Knockando is a parish in the south-east of Morayshire. It is bounded by Dallas, Birnie, Rothes, Inveravon, Aberlour, Cromdale, and Edinkillie. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Aberlour, Archieston or Archiestown, Blacksboat, Cardow, Carron, Easter Elchies, Knockando, Upper Knockando, Whitehillocks
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Before the Reformation Knockando was a vicarage dependent on Inveraven. Elchies was annexed to it before 1625, was disjoined in 1682, and again annexed after 1695. They were again severed in 1912.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Elchies, or Macallan. Before the Reformation Elchies was a vicarage dependent on Botarie. The church was dedicated to St Colin. A mission station was opened in 1870 and a church built in 1875. Disjoined from Knockando, a quoad sacra parish was erected 9 February 1912.
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Knockando (QO)
Elchies, or Macallan (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 |
| 1757-1854 | Knockando | 139 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Knockando | 139 | RD |
| 1972-1973 | Knockando | 282 | RD |
| 2009 | Moray, Keith and Upper Speyside | 295 | RD |
| 2026 | Moray Council; Speyside 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
Cruickshank, Cumming, Gilbert, Grant, Innes, Robertson, Ross, Smith, Stewart, Thomson
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 Francis Grant.
"The population is rather less than about 25 years ago, many having gone to Aberdeen. The number of all ages at present is about 1500; of whom 600 are males, and 900 females. The number of souls under 10 is 460, and from 70 to 100 is 36. The Gaelic was generally spoken here till about 50 years ago. The general size of the people is about 5 feet 6 inches, and their complexion black. Many of them are very deficient in industry, but economical. They are fond of a military life, and prefer the Highland regiments. In 1782, there was neither a sufficiency of seed nor bread, and had not Government interfered, numbers must have starved."
(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 4, p. 302
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 13, Section II, p. 60
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