Inverbervie
Bervie is a parish on the coast of Kincardineshire. It is bounded by the German Ocean (North Sea), and by the parishes of Kinneff, Arbuthnot, Garvock, and Benholm. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Bervie or Inverbervie, Gourdon
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parish of Inverbervie was disjoined from Kinneff in 1618. Near the town of Inverbervie there was a priory of the White Friars. On the Thursday of Holy Week, and on Ascension Day, fairs were held at Inverbervie.
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 |
| 1641-1854 | Bervie | 254 | OPR |
| 1855-1855 | Bervie Burgh | 254-1 | RD |
| 1855-1855 | Bervie Landward | 254-2 | RD |
| 1856-1967 | Bervie | 254 | RD |
| 1968-1971 | Inverbervie | 254 | RD |
| 1972-2000 | Inverbervie | 343 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Stonehaven and East Kincardine | 342 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Royal Burgh of Inverbervie 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, Douglas, Freeman, Milne, Moir, Moncur, Mowatt, Ritchie, Stewart, Watson
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 Mr Walter Thom, of Bervie.
"The parish at present contains about 985 souls; the town of Bervie 607, village of Gourdon 188, the country part of the parish 190. As a trait of the character of the people of this parish, they are by no means addicted to litigation; are too wise to give their money to lawyers, and neither plague their heads with politics nor religion. There may be one or two Dissenters in the parish, but they are not natives. They live tolerably contented with their situation, no wise engaging in the political squabbles of the present day."
(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 13, p. 1
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section II, p. 1
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