BANCHORY DEVENICK, Kincardineshire

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"BANCHORY DEVENICK, a parish, partly in the county of Aberdeen, and partly in county Kincardine, Scotland, 3 miles to the W. of Aberdeen. It is situated on the seacoast, and on the banks of the river Dee, which is crossed by a suspension bridge 305 feet in length, constructed for foot passengers. The parish contains the villages of Dounies, Findon, and Portlethen, the last of which is a station on the Scottish North-Eastern railway. The soil is of various characters, and the district is partly hilly and heathy. Blue granite of very firm texture is found, but little used on account of the difficulty of working it. Some of the inhabitants are employed in the fisheries. The living, of the value of £159, is in the presbytery of Aberdeen, and in the patronage of the crown. The kirk stands on the left bank of the Dee. There are several endowed schools. Banchory House is the chief residence. Two Druid circles and several tumuli exist here."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Cemeteries
• Church Records
• Civil Registration
• Gazetteers

Cemeteries

Monumental Inscriptions for the parish have been recorded in Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions in Kincardineshire, edited by Alison Mitchell, Scottish Genealogy Society, 1986, ISBN 0 901061 29 8.

Church Records

Old Parish Records for the parish of Banchory-Devenick [251] are located in New Register House, Edinburgh.

These have also been microfilmed by the LDS Church:

		Births	Qty	Marriages	Qty
251	Banchory-Devenick	6902879	2	6902880	1

Civil Registration

All records of Civil Registration are held at New Register House, Edinburgh. Microfilm copies of births, deaths and marriages for the years 1855 - 1875, 1881 and 1891 have been filmed by the LDS and can be ordered to any family history centre worldwide. Please check film numbers before ordering.

Year	Birth	Death	Marriage	Year	Birth	Death	Marriage
1855	0103353	0103487	0103595	1867	0350952	0349044	0348996
1856	0256463	0256412	0256518	1868	0352728	0363249	0363203
1857	0280426	0280262	0280143	1869	0340315	0384132	0384479
1858	0280489	0280318	0280179	1870	0352801	0385333	0363142
1859	0280552	0280371	0280220	1871	0224469	0224595	0224541
1860	0280616	0292810	0292769	1872	0300073	0300308	0300214
1861	0224092	0224407	0224165	1873	0300147	0300366	0300261
1862	0292925	0292866	0294870	1874	0329022	0340253	0347929
1863	0294804	0294745	0294914	1875	0384396	0412905	0363302
1864	321194	0323659	0323613	1881	0232636	0234191	0233477
1865	321263	0330115	0330174	1891	0255099	0256349	0256084
1866	0332603	0350892	0333286

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Banchory Devenick from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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