St Andrews Lhanbryde is a parish in Morayshire. It is bounded by the Moray Firth, and by the parishes of Urquhart, Elgin, and Drainie. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Hallowood, Lhanbryde, Pinefield
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of St Andrews and Lhanbryde were united in 1782.
St Andrews, or Kilmalemnock. The parish church was dedicated to St Andrew. Kilmalemnock was a mensal kirk of the Bishop of Moray.
Lhanbryd. The church of this parish was dedicated to St Bride.
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
St Andrews, or Kilmalemnock (QO)
Lhanbryde (QO)
St Andrews-Lhanbryde (QO)
(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 |
| 1701-1854 | St Andrews-Lhanbryde | 142 | OPR |
| 1855-1954 | St Andrews-Lhanbryde | 142 | RD |
| 2009 | Moray, Elgin | 280 | RD |
| 2026 | Moray Council; Innes 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
Cameron, Cumming, Forsyth, Fraser, Grant, Innes, Paterson, Reid, Ross, Simpson
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 William Leslie.
"The number of inhabitants at present is 777, making 140 families, of which 106 are wedded pairs; the number of males 345; females 412. The only language of the parish is Scots. The people, over all this country, are most strictly economical, and as little expensive or luxurious as possible. They are disposed to every kind of humane and generous action, as much as their circumstances will admit of.
The lower rank of farmers and labourers, though not content perhaps with their situation, and though they do not enjoy all the comforts of life, yet do not complain more than their opulent neighbours. There are numbers of them, however, who are generally without small beer and milk, and almost none of them have meat, butter, cheese or spirits, and all their poultry and eggs are sold in the Elgin market. Their dress, furniture and habitations are still of the cheapest kinds which can be procured. They use no candles; and they substitute urine for soap. Funerals are conducted without expense; there is no company or dancing on the occasion of a wedding; nor at baptisms, in general, is there any kind of entertainment."
(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 9, p. 172
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 13, Section II, p. 29
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