Monimail is a parish in the Cupar district of Fife. It is bounded by Creich, Moonzie, Cupar, Cults, Collessie, Abdie, and Dunbog. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Ballantager, Barham, Carslogie, Easter Fernie, Gowdie, Letham, Monimal, Nisbetfield, Pathcondie, Remilton, West Balgarvie
Balgarvie, Cunnoquhie, Fernie, Over Rankeillour or Upper Rankeillour
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Monimail formed a prebend of St Andrews, and was a mensal kirk of the Archbishop. In the parish was a Well of St Curadan. (1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
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 |
| 1656-1854 | Monimail | 448 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Monimail | 488 | RD |
| 2009 | Fife, Cupar | 417 | RD |
| 2026 | Fife Council; Monimail 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, Duncan, Heggie, Hunter, Mitchell, Nicol, Smith, Walker, Wallace, Wilson
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 Samuel Martin.
"In January 1791, there were 1101 inhabitants, of whom 272 were below age 10. There are 241 families. There are 30 farmers, 35 weavers, 7 shoemakers, 8 tailors, 11 carpenters, 3 brewers, 1 baker, 3 masons, 4 shepherds, and 5 smiths. With regard to religious opinions, there are 55 dissenters; 27 of whom are Antiburgher Seceders, 2 Independents, and the other 26 are Episcopals, Burgher Seceders, and members of the presbytery of Relief.
There are three corn mills, and one lint-mill, driven by water. Two threshing mills; one driven by horses, one by water. 5 small retail shops. There is no occasion for any lawyer, attorney, physician, or surgeon, in this parish, as the town of Cupar supplies its environs, with legal and medical aid.
The general character of the parishioners has always been, that they are industrious, regular, quiet, and respectable. There are mixtures in the purest societies, but this character is still merited by the present race in Monimail."
(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 2, p. 397
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 9, Section I, p. 37
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