Kirkinner Parish Records
The church of Kirkinner was dedicated to St Kinera
and prior to the reformation belonged to the Chapel Royal of Stirling.
Ministry is recorded a Kirkinner from 1567. Kirkinner is so called
because in former times the area that was later annexed as the Parish
of Kirkcowen was included within its boundaries, the clergy man
preached for two Sundays in the kirk in the southern part of the parish
and the next Sunday in the kirk in the northern. Due to this situation
one of the kirks was distinguished as the Inner Kirk, the other the
Outer Kirk, hence the name Kirkinner. The parish of Longcastle was
united with Kirkinner in 1650 under the name of the larger parish of
Kirkinner. The parish was later linked with Sorbie in 1981. Kirkinner
originally sat in the Presbytery of Wigtown until by Act of Assembly
XXI, 1963, The Presbytery of Wigtown and the Presbytery of Stranraer
were united to form the Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer. The
present church was built in 1882.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CH2/228
Kirkinner Kirk Session
Minutes, 1702-1714, 1745-1845 (plus Cypher letter c.1800),
1845-1897; accounts, 1745-1790.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HR11
Kirkinner parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1875-1883 (with gaps), 1908-1928; Cash book, 1908-1929;
Accounts, 1920-1927; Papers relating to transference to Church of
Scotland, 1925-1927; Correspondence, 1875-1928; Papers relating to
teinds, 1799-1891.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- IRS87/13-16
Valuation Office (Scotland): Field Book, 1910-1920: Kirkinner
Parish
Entries 1-100,101-200, 201-248, supp. 8.
- IRS133
Valuation Office (Scotland) maps to accompany the above field books,
scale 1/2500, Ordnance Survey sheets for Wigtownshire.
At the Dumfries
and Galloway Archives, Dumfries:
- EW4
Wigtownshire County Council: County Treasurer's Department
Valuation rolls, 1891-1975; Assessment rolls, 1890-1897, 1950-1960.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
Some estate papers can be found by searching the
NationalArchives
catalogue for "Kirkinner" and reference starts
"GD". Collections
particularly worth searching are:
- GD25
Papers of the Kennedy Family, Earls of Cassillis (Ailsa Muniments)
- GD99
Papers of the Vans Agnew Family of Barnbarroch, Wigtownshire
- GD141/28
Title Charter by Alexander Stewart of Dalswinton
- RH15/25
Papers Gordon of Grange
- E614
Exchequer Records: Forfeited Estates Papers 1715: Particular Estates:
Baldoon
Papers for individual estates include judicial and other rental, claims
and decrees thereon, exceptions and appeals, factors' accounts, with
vouchers and other papers relating to management, and papers relating
to sale of the estate.
Owner: Basil Hamilton, son of Lord Basil Hamilton, sixth son of Anne,
duchess of Hamilton, and of Mary Dunbar, daughter of David Dunbar, son
of Sir David Dunbar of Baldoon, bt.
Location: parishes of Inch, Kirkinner, Old Luce and Wigtown in
Wigtownshire, and parishes of Borgue, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbright and
Twynholm in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Estate claimed successfully
by Mary, Lady Basil Hamilton, the forfeited person's mother.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- RH4/23/233, RH4/23/235 and RH4/23/236
Ordnance Survey Original Object Name Books for Scotland: Wigtownshire
Parishes of Kirkinner, Kirkcowan, Mochrum,
Wigtown and Penninghame (book 49); Kirkinner, Wigtown and Penninghame
(book 50); Kirkinner, Kirkmabreck
and Wigtown (book 52); Kirkinner and Mochrum
(book 63); Kirkinner and Wigtown (book 64); Kirkinner and Mochrum
(books 65 and 66); Kirkinner (book 67); Kirkinner and Kirkmabreck (book
68); Kirkinner and Sorbie (book 69); Kirkinner and Mochrum
(book 73); Glasserton, Kirkinner, Mochrum and Sorbie (book 74);
Glasserton, Kirkinner, Sorbie and Whithorn (book
77).
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CO4/35
Kirkinner Parish Records
Parochial Board Minute Book, 1845-1899; Parochial Board General
Register of the Poor, 1845-1887,
1887-1922; Parish Council Minute Book, 1899-1926, 1926-1930; Parish
Council General Register of the Poor, 1922-1930
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EW5/63
Kirkinner School
Log book, 1920-1964. (Closed)
Kirkinner School was erected in 1829.
- EW5/13
Kirkinner School Board
Letter book, 1909-1918.
- EW5/43
Malzie School
Log books, 1863-1897, 1944-1945; Admissions and withdrawals register,
1899-1929. (Access restricted)
This was a side school which was established by Mrs James Blair and Mrs
Lambert Blair and the feu was held of Colonel Stoppard Blair of
Penninghame. There were no trustees and the school was managed by
Colonel Blair and his sisters. It was later trasferred to the School
Board.
- EW5/40
Longcastle School
Log books, 1874-1962; Admissions and withdrawals registers, 1885-1961;
Attendance registers, 1955-1962. (Access restricted.)
This
was established following a petition from the parishoners to Sir
William Maxwell of Monreith concerining the distance to the parish
school. Sir William gifted the teacher's house and the school was built
by subscription. It was managed by a committee composed of the
neighbouring farmers, whose chairman was Sir William while the minister
acted as secretary.
see Early Taxation Records
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: William McM. Owen
