A village, and lately a quoad sacra parish, partly in the parish of South Knapdale, but chiefly in that of Kilmichael-Glassary, district and county of Argyll, 24 miles (S. W.) from Inverary. (1846: Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, by Samuel Lewis)
Ardfern
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
A parliamentary church was built here in 1828. The parish of Lochgilphead was disjoined from Glassary and South Knapdale on 4 March 1846. Near the head of Loch Gilp there were of old chapels of St Mary and St Bride.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Ardrishaig. A church, built on a site granted by the Commissioners of the Crinan Canal, was opened in March 1860, and was served for a time by the Royal Bounty Missionaries. The parish was disjoined from Lochgilphead and South Knapdale, 1 March 1875.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Lochgilphead (QO)
Ardrishaig (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 |
| 1846-1854 | Lochgilphead | 526 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Lochgilphead | 526 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | Lochgilphead | 533 | RD |
| 2009 | Argyll and Bute, Lochgilphead | 533 | RD |
| 2026 | Argyll and Bute Council; Lochgilphead 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
Bell, Boden, Boyd, Campbell, Crawford, Fletcher, Greer, Johnston, Simson, Weir
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
