Tealing is a parish in the southern part of the Sidlaw district of Forfarshire. It is bounded by Inverarity, Murroes, Dundee, Mains and Strathmartine, Auchterhouse, and Glamis. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Balgray, Balkello, Fourmilehouse, Kirkton, Newbigging, Todhills
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 Tealing, dedicated to St Peter the Apostle, belonged to the Priory of St Andrews. Tealing was a prebend of Dunkeld. The minister was Archdeacon of Dunkeld. St Peter's Well is in the parish.
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 |
| 1599-1854 | Tealing | 322 | OPR |
| 1855-1971 | Tealing | 322 | RD |
| 1972-1984 | Tealing | 371 | RD |
| 2009 | Dundee City | 350-353 | RD |
| 2026 | Angus Council; Tealing 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
Anderson, Blair, Chalmers, Gibson, Mann, Ogilvie, Rae, Robertson, Smith, Taylor
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 Gellatly.
"At present the number of souls is 802; of families 158. The people live all of them in single houses, or in hamlets. Several young people every year move to the southward, to learn the handicraft trades. The number of considerable farmers is 13. Besides these, there may be 15 or 16 who possess from 10 to 30 acres each, and 1 or 2 horses. The other great class of inhabitants is weavers, of which there are about 90 employed in the manufacture of coarse linens, which find a ready market at Dundee. Two families of Independents are the only dissenters from the Established Church.
The people, in general, are of the middle size. They are exceedingly industrious, economical, rather plainer in dress than their neighbours, and not fond of a military life. Generally they are charitable and very helpful to one another. The condition of the people, for the most part, is rather more than tolerable, and they are apparently contented with it."
(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 4, p. 92
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section I, p. 378
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