Daviot, also called David, is a parish in the district of Garioch, Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Fyvie, Old Meldrum, Bourtie, Chapel of Garioch and Rayne. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson)
Daviot
Fingask
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Daviot was a prebend of Aberdeen and the incumbent was treasurer of the diocese. The church was dedicated to St Colm. There was in the parish a Well of Our Lady. The church, built in 1798, has been since restored.
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 |
| 1723-1854 | Daviot | 187 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Daviot | 187 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Inverurie | 319 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Meldrum, Bourtie & Daviot 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
Black, Coutts, Cruickshank, Ferguson, Forbes, Gray, Henderson, Patterson, Robertson, Rough
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 Shepherd.
"Several lands in the parishes of Chapel and Fyvie, were, in the end of the last century, annexed to the parish of Daviot, quoad sacra. The number of inhabitants in the proper parish of Daviot is nearly 700, but in the whole parish under the minister's charge, 900; of these, 40 are Episcopalians.
There is a licensed distillery, and a flax, malt, and barley mill, all which have good employment; and the knitting of stockings is general in the parish. There are few good houses in the parish, but some good houses have been built for the distillery and mills before-mentioned.
The people are in general sober, industrious, and peaceable, and contented with their situation."
(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 6, p. 85
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 821
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