Cill Mo Charmaig, Kilmacocharmik
North Knapdale is a parish in Argyleshire. Though lying on the mainland, it belongs politically to the district of Islay. It is bounded by Loch Crinan, the Crinan Canal, the parish of South Knapdale, and the Sound of Jura. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson
Ashfield, Ballanach or Bellanoch, Keills, Tayvallich
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of this parish was dedicated to St Cormac. It was a prebend of Lismore, and belonged to the Abbey of Kilwinning. At Drumnacraig, near Kilmichael Inverlussa, are the ruins of an ancient chapel of St Michael. At Kilbride also stands a ruined chapel of St Bride. Besides those, there was of old a chapel of St Malise at Kilmalishaig, and one of St Conan at Kilmochunaig. North Knapdale has two parishes churches, the one at Kilmichael Inverlussa, near the manse, and the other on the farther side of Loch Sween, at Tayvallich. There is now a mission chapel at Bellanoch.
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 |
| 1779-1854 | North Knapdale | 530 | OPR |
| 1855-1969 | North Knapdale | 530 | RD |
| 1970-1971 | South Cowal | 530 | RD |
| 1972-2006 | South Cowal | 531 | RD |
| 2007-2011 | Argyll and Bute, South Cowal | 531 | RD |
| 2009 | (North Knapdale) Argyll and Bute, Lochgilphead | 533 | RD |
| 2026 | (North Knapdale) Argyll and Bute Council; North Knapdale Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (South Cowal) Argyll and Bute Council; South Cowal 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
Brown, Campbell, Fisher, Fletcher, Gillies, Graham, Smith, Leitch, Livinston, Morrison
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 Archibald Campbell.
"The number of examinable persons is 754, of various ages 255; in all 1009. The people employed in cultivating the ground are generally in indigent circumstances; but farmers and day-labourers never enjoyed better time. The most of the young men go to the fishing for one half of the year, and return with good wages."
(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. 255
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 7, Section II, p. 631
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