Stranraer Parish Records
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
Numerous papers concerning businesses in Stranraer are to
be found in Court of Sesion records and the records of dissolved
companies. They can be found by searching the
National Archives of Scotland
catalogue for "Stranraer" and reference starts
"CS" or reference starts "BT2".
- GB1/78
Stranraer Gas Company
Minute Books, 1836-1906, 1944-1949.
- BT2/9519
Stranraer Gas Company Ltd
1916- .
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EGD/88
J K Cowden, electricians, Stranraer
Account books, 1935-1945.
- EGD/89
Unidentified Coal Merchant, Stranraer
Account books, 1871-1892.
- EGD/101
Unidentified Grocer, Stranraer
Day book, 1940-1944..
- EGD/TEMP13
J Anderson, Stranraer
Accounts for goods bought from various suppliers in Glasgow, Kirkcaldy,
Inverness and Greenock etc probably for a retail business,
1896-1897.
At the Scottish
Screen Archive:
- SSA5/25
Stranraer Picture House Ltd.
Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1931; Prospectus, 1931;
Minutes, 1931-1962; Ledger, 1963-1972; Notebook kept by management of
the Regal Cinema noting items of capital expenditure, salaries, running
costs etc, 1933-1964; Annual accounts and balance sheets, 1932-1980;
Records relating to the closure of the Regal Cinema and winding up of
the company, 1976-1980.
At the Stranraer
Museum:
- ST5
Stranraer Gas Company
Minutes, 1906-1944 and undated; Shareholding and dividends records,
1916-1949 and undated; Prospectus, undated; Memorandum and articles of
association, 1916; Miscellanea, 1849-1949 and undated.
- Stranraer Old Parish Church:
Prior to the reformation there existed at Stranraer a
Chapel dedicated to St John and in the year 1600 the General Assembly
sanctioned the founding of a parish for the district. It wasn't until
1622 however, and the erection of the Presbytery of Stranraer that the
Parish of Stranraer came into being. In 1722 the Heritors built a new
parish church, which in turn was replaced towards the end of the 19th
cent and which later fell into a ruinous state. The kirk session sat
within the Presbytery of Stranraer until 1963 when, by Act of Assembly,
the Presbytery of Wigtown and the Presbytery of Stranraer were united
together under the name of the Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer.
- Stranraer Associate Session (Ivy Place, Antiburgher Church,
First
United Secession Church) later United Presbyterian Church
:
Due to the loss of the early minutes of the
Antiburgher Presbytery of Glasgow, the early beginnings of this
congregation cannot be traced however the first recorded notice of the
Antiburgher Congregation of Stranraer Ivy Place appears in 1757 and
James Douglas, the first minister of the congregation was ordained in
1759. In 1847 Stranraer Ivy Place Antiburgher Church became part of the
United Presbyterian Church. Following the union of the United
Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Stranraer
Ivy Place U.P. became Stranraer Ivy Place United Free Church and in
1927 a union was established with the congregation of Stranraer St
Mark's, to form the charge of Stranraer St Andrew's United Free Church.
Upon the 1929 union between the United Free Church of Scotland and the
Free Church of Scotland, Stranraer St Andrew's U.F. became Stranraer St
Andrew's Church of Scotland and in 1982 the congregation was linked
with that of Inch. The linked congregation of Stranraer St Andrew's
remains active today, under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of
Wigtown and Stranraer.
- Stranraer, Bellevilla (Burgher) United Secession, later
United Presbyterian West, then United Free
:
Stranraer, Bellevilla (Burgher) United Secession
Church originated with a petition for sermon to the Burgher Presbytery
of Glasgow in 1793 from a group in Stranraer, the remnant of Seceders
who had broken with an Antiburgher congregation in the town over the
'Lifter' question. The first minister was ordained in 1799. The
congregation passed to the United Presbyterian Church and united with
Stranraer Bridge Street UP as Stranraer West UP. This passed
successively to the United Free Church, as Stranraer St Ninian's, and
to the Church of Scotland. The UFC charge was in the presbytery of
Wigtown and Stranraer and the synod of Dumfries and Galloway.
- Stranraer Free Church Kirk Session, later St Mark's United
Free:
Stranraer Free Church was formed at the Disruption,
with a church building erected the following year. It passed to the
United Free Church as Stranraer St Mark's, which united with Stranraer
Ivy Place as Stranraer St Andrew's in 1926. The UFC charge was in the
presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer and the synod of Dumfries and
Galloway.
- Stranraer Reformed Presbyterian Church, Dalrymple Street:
Church built c.1824.
- Sheuchan Kirk Session, later Stranraer St Margarets and
Stranraer High
see under Leswalt
- Sheuchan Free Church, later United Free Church
see under Leswalt
- Stranraer and Rhinns of Galloway Auxiliary National Bible
Society of Scotland
Since the beginning of the 19th cent, the Bible
Society within Scotland has been actively involved in translation,
publication and distribution of the Scriptures, indeed in the second
half of the century Scottish missionaries were pioneer in helping
distribute the bible in Asia and Africa, and the first bible to be
printed in a Nigerian Language was published in Scotland. In 1819 it
was proposed that an auxiliary branch of the National Bible Society be
set up within Stranraer, which would work alongside, and share the same
objectives as the Edinburgh Bible Society, which had been established
in 1809, followed a number of years later in 1812 by the Glasgow bible
society. Initially the main body incorporating each regional society
was the British and Foreign Bible Society however by 1926 the Glasgow
and Edinburgh Societies, and many other Scottish auxiliaries, had
disassociated themselves, and it followed that in 1861 the National
Bible Society of Scotland came into being. The society remains active
today and has in recent years changed its name to the Scottish Bible
Society.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CH2/938
Stranraer Old Kirk Session
Minutes and accounts, 1695-1740, 1821-1824, 1828-1831 and 1838-1841;
Minutes, 1740-1819 and 1846-1872; Accounts, 1791-1816 and 1823-1833;
Decreet, Mr George Blair, minister at Stranraer, v. John McCracken and
others, 1763.
- CH3/549
Stranraer Associate Session (Ivy Place, Antiburgher Church, First
United Secession Church) later United Presbyterian Church
Minutes, 1759-1760, 1774-1789, 1822-1847 and 1881-1926; Accounts,
1759-1772; Collections, 1780-1792; Collections and distributions,
1803-1810; Cash book, 1812-1831; Manager's minutes, 1898-1926;
Baptismal register, 1811-1882; Marriages, 1812-1836 and 1839-1845; List
of members, revised 1840; District Missionary list, 1845.
- CH3/736
Stranraer, Bellevilla (Burgher) United Secession, later United
Presbyterian West, then United Free
Minutes,1870-1907; Missionary committee minutes, 1836-1855; Communion
roll, 1879-1914.
- CH3/1382
Stranraer Free Church Kirk Session, later St Mark's United Free
Minutes, 1926; Deacons' court minutes, 1844-1870, 1874-1900, 1906-1920;
Baptisms, 1883-1926.
- CH13/23
Stranraer United Free Church
Minutes, 1963-1965; Management committee minutes, 1963-1966; Communion
roll, 1962-1966.
- CH2/1404
Monigaff Kirk Session
Presbytery of Stranraer scroll minutes, 1925-1929.
- CH2/1112
Stranraer and Rhinns of Galloway Auxiliary National Bible Society of
Scotland
Minutes, 1819-1949; Committee minutes, 1819-1850.
At the ScotlandsPeople
Centre:
- RH21/61
Stranraer Roman Catholic Congregation, Diocese of Galloway
Register of baptisms, 1846-1908; Register of marriages, 1846-1971
At the ScotlandsPeople
Centre and on the ScotlandsPeople
website:
- Stranraer, St Joseph's Roman Catholic
congregation
Indexes to and images of the Roman Catholic births and
baptism registers, 1846-1908; marriages, 1846-1934.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HH21/57, HH21/58, HH21/59
Stranraer Prison
Register of Criminals (No 2), 1841-1847; Register of Criminal
Prisoners, 1847-1883; Register of Civil Prisoners, 1841-1847; Daily
Statement of Prisoners, 1875-1881.
At the Stranraer
Museum:
- ST
Stranraer Burgh Records
Clerk's Department: Incarceration records,
1824-1840; Stranraer Museum - deposited records: Accounts of the Prison
Board for Stranraer Jail, 1852-1860;
Stranraer
prison accounts, 1853-1909.
At the Stranraer
Museum:
- RDC
Rhins District Council Records
District licensing court, registers of applications for certificates,
1875-1975.
- ST
Stranraer Burgh Records
Clerk's Department: Burgh court books, 1596-1710; Burgh court and town
council minute books, 1710-1734, 1766-1788; Burgh court
minutes, 1943-1974;
Licensing court records, 1963-1975; Dean of guild court books,
1803-1848, 1850-1961, and petitions, undated; Baillie court diet books,
1816-1824, 1827-1930; Registers of deeds and protests,
1809-1869; Protocol books, 1588-1926 (incomplete); Register of
services of heirs, 1825-1847.
Surveyor's Department: Index of dean of
guild court plans, c 1901-1944.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- SC18
Stranraer Sheriff Court:
Ordinary Court
- 1 Act book, 1900-1966
- 2 Unassigned
- 3 Unassigned
- 4 Unassigned
- 5 Register of ordinary actions ('A' Register), 1899-1955
- 6 Register of summary applications ('B' Register),
1918-1949
- 7 Decree and extract decree books, 1887-1975
- 8 Unassigned
- 9 Processes - second series
- 10 Processes - preservation, c1860-1962
- 11 Processes - limbo, 1931-1962
- 12 Adoption register - closed, 1951-1962
- 13 Adoption processes - closed, 1931-1961
- 14 Register of sequestrations, 1887-1956
- 15 Register of sequestrations for rent, 1871-1942
- 16 Register of arrestments, 1911-1973
- 17 Process transmission book, 1912-1972
- 18 Enrolment books, 1871-1917
- 19 Register of consignations
- 20 Unassigned
- 21 Records of fatal accident inquiries, 1896-1959
(bound)
- 22 Records of fatal accident inquiries, 1952-1956
- 23 Unassigned
- 24 Record of English and Irish judgments, 1886
- 25 Roll of law agents, 1874-1933
- 26 Unassigned
Workmen's Compensation
- 27 Register of medical referees' reports, 1924
- 28 Record of references, 1935-1948
- 29 Memoranda of agreement, 1906-1948
- 30 Special Register, 1903-1937
- 31 Minute books of memoranda of agreement, 1932-1955
- 32 Medical referees' reports, 1911
- 33 Unassigned
Small Debt Court
- 34 Small Debt Court registers of consignations,
1887-1900
- 35 Small Debt Court books, 1846-1962
Debts Recovery Court
- 36 Debts Recovery Court books, 1878-1907
Commissary
- 37 Records of inventories, confirmations and wills,
1975-1976
- 38 Unassigned
Criminal Court
- 39 Record of criminal jury trials, 1962-1963
- 40 Criminal Court record, 1867-1910
- 41 Criminal note books, 1867-1926
- 42 Criminal and quasi-criminal roll books, 1924-1961
Juvenile Court
- 43 Juvenile Court register, 1934-1973
- 44 Juvenile complaints, 1966-1973
Diligence Records
-
45 Unassigned (Register of hornings - transferred to DI 108)
Miscellaneous
- 46 Miscellaneous, 1861-1923
None known.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- B/69
Stranraer Burgh Records
Register of sasines,1683-1943.
- VR81
Valuation Rolls: Stranraer Burgh
1855-1930; the Roll from 1930 is included in the Valuation Roll for the
County of Wigtown; the roll for 1915 is online at the ScotlandsPeople website.
- IRS87/58-63
Valuation Office (Scotland): Field Book, 1910-1920: Stranraer
Burgh, Inch Ward
Entries 1-484, plus 48 supplementary.
- IRS87/64-68
Valuation Office (Scotland): Field Book, 1910-1920: Stranraer
Burgh, Leswalt Ward
Entries 1-329, plus various supplementary.
- IRS87/569-75
Valuation Office (Scotland): Field Book, 1910-1920: Stranraer
Burgh, Stranraer Ward
Entries 1-630.
- 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 Stranraer
Museum:
- ST
Stranraer Burgh Records
Clerk's Department: Scroll register of
sasines, 1822-1834; Register of services of heirs, 1825-1847.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
Some estate papers can be found by searching the National
Archives of Scotland
catalogue for "Stranraer" and reference starts
"GD". Collections
particularly worth searching are:
- GD25
Papers of the Kennedy Family, Earls of Cassillis (Ailsa Muniments)
- GD27
Papers of Kennedy of Dalquharran
- GD72
Papers of the Hay family of Park
- GD109
Papers of the family of Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany, Ayrshire
- GD135
Papers of the Dalrymple Family, Earls of Stair
- GD138
Papers of the Stewart family, Earls of Galloway (Galloway Charters)
- GD141
Papers of the McDouall family of Logan, Wigtownshire
- GD154
Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, Wigtownshire
- GD180
Papers of the Cathcart Family of Genoch and Knockdolian
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EGD/97
Schooner 'Isabella' of Stranraer
Papers, 1843-1871, comprising: Log books with details of crew and
voyages transporting coal from Troon and potatoes etc to Gloucester and
Glasgow; cargo book; book of account of Captain John Davidson, 1843.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CE77
Stranraer outport records
Registers of ships and shipping, 1824-1908.
- CE116
Shipping registers covering several areas
Shipping register concerning the outports of Glasgow, Ardrossan, Ayr,
Campbeltown, Greenock, Stranraer and Troon, 1991-1994; Shipping
register concerning the outports of Ardrossan, Ayr, Campbeltown,
Dumfries, Greenock, Stranraer, Troon, 1958-1994.
- BT3/203
Merchant shipping crew lists and agreements, 1872
'Refuge', Registered No.21995. Port of Registry: Stranraer. (Trading -
Whitehaven, Ramsay, Douglas, Workington).
- BT3/204
Merchant shipping crew lists and agreements, 1870
'Two Sisters', Registered No.1537. Port of Registry: Stranraer. (Laid
Up).
- GD110
Papers of the Hamilton-Dalrymple Family of North Berwick
Protection by commissioners of Admiralty for crew of 'Kennedy' of
Stranraer, for 3 months, 28 Sep 1756.
See also Customs
Records.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- RH4/23/231
Ordnance Survey Original Object Name Books for Scotland: Wigtownshire
Parishes of Leswalt, Inch, Portpatrick and Stranraer (book
35).
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CO4/45
Straraer Parish Records
Parochial Board Minute Books, 1843-1900; Parochial Board General
Register of the Poor, 1843-1903; Parish Council Minute Books,
1900-1930; Parish Council General Register of the Poor, 1903-1930.
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EW8/20
Stranraer Parochial Board / Parish Council
Inspector's letter book, 1888-1898.
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EW5/7
Stranraer Schools Management Committee
Minutes/day book, 1947-1949. (Closed until 1 Jan. 2025)
- EW5/60
St Joseph's School
Log book, 1903-1940. (Closed until 1 Jan. 2016)
- EW5/64
Dalrymple School
Daily registers, 1970-1983. (Closed)
- EW5/53/5-9
Sheuchan School
Admissions and withdrawals registers, 1867-1937(Access restricted)
At the Ewart
Library, Dumfries:
- EGD/78
Stranraer West End Bowling Club
Cash Book, 1922-1929 and related financial papers, 1928-1929.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- FS
Friendly Society Records
- FS2/46 - Stranraer & Rhins of Galloway Property
Investment
Co., 1852
- FS5/245 - Stranraer Egg Collecting Society, no date.
- FS5/347
- Stranraer Co-operative Society, no date.
- FS12/354 - Ex-Service Club
Stranraer Limited, 1893-1929.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
At the Stranraer
Museum:
- ST
Stranraer Burgh Records
Stranraer Museum - deposited records: Survey of the rates and duties on
windows and lights,
1769-1770.
At the Stranraer
Museum:
- ST
Stranraer Burgh Records
Clerk's Department: Burgh court books, 1596-1710; Burgh court and town
council minute books, 1710-1734, 1766-1788; Town council minute books,
1789-1834, 1835-1975; Agenda books, 1870-1975; Scroll minute books
(committees), 1940-1944, 1974-1975; Burgh court minutes, 1943-1974;
Licensing court records, 1963-1975; Police commissioners' minutes,
1848-1900, and agenda book, 1870-1900; Dean of guild court books,
1803-1848, 1850-1961, and petitions, undated; Baillie court diet books,
1816-1824, 1827-1930; Registers of applications for ale and spirit
licences, 1828-1849, 1880-1963; Registers of deeds and protests,
1809-1869; Protocol books, 1588-1926 (incomplete); Scroll register of
sasines, 1822-1834; Royal charter, 1617 (scroll, transcript and printed
copy); Register of services of heirs, 1825-1847; Incarceration records,
1824-1840; Poll books, 1841, 1858-1872; John Simpson Agnew Trust,
minutes, 1930-1957, and list of recipients, 1954; Union Society of
Tradesmen in the Royal Burgh of Stranraer, minutes, 1770-1807; Road
bonds letter book, 1893-1929; Letter books, 1882-1945; Princess
Victoria Distress Fund donations list, c 1953-1955; 'General Writings',
1920-1943; Henry MacDonald Fund, minutes, 1921-1952, and cash book,
1922-1941; Sports enclosure, Stair Park, minutes, 1932-1961; Registers
of dairies, etc., 1879-1918, Poisons and Pharmacy Act licences,
1909-1918, brokers, pleasure boats, explosives, etc., 1910-1968,
bookmakers' permits, 1962-1969, places of public refreshment,
1905-1965, rents, 1956-1959, and actions taken under Sec.16 of the 1930
Housing Act, 1934-1939; Town Clerk's Department petty cash book,
1967-1975, and postage book, 1959-1975; Newspaper cuttings, 1918-1969;
Protests, wind and weather book, 1908-1942; Local fuel overseers'
records, 1918-1920, 1939-1945; Memoranda, 1918-1926, 1930-1945; Old
Castle, Stranraer, visitors book, 1915-1919; Oaths of allegiance, 1833,
1881-1905; Replies to loyal messages, 1901, 1910; Lists of condemned
houses, 1930-1940; Building bye-laws, 1954, 1955; Records relating to
the harbour and railways, 1853-1941; Municipal Corporations
Commissioners report on Stranraer, 1834; Bye-laws, 1934; Miscellaneous,
1872-1970 and undated.
Treasurer's Department: Burgh cash books, 1829-1878, 1931-1957; Police
Commissioners ledgers,
1895-1920; Roads and bridges ledgers, 1903-1926; Harbour financial
records, 1854-1973; Burgh Fund ledger, 1931-1932; Housing rent roll,
1921-1939; Valuation, etc., cash book, 1853-1909; Abstracts of account,
1921-1922, 1924-1969, 1972-1975; John Simpson Trust, ledgers and cash
books, 1937-1968; Tenders for council housing, 1935-1939; Common good
ledger, c 1903-1908.
Surveyor's Department: Registers of plans and sections, 1893-1924,
1944-1975; Index of dean of
guild court plans, c 1901-1944; Miscellaneous plans, 1963-1975.
Stranraer Museum: Miscellaneous and deposited records:
Accounts of the Prison Board for Stranraer Jail, 1852-1860; Stranraer
prison accounts, 1853-1909; Stranraer Gas Co documents and accounts,
undated; Survey of the rates and duties on windows and lights,
1769-1770; Burgh accounts, 1830-1833; Copy of burgh charter, 1617;
Stranraer customs table, 1781; Miscellaneous, 1841-1977.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- B/69
Stranraer Burgh Records
Register of sasines,1683-1943.
At the Stranraer
Museum:
- ST
Stranraer Burgh Records
Clerk's Department: Poll books, 1841, 1858-1872.
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