Buittle and Kirkennan
Buittle is a parish on the seaboard of Kirkcudbrightshire. It is bounded on the south by the Bay of Orchardton, and on other sides by the parishes of Rerrick, Kelton, Crossmichael, Urr, and Colvend. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Barlochan, Buittle, Palnackie or Polnackie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Buittle and Kirkennan were united before the Reformation.
Buittle. The church of Buittle was dedicated to St Colman of Lan Eala. The present church was built in 1819. There is a modern chapel in the parish at Palnackie.
Kirkennan. The church of Kirkennan was dedicated to St Inan. It belonged to the Abbey of Sweetheart.
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 |
| 1736-1854 | Buittle | 859 | OPR |
| 1855-1968 | Buittle | 859 | RD |
| 2009 | Dumfries and Galloway, Dalbeattie | 864 | RD |
| 2026 | Dumfries and Galloway Council; Buittle Parish 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
Black, Campbell, Carswell, Ewart, Gordon, Halliday, Murray, Porter, Rae, 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 George Maxwell of Glenarm, Minister of the Parish.
"The population in 1793 was 855; there were 133 families and 678 individuals of the Established Church, 16 families and 67 individuals of Cameronians, 9 families and 34 individuals of Seceders, 19 families and 75 individuals of Roman Catholics, and 1 Episcopal; total 177 families, 855 individuals. Of these 855, there were 392 males, 463 females, and 215 persons under 10 years of age.
There were 74 farmers, 3 smiths, 5 joiners, 3 shoemakers, 4 tailors, 8 weavers, 3 masons, 3 millers, 137 household servants, 38 labouring servants and cottagers, 2 clergymen, 1 merchant, 4 apprentices, 2 public-house keepers, and 2 schoolmasters.
The parish of Buittle has no commerce, except what consists in the exportation of barley, oats, potatoes, &c. to England and Glasgow, and the sending of black cattle to the English markets."
(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 17, p. 114
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 4, Section II, p. 200
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