FETTERESSO, Kincardineshire

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

"FETTERESSO, a parish in county Kincardine, Scotland. It is situated on the N. bank of the river Carron, lying exposed to the North Sea on the E. The parish contains Seatown and the post village of Muchals, with part of Stonehaven. These two last are stations on the Aberdeen railway. The surface, which is slightly undulated, consists largely of moorland. It is watered in the interior by the river Cowrie, and by one or two burns falling into the sea. This parish is in the presbytery of Fordoun, and synod of Angus and Mearns, in the patronage of the crown. The minister has a stipend of £254. The church, which stands near Stonehaven, was built in 1813. There are an United Presbyterian church, an Episcopal chapel, and a chapel-of-ease in the parish; also two endowed, two parochial, and several day schools. In the village are a savings-bank and a dispensary. The principal seats are Fetteresso Castle, the ancient seat of the Keiths; Uric House, formerly of the Barclays; Rickarton House, and Muchals House. At King's Dyke is a Roman camp, supposed to have been that of Agricola, previous to the battle with Galgacus. At Kempstane Moor tumuli and Druidical remains are of frequent occurrence. There are remains of a chapel and an ancient burial-ground on the coast not far from Stonehaven, with the ruins of a residence of the ancient Thanes of Cowie. The salmon fishery is carried on, and granite is quarried for exportation."

[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 Fetteresso [258] are located in New Register House, Edinburgh.

These have also been microfilmed by the LDS:

		Births	Qty	Marriages	Qty
258	Fetteresso	6902894	2	6902895	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 Fetteresso from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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