Denny is a parish in the south-east of Stirlingshire. It is bounded by the parishes of St Ninians, Dunipace, Falkirk, Cumbernauld, and Kilsyth. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bankhead, Bankier, Banknock, Castle Rankine, Denny, Denny Loanhead, Loanhead, or Dennyloanhead, Fankerton, Haggs, Hollandbush, Longcroft, Parkfoot
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parish of Denny was disjoined from Falkirk in 1601.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Bonnybridge. A church was opened here on 11 November 1877. The parish of Bonnybridge was disjoined from Denny, Dunipace, and Camelon on 14 March 1878.
Haggs. The parish of Haggs was disjoined from Denny on 18 January 1875.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Denny (QO)
Bonnybridge (QS)
Haggs (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 |
| 1679-1854 | Denny | 476 | OPR |
| 1855-1875 | Denny | 476 | RD |
| 1876-1927 | Denny | 476-1 | RD |
| 1876-1970 | Haggs | 476-2 | RD |
| 1928-1970 | Denny and Dunipace | 476-1 | RD |
| 1971-1971 | Denny and Dunipace | 476 | RD |
| 1972-2003 | Denny and Dunipace | 477 | RD |
| 2004-2008 | Denny, Falkirk | 477 | RD |
| 2009 | Falkirk, Denny | 477 | RD |
| 2026 | Falkirk Council; Denny, Dunipace, Head of Muir and Dennyloanhead 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
Adam, Anderson, Brown, Duncan, Ferguson, Marshall, Miller, Paterson, Smith, Stirling
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 Thomas Fergus.
"The population of the parish of Denny is now reckoned about 1400. There are, at an average, 60 births, 20 burials, and more than 12 marriages each year. The men are almost all engaged in husbandry, and the women generally in spinning. A number of boys and girls are employed at a print-field, and cotton manufactory, in the neighbouring parish of Dunipace."
(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 2, p. 420
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 8, Section II, p. 115
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