Dunipace is a parish, containing the villages of Torwood and MIlton or Herbertshire, in the east of Stirlingshire. It is bounded by the parishes of St Ninians, Larbert, Falkirk, and Denny. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Denovan, Milton, or Herbertshire, Rosebank, Torwood
Carbrook, Denovan, Quarter
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Dunipace belonged to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth. There is a mission chapel in the parish at Carronshore. The parishes of Dunipace and Larbert were united by Parliament in 1617.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Bonnybridge. A church was opened here on 11 November 1877. The parish of Bonnybridge was disjoined from Denny, Dunipace, and Camelon on 14 March 1878.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Dunipace (QO)
Bonnybridge (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 |
| 1708-1854 | Dunipace | 478 | OPR |
| 1855-1927 | Dunipace | 478 | RD |
| 1906-1971 | Bonnybridge | 478 | RD |
| 1928-1970 | Denny and Dunipace | 476-1 | RD |
| 1971-1971 | Denny and Dunipace | 476 | RD |
| 1972-2003 | Denny and Dunipace | 477 | RD |
| 1972-1997 | Bonnybridge | 478 | RD |
| 2004-2008 | Denny and Dunipace, Falkirk | 477 | RD |
| 2009 | Falkirk, Denny | 477 | RD |
| 2026 | (Dunipace) Falkirk Council; Denny, Dunipace, Head of Muir and Dennyloanhead | ||
| 2026 | (Bonnybridge) Falkirk Council; Bonnybridge 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
Anderson, Campbell, Forrest, Forsyth, Henderson, Kerr, Paterson, Stewart, Thomson, Warner
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 Harvie.
"In the parish of Dunipace there are only about 80 handicraftsmen. There are a printfield, and a cotton-spinning manufactory. There is one public house in the parish of Dunipace, on the road from Stirling to Glasgow. There are three heritors, viz. Mr Morehead of Herbertshire, Mr Johnston of Denovan, and Mr Spottiswood of Dunipace."
(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 3, p. 333
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 8, Section II, p. 379
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