Crimond is a parish in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire. It lies upon the coast, nearly at an equal distance from Fraserburgh and Peterhead. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Crimond
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parish of Crimond was a prebend of Aberdeen. A church built or repaired in 1576 is now a ruin. The present edifice, erected in 1812, was considerably renovated in 1895.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Kininmonth. The parish of Kininmonth was disjoined from Lonmay, Longside, Deer, Strichen, and Crimond, on 9 March 1874. There was a Well of St John at Kininmonth.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Crimond (QO)
Kininmonth (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 |
| 1743-1854 | Crimond | 184 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Crimond | 184 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Peterhead | 313 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Buchan East 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
Bisset, Bruce, Burnett, Clark, Keith, Mackie, Milne, Park, Sim, Smith
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 Mr William Gall, Assistant to the Reverend Mr James Johnston, Minister of the Parish.
"Population in February 1792 was 917 total, of whom 430 were male, 487 were female. In February 1793, there was a decrease of 15, owing to the removal of 2 families and 5 or 6 artisans out of the parish. There is only one licensed public house in the parish; but there are several persons, who, by getting market sets from the excise officers, contrive to retail ale and spiritous liquors during a great part of the year; and as they pay no license, and hardly any duty on ale, and have little convenience, they can afford to sell below the ordinary price in a decent house. Hence these private ale houses are too much frequented, and their effects may soon become pernicious. Drunkenness, however, is not a prevailing vice here."
(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 11, p. 409
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 702
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