Fintray is a parish in Aberdeenshire, bounded on the north-east and east by New Machar, on the south by the river Don, which separates it from Dyce, and on the west and north-west by Keith-Hall. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Fintray or Hatton of Fintray, Greenlands
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PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Fintray was dedicated to St Medan and belonged to the Abbey of Lindores. At Hatton, within the bounds, there was a chapel of St Giles.
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 |
| 1728-1854 | Fintray | 193 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Fintray | 193 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeen City | 300 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Blackburn and Kinellar 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
Allan, Brown, Cameron, Cowie, Forbes, Knight, Murray, Robertson, Smith, Walker
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 Dr Samuel Copland.
"The population has decreased within these few years. At present the number is 920. There are 220 families in the parish, of which 4 persons are blacksmiths, 13 are house-carpenters, 10 are tailors, 7 are weavers, 5 are masons, 1 dyer, and 9 are shoemakers.
The people are in general industrious; but the knitting of stockings, which is here carried on to great extent, is too sedentary an employment, and is often hurtful to the constitution. The farmers, in general, are but in middling circumstances: Their condition would be much meliorated, by giving them long leases."
(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. 236
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 166
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