Manuel
Muiravonside is a parish on the eastern border of Stirlingshire. It is bounded on the north, the east, and the south-east, by Linlithgowshire, and on the other sides, by the parishes of Slamannan and Polmont. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Avonbridge, Blackbraes, Blackstone, Burnbridge, Burnside, Linlithgow Bridge, Maddiston, Manuel Bridge, Rumford, Standrig, Wallacestone
Manuel House, Redford House
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parish originally formed part of Falkirk. After being served by a minister for about sixty years, it was disjoined and erected by Parliament, 10 June 1648. Manuel, the old name, was taken from the Cistercian Nunnery of Emmanuel, founded by Malcolm IV in 1156.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Blackbraes. Disjoined from Muiravonside, and erected into a parish quoad sacra by decree of Court of Teinds, 14 July 1890. Church built in 1866.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Muiravonside (QO)
Blackbraes (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 |
| 1689-1854 | Muiravonside | 486 | OPR |
| 1855-1957 | Muiravonside | 486 | RD |
| 1958-1971 | Polmont and Muiravonside | 486 | RD |
| 1972-2003 | Polmont and Muiravonside | 485 | RD |
| 2004-2008 | Polmont, Falkirk | 485 | RD |
| 2009 | Falkirk, Polmont | 485 | RD |
| 2026 | Falkirk Council; Whitecross 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
Binnie, Brown, Hunter, Reid, Robertson, Russell, Smith, Taylor, White, 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 John Bertram.
"At present, the number of souls amounts to 1065. Of these, there are 302 under 10 years of age. The number of Seceders here is 65. There are several coal mines in the parish. There is 1 flour and 1 barley mill, 4 corn and 4 lint mills, 2 snuff and 2 fulling mills, 1 bark, 1 bleaching, and 1 flint mill."
(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 1, p. 200
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 8, Section II, p. 205
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