Erskine is a parish on the northern border of Renfrewshire. It is bounded by the Firth of Clyde, and by Inchinnan, Kilbarchan, Houston, and Kilmacolm. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bishopton, Blackstown, Easter Rossland, Erskine, Langbank
Bishopton, Dargarvel
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The vicarage of Erskine was a prebend of Glasgow. Its church belonged to the Abbey of Paisley. In 1813 the parish church was transferred to a new site.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Langbank. The church was built in 1866. The parish was disjoined from Erskine, 22 November 1875.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Erskine (QO)
Langbank (QS)
(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 |
| 1705-1854 | Erskine | 563 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Erskine | 563 | RD |
| 2009 | Renfrewshire, Renfrew | 643 | RD |
| 2026 | Renfrewshire Council; Erskine 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
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 Walter Young, M. A., F. R. S., Edinburgh.
"By an accurate enumeration made in the beginning of the year 1792, the numbers were 402 males, 406 females, 808 total; of whom 211 were under 10 years of age. There were 15 wrights (masters, journeymen, and apprentices), 16 weavers (masters, journeymen, and apprentices), 5 shoemakers, 3 smiths, 3 tailors, 2 masons, 1 cooper, 4 millers, 3 ferrymen, 5 household male-servants, 45 labouring male-servatns, 82 female servants."
(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 9, p. 58
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 7, Section I, p. 500
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
