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Features: Scottish Parishes » OPR (Old Parish Registers) Alphabetical Index


Alphabetical list of the original 901 OPR parishes and the Scottish shires they were assigned to

Notes:
Parish Name links lead to individual pages with information about the parish, which includes Pre- and Post-Reformation timelines, boundary changes, common surnames, names of landowners and clergy, and more.
Shire Name links lead to an index of all parishes within the shire, along with common surnames, population, and boundary change summaries.

OPR Number Parish Name Shire Name
670 Queensferry Linlithgow (West Lothian)
 
140 Rafford Elgin (Moray)
235 Rathen Aberdeen
698 Ratho and Stobhill Edinburgh (Midlothian)
389 Rattray Perth
164 Rathven Banff
236 Rayne Aberdeen
40 Reay Caithness
390 Redgorton Perth
575 Renfrew Renfrew
879 Rerrick Kirkcudbright
317 Rescobie Forfar (Angus)
79 Resolis Cromarty (Ross & Cromarty)
391 Rhynd Perth
237 Rhynie & Essie and Savoch Aberdeen
611 Riccarton Ayr
777 Roberton Selkirk
55 Rogart Sutherland
80 Rosemarkie Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
502 Rosneath Dunbarton
81 Rosskeen Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
141 Rothes Elgin (Moray)
558 Rothesay Bute
165 Rothiemay Banff
24 Rousay and Egilsay Orkney
503 Row Dunbarton
803 Roxburgh Roxburgh
654 Rutherglen Lanark
318 Ruthven Forfar (Angus)
846 Ruthwell Dumfries
 
531 Saddell and Skipness Argyll
25 St Andrews Orkney
453 St Andrews and St Leonards Fife
142 St Andrews Lhanbryde Elgin (Moray)
804 St Boswells Roxburgh
267 St Cyrus Kincardine
166 St Fergus Banff
392 St Madoes Perth
393 St Martins Perth
454 St Monans Fife
847 St Mungo Dumfries
488 St Ninians Stirling
612 St Quivox and Newton-upon-Ayr Ayr
319 St Vigeans Forfar (Angus)
548 Salen Argyll
455 Saline Fife
719 Saltoun Haddington (East Lothian)
26 Sanday Orkney
9 Sandsting and Aithsting Shetland
27 Sandwick Orkney
848 Sanquhar Dumfries
394 Scone Perth
456 Scoonie Fife
167 Seafield Banff
778 Selkirk Selkirk
28 Shapinsay Orkney
655 Shotts Lanark
238 Skene Aberdeen
769 Skirling Peebles
239 Slains Aberdeen
489 Slamannan Stirling
115 Sleat Inverness
805 Smailholm Roxburgh
116 Small Isles Inverness
117 Snizort Inverness
897 Sorbie Wigtown
613 Sorn Ayr
533 South Knapdale Argyll
29 South Ronaldsay and Burray Orkney
118 South Uist and Benbecula Inverness
806 Southdean and Abbotrule Roxburgh
532 Southend Argyll
143 Speymouth Elgin (Moray)
720 Spott Haddington (East Lothian)
807 Sprouston Roxburgh
614 Stair Ayr
721 Stenton Haddington (East Lothian)
615 Stevenston Ayr
616 Stewarton Ayr
808 Stichill Roxburgh
490 Stirling Stirling
770 Stobo Peebles
656 Stonehouse Lanark
898 Stoneykirk Wigtown
88 Stornoway Ross (Ross & Cromarty)
699 Stow Edinburgh (Midlothian)
320 Stracathro Forfar (Angus)
268 Strachan Kincardine
617 Straiton Ayr
534 Stralachlan and Strachur Argyll
899 Stranraer Wigtown
119 Strath Inverness
491 Strathblane Stirling
240 Strathdon Aberdeen
457 Strathmiglo Fife
241 Strichen Aberdeen
30 Stromness Orkney
31 Stronsay Orkney
755 Swinton and Simprim Berwick
618 Symington Ayr
657 Symington Lanark

Source: National Records of Scotland. "Coverage of the Old Parish Registers. Detailed list of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872)." National Records of Scotland. 2020, https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20200818175650/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/print/1857. Accessed 13 July 2025.