Muckart
Muckhart is a parish in the Ochil district of Perthshire. It lies on the border of the county contiguous to Kinross-shire and Clackmannanshire, and is bounded by Glendevon, Fossoway, and Dollar. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Muckhart, Pool, Yetts of Muckhart
Castleton
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parish of Muckhart was disjoined on 2 October 1632 from the Presbytery of Auchterarder, and was added to that of Dunfermline. On 9 October 1639 it was taken from the Presbytery of Dunfermline and given back again to that of Auchterarder a second time, and was incorporated in the Presbytery of Kinross.
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 |
| 1698-1854 | Muckhart | 385 | OPR |
| 1855-1954 | Muckhart | 385 | RD |
| 1955-1971 | Muckhart and Glendevon | 385 | RD |
| 1972 | Muckhart and Glendevon | 396 | RD |
| 2009 | Perth and Kinross | 396 | RD |
| 2026 | (Muckhart) Perth and Kinross Council; Muckhart Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Glendevon) Perth and Kinross Council; Auchterarder and District 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
Frame, Harley, Hunter, Kirk, Miller, Paterson, Wilkie, Wilson, Wright, Younger
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 Andrew Gibson.
"There are at present 140 families and 526 persons in the parish. Of these there are 239 males, 287 females, 192 married persons, 6 widowers, 17 widows, and 4 bachelors who keep house. There are 264 of the Established Church, 249 of Antiburgher Seceders, 10 Burgher Seceders, and 3 Cameronians. There are 38 male servants, 33 female servants, 6 wrights, 6 masons, 4 blacksmiths, 23 weavers, 5 tailors, 6 shoemakers, 1 flesher, and 1 surgeon.
There are 3 public houses, whose employment arises chiefly from stranger travelers, and from the drivers of coals from Blairngone and Dollar to Strathearn. As the greatest part of their business flows from persons of the above descriptions stopping to refresh themselves and their horses, and not from the inhabitants of the place, they have not much influence upon the morals of the people."
(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 9, p. 303
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 10, p. 301
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