Stewart, Taylor, Watson
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 John Millar.
"In the village of Inchture are 84 families, and about 360 souls. There is a probability that this village and parish will soon become more populous. There are only 5 other villages in the parish, and in them are about 100 families, and about 640 souls. So that, in the parish, there are in all about 184 families, and 1000 souls; of these, about 250 under 10 years of age. The number of males and females is nearly equal.
There is not, properly speaking, an inn in the parish. Only one person at present makes malt and ale, and there are 6 more that have licenses to sell ale and British spirits. In general, the people here are sober and industrious. The farmers houses are elegant, in comparison of what they were of late years, and most of them are covered with blue slate. The lower class of people are likewise much better lodged than they formerly were."
(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 4, p. 191
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 10, p. 816
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