Straiton is a parish in the extreme east of Carrick, Ayrshire. It is bounded by Kirkcudbrightshire, and by the parishes of Barr, Dailly, Kirkmichael, Dalrymple, and Dalmellington. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Patna, Straiton
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PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Straiton was dedicated to St Cuthbert. It belonged to the Abbey of Crossregal (Crossraguel). At the foot of Trostan Hill in the parish, there was a chapel of St Drostan.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Patna. A church was built here in 1837. On 2 July 1877 the parish of Patna was disjoined from Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Kirkmichael, and Straiton.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Straiton (QO)
Patna (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 |
| 1644-1854 | Straiton | 617 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Straiton | 617 | RD |
| 2009 | South Ayrshire, Maybole | 683 | RD |
| 2026 | South Ayrshire Council; Crosshill, Straiton and Kirkmichael 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, Baird, Blane, Campbell, Crombie, Henderson, Murdoch, Paterson, Smith, Stevenson
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 Mr William Crawford, Assistant to the Reverend Mr M'Dermit.
"The number of souls, taken last summer (1791), at a parochial visitation, was 934. Of these there are 440 males, 494 females, and 163 under 8 years of age. There are 41 families in the village comprised of 186 souls; and 143 families in the country, comprised of 748 souls.
Of the 184 families, 3 belong to proprietors of land, 33 to farmers, and 41 to villagers. The rest are the families of shepherds, cottagers, labourers, and colliers. There are 4 shoemakers, 3 tailors, 4 masons, 4 blacksmiths, 2 millers, 3 joiners, 2 cart-wrights, 1 butcher, and 1 baker, who are chiefly employed by the people in the parish; and 12 weavers, besides journeymen and apprentices, who, till very lately were employed principally in making woollen webs for the Ayr and Maybole markets. During the last year, the greatest part of them have betaken themselves to the weaving of muslin. There are in the village 2 inns, and 4 alehouses. It were to be wished that ale only were sold in them."
(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. 586
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 5, Section I, p. 333
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