Fetteresso is a parish on the coast of Kincardineshire. It is bounded by the sea, and by Dunnottar, Glenbervie, Durris, Maryculter, and Banchory Devenick. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Cowie, Fetteresso, Kirkton, Muchalls, Skateraw, Stonehaven, Stranathro
Arduthie, Netherley, Richarton, Urie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The old church of Fetteresso was dedicated to St Carran. It belonged to the collegiate church of the Kirk Heugh at St Andrews. Within the bounds is the ruined chapel of St Nachlan at Cowie. There was also another chapel at Raedykes. A fair of St Nachlan was held at Fetteresso. There is now, within the bounds, a mission chapel of St John.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Cookney. The church was built as a chapel-of-ease in 1817. The parish was disjoined from Fetteresso 16 March 1859.
Rickarton. The parish of Rickarton was endowed by a bequest of George Thomson, minister of Fetteresso, who bequeathed the residue of his estate for this purpose. The church was built in 1871 and the parish was disjoined from Fetteresso and Glenbervie on 22 January 1872.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Fetteresso (QO)
Cookney (QS)
Rickarton (QS)
(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 |
| 1620-1854 | Fetteresso | 258 | OPR |
| 1855-1859 | Fetteresso | 258 | RD |
| 1860-1934 | Fetteresso | 258-1 | RD |
| 1860-1934 | Cookney | 258-2 | RD |
| 1935-1963 | Cookney | 258 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Stonehaven and East Kincardine | 342 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Crathes, Drumoak and Durris 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
Christie, Gordon, Lees, Mason, Milne, Murray, Robertson, Smith, Taylor, Wood
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 Hutcheon.
"The number of souls, in 1790, was 3370. The number of Episcopalians is about 400: they are an obliging, peaceable, decent set of people, and live in good habits with those of the Establishment."
(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 12, p. 591
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section II, p. 244
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