Auchterhouse is a parish in the south-west of Forfarshire, bounded on the north by Newtyle and Glamis parishes, on the east by Tealing and Strathmartine, on the south by the parish of Liff and the shire of Perth, and on the west by Lundie parish. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Auchterhouse, Boniton, Bridgefoot, Dronley, East Mains, Kirkton, Leoch, North Dronley, Pitpointie
The parish of Tealing had a detached part, situated at Pitpointie, and bounded on the east by the detached part of Caputh situated at Balbeuchly, and elsewhere by the parish of Auchterhouse. This detached part of Caputh was the only part of Caputh which belonged to the county of Forfar. Both of these detached parts have been transferred to the parish of Auchterhouse.
See affected properties and landholders. (1892: Boundary of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government Act, 1889, by Hay Shennan)
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Auchterhouse was dedicated to St Mary. This parish was a prebend of Dunkeld. (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 |
| 1645-1854 | Auchterhouse | 273 | OPR |
| 1855-1969 | Auchterhouse | 273 | RD |
| 2009 | Dundee City | 350-353 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council; Auchterhouse 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
Buchan, Clark, Hunter, Laing, Low, Ogilvie, Robertson, 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 James Scott.
"The number of inhabitants, all ages included, at present is 600. There are here 12 farmers by profession, 40 weavers, 7 wrights, 2 smiths, 2 tailors, 8 dikers, 6 quarriers, 2 shoemakers, 3 merchants, having small retail shops, 3 retailers of ale and spirits, 1 clergyman, and 1 schoolmaster. We have neither lawyer, writer, doctor, surgeon, nor apothecary; no butcher, baker, barber, brewer, distillier, nor exciseman.
The people are all of the Established Church, regular in their attendance upon public worship; nor mere formalists in religion, and yet free from enthusiasm; sober and diligent in their respective professions, contented with their situation, and well affected both to the civil and religious establishments of the country.
The industrious have ample encouragement, plenty of work, good payments, and full security of their persons, character, and property. Very few young men go from this parish either to the army or navy; a sure proof of their not being addicted to idleness or vice. As to great crimes, they are not known here. No person recollects an instance of suicide or murder; nor of any one who has been tried capitally. And such is their peaceable disposition and integrity, that not many have been involved in lawsuits."
(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 14, p. 516
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 648
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