Trinity-Gask and Kinkell
Trinity Gask is a parish in Strathearn, Perthshire. It is bounded on the north by Madderty, on the east by Findogask, on the south by Auchterarder and Blackford, and on the west by Muthill and Crieff. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Trinity Gask
Colquhalzie, Kinkell
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Trinity Gask and Kinkell were united about the middle of the seventeenth century.
Trinity-Gask. The church of this parish was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Beside it was the Trinity Well. The church belonged to the Abbey of Inchaffray.
Kinkell. The church of Kinkell was dedicated to St Bean. It belonged to the Abbey of Inchaffray. Kinkell was a prebend of Dunblane.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Trinity Gask and Kinkell (QO)
Kinkell (QO)
(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 |
| 1641-1854 | Trinity Gask | 396 | OPR |
| 1855-1960 | Trinity Gask | 396 | RD |
| 2009 | Perth and Kinross, Auchterarder | 395 | RD |
| 2026 | Perth and Kinross Council; Methven 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
Brown, Cameron, Campbell, Crawford, Laing, Nicoll, Robertson, Smith, Taylor, 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 a Friend to Statistical Inquiries.
"The present number of inhabitants is 795. The parish is supplied with four meal and two lint-mills. The grain produced in the parish is greatly more than sufficient for the consumption of the inhabitants. Manufactures have scarcely, if at all, found their way into this parish; it contains, however, as many tradesmen as are necessary, in ordinary cases, for the customary work of the inhabitants. One great disadvantage, under which the inhabitants of this parish labour, is their distance from fuel. The works from which coal is generally procured, are distant about 20 miles, and the roads far from being good. Half the summer is spent in bringing home as much coal as is necessary for winter's supply. Peats are procured from the moss of the higher grounds, but not without great labour and waste of time."
(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 18, p. 482
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 10, p. 335
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