Kirkmaiden Parish Records
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- BT2/913
Dissolved Companies
Kirkmaiden and Stoneykirk Steam Traction Company Limited, 1879-1932.
-
- Kirkmaiden Free Church, later United Free, then Church of
Scotland (Kirkmaiden St Medan's):
Kirkmaiden Free Church began at the Disruption, when
the
minister and many of the congregation adhered to the Free Church. A
church was built and opened in the same year. It passed successively to
the United Free Church, with a new church built at Drummore in 1903,
and to the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Kirkmaiden St
Medan's, which united with Kirkmaiden in 1931. The UFC charge was in
the presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer and the synod of Dumfries and
Galloway.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CH3/1575
Kirkmaiden Free Church Kirk Session, later United Free, then Church of
Scotland (Kirkmaiden St Medan's)
Minutes,
1843-1930; Baptisms, 1843-1853, 1898-1930; Deacons' court minutes,
1854-1948; Communion roll, 1874-1921; Seat rents, 1843-1955.
At the Dumfries
and Galloway Archives, Dumfries:
- CH2/1551
Kirkmaiden Kirk Session
Minutes, Volume 7, 1924-1954. (Earlier volumes may still be with the
church.)
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HR604
Kirkmaiden parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1900-1928; Accounts, 1900-1928.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- IRS87/17-20
Valuation Office (Scotland): Field Book, 1910-1920: Kirkmaiden
Parish
Entries 1-330
- 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.
Available here for download:
- Lands Valuation Notices for properties in
Kirkmaiden (houses in Main Street, Drummore, owned by Jessie Turnbull),
1957
and 1960.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
Some estate papers can be found by searching the National
Archives of Scotland
catalogue for "Kirkmaiden" and reference starts
"GD". Collections
particularly worth searching are:
- GD25
Papers of the Kennedy Family, Earls of Cassillis (Ailsa Muniments)
- GD135
Papers of the Dalrymple Family, Earls of Stair
- GD141
Papers of the McDouall family of Logan, Wigtownshire
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- RH4/23/236, RH4/23/337 and RH4/23/238
Ordnance Survey Original Object Name Books for Scotland: Wigtownshire
Parishes of Kirkmaiden and Stoneykirk (book 71); Kirkmaiden
and
Stoneykirk (book 81); Kirkmaiden (book 82); Kirkmaiden (books 86 and
87).
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CO4/36
Kirkmaiden Parish Records
Parochial Board: Minute
Book, 1927-1930; Parochial Board General Register of the Poor,
1879-1920; Parish Council General Register of the Poor, 1921-1930.
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EW5/34
Kirkmaiden Northern (Portlogan) School
Log books, 1864-1904, 1929-1959; Admissions and withdrawals registers,
1885-1959; Attendance registers, 1955-1960; Summaries of attendance,
1956-1957, 1959-1960; Record of work, 1959-1960. (Access
restricted)
By 1949 it had infant and primary departments and was downgraded to
primary school status in 1952. The school was discontinued in 1959.
- EW5/35
Kirkmaiden Southern (Mull) School
Log books, 1893-1961; Attendance registers, 1954-1956, 1957-1961;
Summaries of attendance, 1955-1960. (Access restricted)
This was erected in 1876/77 and opened in June 1877. The premises were
also used for a sabbath school and prayer meeting on Sundays. Its
master was also leader of psalmody in Drummore Free Church. It was
downgraded to primary school status in 1952 and discontinued in 1961.
- EW5/36
Kirkmaiden Free Church School
Log book, 1863-1893.
This was transferred to the school board in 1873 when it is described
as 'late FC school'. By that time it had an average attendance of 82.
By 1892 Kirkmaiden Parish had three schools - Northern, Central and
Southern. the Southern School had accommodation for 85 scholars and was
the smallest of the three schools and would therefore appear to have
been the original Free Church School.
- EW5/51
Kirkmaiden Central School
Log books (Kirkmaiden Parish, later Kirkmaiden Central, with a
typewritten history of the school), 1868-1963; Admissions and
withdrawals register, 1863-1960. (Access restricted)
From at least the middle eighteenth century a parish school stood
beside Kirkmaiden Church. The walls of the small building still stand,
fronted on the east by the gravestones of two early schoolmasters. The
first bears a much-worn Latin inscription, the other, that of William
Todd and his family, begins with a quotation in Greek from the New
Testament. William Todd wrote a history and description of Kirkmaiden
parish, which survives in manuscript but was never printed. He was a
gifted teacher, and in addition a good stonemason - he carved the
family gravestone, and he made his hobby the construction of sundials,
some of which are still in existence.
see Early Taxation Records
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