Muthill is a parish a little south of the centre of the southern half of Perthshire. It is bounded by Strowan, Crieff, Madderty, Trinity-Gask, Blackford, Dunblane, Monzievaird, and Comrie. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Ardoch, Braco, Bridgend, Buttergask, Greenloaning, Muthill
Cowden, Orchil, Strowan
Part of the parish of Muthill at Cowden, north of the Newton Burn was transferred to the parish of Comrie. The part of the parish of Crieff which lay south of the Earn was annexed to Muthill. Monzievaird & Strowan detached No. 4, at Auchnashelloch, was annexed to Muthill. 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:
Muthill. The ancient church of Muthill was dedicated to St Patrick. Muthill formed the prebend of the Dean of Dunblane. At Struthil and at Blairinroan, both in this parish, there were chapels of St Patrick. Each of these places also had its Well of St Patrick.
Persie. The parish of Persie was disjoined from Alyth, Bendochy, Blairgowrie, Caputh, Kirkmichael, Lethendy, and Rattray, 16 March 1859.
Ardoch. Opened as a Chapel-of-Ease, 25 March 1781. Had a constitution from the General Assembly, 31 May 1834. The parish was disjoined from Muthill, Dunblane, and Blackford, and erected quoad omnia, 21 Feb 1855.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Muthil (QO)
Persie (QO)
Ardoch (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 |
| 1676-1854 | Muthill | 386 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Muthill | 386a | RD |
| 1859-1960 | Persie | 386b | RD |
| 2009 | (Muthill) Perth and Kinross, Crieff | 394 | RD |
| 2009 | (Persie) Perth and Kinross, Blairgowrie | 381 | RD |
| 2026 | (Muthill) Perth and Kinross Council; Muthill Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Persie) Perth and Kinross Council; Kirkmichael and Glenshee 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
Bayne, Campbell, Drummond, Ferguson, Gow, Moir, Robertson, Scott, Taylor, Williamson
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 Scott, Minister.
"By a list lately taken, there are at present in the parish 2160 examinable persons of the Church of Scotland, 430 children under 7 years of age, 160 Presbyterian Dissenters, and 42 Roman Catholics; total 2928 inhabitants. In 1770, the village of Muthil contained only about 50 or 60 families; it now consists of about 140 houses and rooms, that contain separate families.
There are in the parish 5 or 6 stills for making whisky. There are 8 meal mills, 4 flax mills, and 5 mills for threshing corn."
(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. 485
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 10, p. 311
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