Dalgety is a parish on the coast of the Dunfermline district of Fife. It is bounded on the south by the Firth of Forth, and on other sides by the parishes of Inverkeithing, Dunfermline, Beath, Auchtertool, and Aberdour. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Crossgates, Fordel Square, Hillend, Mossgreen, Muirend, St Davids
Cockairney, Donibristle, Fordel
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The old church of Dalgety was dedicated to St Bride. It belonged to the Abbey of Inchcolm. A new church for the parish of Dalgety was built in 1830. At Fordel, within the bounds, there is a chapel dedicated to St Ferreolus, the Martyr of Vienne. It was rebuilt in 1650 by Sir John Henderson of Fordel.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Mossgreen. A church was built in 1852 and enlarged in 1877. Mossgreen became a chapel-of-ease in 1860. The parish was disjoined from Aberdour, Dalgety, Inverkeithing, and Dunfermline, 13 January 1879.
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Dalgety (QO)
Mossgreen (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 | Dalgety | 422 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Dalgety | 422 | RD |
| 2009 | Fife, Dunfermline | 432 | RD |
| 2026 | Fife Council; Dalgety Bay and Hillend 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
Beveridge, Brown, Dewar, Duncan, Hope, Inglis, Mitchell, Muir, Pennan, 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 Peter Primrose.
"By an enumeration lately made, there were 869 persons in this parish, of whom there were 203 under 10 years of age. The language commonly spoken in the parish is the Old Scotch dialect, and there seem to be no peculiar words or phrases which are not in general use throughout most parts of the kingdom. The people are in general sober and industrious; and, with a few exceptions, regular in attending, and paying respect to the public institutions of religion. There is no particular branch of trade in the parish, except what arises from the coal and salt works. The various branches of these works afford maintenance to several hundred people of one description or other."
(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 15, p. 260
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 9, Section I, p. 181
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