New Hills, Capelhills, Kepplehills
Newhills is a parish in the south-east corner of Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Dyce, Old Machar, Banchory-Devenick, Peterculter, Skene, and Kinellar. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Auchmill or Auchmull, Bankhead, Blackburn, Buxburn, Greenburn, Stoneywood, Woodend
Cloghill, Hazelhead
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
A chapel was built here in 1662 by George Davidson of Pettens, who had made his fortune as a peddler. He granted also an endowment for the charge, consisting of over 500 acres of the lands of Capelhills, or Keppelhills. The Court of Teinds disjoined the parish of Keppelhills from St Machar's on 21 February 1666. A new church was built in 1830.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Craigiebuckler. Craigiebuckler Church was opened in February 1883. The parish of Craigiebuckler was disjoined from St Machar's, Banchory-Devenick, Peterculter, Newhills, and Rubislaw, 15 March 1886. Its erection and endowment were due to the generosity of John C. Couper of Craigiebuckler.
Stoneywood. The parish of Stoneywood was disjoined from Newhills on 13 March 1896. A chapel dedicated to St Mary and called the chapel of Stoneywood, stood here in former days. St Mary's Well is a copious stream nearby.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Newhills (QO)
Craigiebuckler (QS)
Stoneywood (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 |
| 1700-1854 | Newhills | 226 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Newhills | 226 | RD |
| 1968-2011 | Bucksburn | 321 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeen City | 300 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeen City Council; Bucksburn and Newhills 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
Anderson, Cruickshank, Davidson, Milne, Philip, Reid, Smith, Stephen, Thomson, 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 Brown.
"The number of inhabitants in 1792 is 1153, of whom 550 are males, and 603 are females. 418 were born in the parish; 735 were born in other districts. There are 86 male servants, 46 female servants, 6 blacksmiths, 6 joiners, 8 masons, 6 weavers, 5 shoemakers, 7 tailors, and 6 butchers. There are three annual fairs held at Greenburn in this parish, for the sale of cattle, horses, and different kinds of hard-ware.
The people are well entitled to the character of industry, sobriety, and temperance. Of their moral and religious character, a favourable idea may be formed from their regular and decent attendance upon divine worship."
(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. 34
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 237
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