Glenbervie is a parish in Kincardineshire. It is bounded by Strachan, Durris, Fetteresso, Dunnottar, Kinneff, Arbuthnot, and Fordoun. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Drumlithie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Glenbervie was a prebend of Brechin. At Drumlithie in this parish there was a Well of St Carran. A fair of St Michael was held at Drumlithie. At Dellivaird stood St Mary's Chapel and a shrine.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
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.
Glenbervie (QO)
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 |
| 1722-1854 | Glenbervie | 261 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Glenbervie | 261 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Stonehaven and East Kincardine | 342 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Mearns 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
Duncan, Falconer, Forbes, Gove, Greig, Milne, Mowat, Murray, Reid, Smith
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 Alexander, Thom, Minister.
"The population of the parish is 1307; 750 males and 557 females. There are 200 Scotch Episcopalians, 1 Seceder, and 1 Roman Catholic. There are 33 farmers, 160 cottagers or subtenants, 4 masons, 8 square wrights, 15 tailors, 23 weavers, 5 smiths, 17 shoemakers, 8 flax-dressers, 4 coopers, and 3 wheel-wrights.
Drumlithie is a small village in the parish, lying on the side of the road from Laurencekirk to Stonehaven. It is inhabited chiefly by trades people, such as weavers, shoemakers, &c. In this village there is a public house, which is the only one in the parish."
(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 11, p. 449
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 11, Section II, p. 165
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