Hereth
Airth is a parish, with a post-office village of its own name, in the Carse district of Stirlingshire. It is bounded by the upper part of the Firth of Forth, and by the parishes of St Ninians, Larbert, and Bothkenner. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Airth, Dunmore, South Alloa
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The vicarage of Airth belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. Its ancient parish church was dedicated to St Peter. A mineral spring in the parish was called Our Lady's Well. A fair of St Peter was held at Airth.
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 |
| 1660-1854 | Airth | 469 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Airth | 469 | RD |
| 1972-1998 | Airth | 482 | RD |
| 2009 | Stirling, Larbert | 483 | RD |
| 2026 | Falkirk Council; Airth Parish 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, Callander, Campbell, Dick, Hutton, Kemp, Smith, Stewart, Walker, Wilson
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 Robert Ure.
"The families in the parish are 408, and the whole population may be stated at about 2350. The villagers are about 1200, tradesmen and seamen about 140. The morals of the people are, in general, good; and most of them are sober, industrious, and attentive to their respective employments. They are particularly regular in attending Divine worship every Sunday, at the parochial church, and are, upon the whole, a well behaved and respectable set of people."
(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 3, p. 486
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 8, Section II, p. 28
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