Civil parishes are small divisions used for statistical purposes and formerly for local government in Scotland .
17-591: Kilmodan is a civil parish situated on the Cowal Peninsula , in Argyll and Bute , west of Scotland . It includes the valley of Glendaruel and surrounding areas, with Kilmodan Church located in the Clachan of Glendaruel. The alternative historical spelling, Kilmadan, is no longer used. The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland , c. 1857, has this to say about Kilmodan: Kilmadan (sometimes spelt Kilmodan )
34-631: A burgh. Their boundaries continued to be used to define some of the local authorities created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and they continue to be used for census purposes. They are used as part of the coding system for agricultural holdings under the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) used to administer schemes within the Common Agricultural Policy . According to
51-470: A decline of 15.6% in 21 years. MPC = medieval parish church, or the successor building to one. Not exhaustive; only churches with a medieval foundation, which have articles or which closed after 2000 are listed. the parish of Ratho was formerly in the Presbytery of Edinburgh union of the parishes of Linlithgow St Michael's, St Ninian's Craigmailen, Torphichen and Avonbridge 3-255 union of
68-411: A legal obligation to consult them. List of Church of Scotland parishes The Church of Scotland , the national church of Scotland, divides the country into Presbyteries , which in turn are subdivided into Parishes , each served by a parish church, usually with its own minister . Unions and readjustments may however result in a parish having more than one building, or several parishes sharing
85-646: A minister (these are known as "linked charges"). The Church of Scotland has presbyteries outwith Scotland: these presbyteries have "gathered congregations" rather than parishes. What follows is a list of Church of Scotland parishes , congregations and places of worship. A complete list of parishes with statistical data will be found in the Church of Scotland Yearbook (known as the Red Book ). See also List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries . In Scotland, at least 275 churches have closed since 1 January 2000,
102-670: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Civil parishes in Scotland Civil parishes gained legal functions in 1845 when parochial boards were established to administer the poor law . Their local government functions were abolished in 1930 with their powers transferred to county or burgh councils. Since 1975, they have been superseded as the smallest unit of local administration in Scotland by community councils . Civil parishes in Scotland can be dated from 1845, when parochial boards were established to administer
119-534: Is a parish containing the postal station of Glendaruel in Cowal , Argyll . It is in the Presbytery (presbyterian church) of Dunoon and synod of Argyll . It is bounded by Loch Riddan , and by the parishes of Kilfinan , Strachur , Dunoon , and Inverchaolain . It consists chiefly of a glen , flanked by high hills, and extending southward; and is about 12 miles (19 km) long. The River Ruel traverses
136-418: The poor law . While they originally corresponded to the parishes of the Church of Scotland , the number and boundaries of parishes soon diverged. Where a parish contained a burgh , the area of the parish outside the burgh was termed the landward area. Until 1891 some parishes lay in more than one county . In that year, under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , the boundaries of most of
153-413: The civil parishes and counties were realigned so that each parish was wholly within a single county. In 1894 the parochial boards were replaced by more democratically elected parish councils. Parish councils were in turn abolished in 1930, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 , with powers being transferred to county councils in landward areas of counties and burgh councils where they were within
170-448: The parishes of Auchencairn, Buittle, Kelton and Rerrick union of the parishes of Kirkinner and Sorbie union of the parishes of Dreghorn and Springside with four Irvine parishes union of the parishes of Brodick, Corrie, Kildonan, Kilmory, Lamlash, Lochranza, Pirnmill, Shiskine and Whiting Bay union of the parishes of Crosshill, Kirkoswald and Maybole union of the parishes of Barr, Dailly, Girvan North and Girvan South union of
187-402: The parishes of Ayton, Foulden and Reston union of the parishes of Bonkyl, Duns, Edrom Allanton, Lammermuir, Langton and Preston union of the parishes of Coldstream, Ladykirk, Swinton, and Whitsome union of the parishes of Ancrum, Crailing, Eckford and Lilliesleaf union of the parishes of Bedrule, Denholm and Minton union of the parishes of Hownam, Linton, Morebattle and Yetholm union of
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#1732773390218204-406: The parishes of Cockburnspath, ... union of the parishes of Bolton, Humbie, Saltoun and Yester union of the parishes of Cranstoun, Crichton, Fala, Ford and Soutra union of the parishes of Athelstaneford, East Linton and Stenton union of the parishes of Broughton, Glenholm, Kilbucho, Skirling and Tweedsmuir union of the parishes of Maxton, Mertoun, Newtown St Boswells and St Boswells union of
221-401: The parishes of Darvel and Galston union of the parishes of Dalton, Hightae, Kettleholm (St Mungo) and Lochmaben Bridge of Weir: St Machar's Ranfurly l/w St Paul's Old Gourock and Ashton l/w Greenock: St Ninian's Port Glasgow: Hamilton Bardrainney l/w Radnor Park l/w Bearsden: New Kilpatrick l/w Rosneath: St Modan's Old Kilpatrick Bowling St Andrew's l/w West Kirk union of
238-410: The parishes of Ednam, Hume, Kelso, Makerstoun, Nenthorn, Roxburgh, Smailholm and Stichill union of the parishes of Chirnside, Hutton, Fishwick and Paxton Half Morton & Kirkpatrick Fleming l/w Crossmichael, Parton & Balmaghie union of the parishes of Kirkpatrick Juxta, Moffat and Wamphray union of the parishes of Applegarth, Corrie, Hutton, Johnstone, Lockerbie and Sibbaldbie union of
255-489: The parishes of Kilmaronock, Gartocharn and Lomond l/w Baillieston St Andrew's Glasgow: Robroyston Rutherglen: West and Wardlawhill St David's Memorial Park l/w Easterhouse Springburn l/w Tron St Mary's Queen's Park Govanhill Kinning Park St Enoch's Hogganfield l/w St Paul's Knightswood Anniesland Trinity Glasgow: Bridgeton St Francis in the East union of the parishes of Banton and Kilsyth Anderson union of
272-568: The upper part of the glen, and falls into the head of Loch Riddan. The extent of coast is upwards of three miles (5 km) and the scenery is of the grandest description. The most well-known native of the parish is Colin Maclaurin , professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh . 56°3′10″N 5°10′15″W / 56.05278°N 5.17083°W / 56.05278; -5.17083 This Argyll and Bute location article
289-728: The website of the General Register Office for Scotland , there are now 871 civil parishes. Civil parish boundaries originally corresponded with the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland . As parishes used for religious functions diverged from civil parishes, the former became known as quoad sacra parishes . Since 1975, Scotland has been divided into community council areas which are often similar to civil parishes in their boundaries. These community council are not equivalent to English parish councils and Welsh community councils and do not have legal powers of their own but in some cases local authorities have
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