Inverlunan
Lunan is a parish in the east coast of Forfarshire. It is bounded by Lunan Bay, and by the parishes of Inverkeilor, Kinnell, Craig, and Maryton. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Brahead of Lunan, Lunan
The parish of Maryton had two detached parts. One was situated at Graham's Firth, and was bounded on the north by the parish of Farnell, and elsewhere by the parish of Kinnell. The other was situated at Dysart, and lay between the parishes of Craig and Lunan. The first mentioned of these detached parts of Maryton was transferred to the parish of Kinnell, and the second to the parish of Lunan. 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 Inverlunan appears to have been dedicated to St Lunan, or Lonan, who is commemorated at Kirklonan in the Isle of Man, and elsewhere. This church belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath. Walter Miln, the priest of Inverlunan, who had been incumbent of this parish for over forty years, was burned as a heretic in 1558. A monument to his memory is in the church.
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 |
| 1654-1854 | Lunan | 305 | OPR |
| 1855-1936 | Lunan | 305 | RD |
| 1937-1968 | Inverkeilor and Lunan | 293 | RD |
| 2009 | Angus, Arbroath | 369 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council, Royal Burgh of Arbroath 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
Bruce, Davidson, Dorward, Gourlay, Guild, Malcolm, Murray, Simpson, Stewart, 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 John Gowans.
"The present amount of the population is 191; of these 136 females, and 155 males, among whom are 46 married or widowers, and 26 marriageable bachelors. A farmer's family, at an average, consists of 10 persons. There are in the parish 13 weavers, 1 carpenter, 1 blacksmith, 1 shoemaker, and 4 apprentices. The number of servants in the parish is 68. Of people born in other parishes there are 176, and it is remarkable that there is but 1 farmer, and a very few other householders, who were born and now reside in the parish. All the inhabitants, except one female servant, who has only a temporary resident in the parish, are of the established church.
The English, or that dialect of it peculiar to North Britain, is the only language used or known by the inhabitants of Lunan."
(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 1, p. 441
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 320
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