Inveravon

Aberdeen And North-East Scotland FHS (ANESFHS) have published a name Index to the 1851 Census for Banffshire. Inveravon (together with Kirkmichael and Tomintoul) is published as code AA218.

ANESFHS also hold unpublished indexes and transcriptions of the 1861 Census for most Banffshire parishes (including Inveravon).

Kirk of Scotland

As with other large parishes, Inveravon needed more than one church to comfortably service the population. The parish church lay at the western end of the parish, and from the mid-18th century, there was a "Mission on the Royal Bounty" for Glenlivet. However, this Mission does not appear to have kept separate Registers.

• OPRs held by the General Register Office, Scotland.

  GROS	Baptism	Marriage	Death
  157/1	1630-1819	1630-1819	1636-1783
  157/2	1820-54	1820-54	1844-54

• LDS Film numbers:

  Baptisms	Marriages	Deaths
  6902571(2)	6902572(1)	990997

• Batch numbers (for FamilySearch)

  Baptisms (C)	Marriages (M)
  C111571	M111572

Catholic Records

Writing in the 1836, the Minister of Inveravon wrote:

"In Glenlivet, where about three-fifths of the people are of the Roman Catholic persuasion, there are two Roman Catholic chapels, - the one at Tombia, pretty far up the glen, - the other at Chapeltown, in the Braes of Glenlivet. The former is a large building capable of containing from 800 to 1000 persons, - but only partly finished; the latter contains about 300."

The following records are held at the National Archives of Scotland with the catalogue numbers shown:

• Chapeltown: Baptisms 1829 -1970; Marriages 1829-1970; Confirmations 1834 -1855 Deaths 1834 -1855: (RH 21/17)
• Tombae: Baptisms 1812 -1967; Marriages 1817 -1970; (RH 21/34)

Kirk Session Records

Kirk Session records generally include records of Discipline, which often include information on illegitimate births, and Accounts, which may mention persons on Poor Relief. The surviving Inveravon Kirk Session records are listed on a separate webpage.

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The southern part of the parish, Glenlivet, was in 1865 raised to the dignity of a quoad sacra parish. More significantly for BDM and Census data was its erection into a new civil Registration District in 1869. Up until that date, the whole of the parish of Inveravon formed a single Registration District (Ref. No. 157, later 157/1) , but in that year, Glenlivet became a separate Registration District (Ref. No. 157/2).

Until the major realignment of parishes and counties which took place in 1891, a small part of the western end of Inveravon parish was deemed to belong to the County of Moray. From 1891 until 1974, the whole parish belonged to Banffshire. This does not appear to have significant implications for OPRs, Civil Registrations or Census, but the places affected are: Ballindalloch, Boldow, Delnashaugh, South Greenmoss, Knocknashaly, Marionburgh, Shoulder, Sunnybrae, Tombreck and Tomore.

There is a wide range of maps available for Inveravon, historical and modern, on paper and online. Many ancient placenames continue in use, and will therefore appear on modern maps, but as parishes ceased to be of any significance for Local Government in Scotland in 1974, parish boundaries will be found only on historical maps.

Maps on Paper

• The best general-purpose modern printed map is the Ordnance Survey "Landranger" Series, which has a scale of 1:50000 (about one-and-a-quarter inches to a mile). Inveravon will be found on "Landranger Sheets 36 and 37".
• Reproductions of late-19th century Ordnance Survey maps are published by Caledonian Maps, and are also available via Family History Societies. Inveravon will be found on sheets 75 and 85.

Maps Online

• The small location plan at the head of this page is based on an 1845 map included in the Banffshire volume of the New Statistical Account of Scotland. View a fully-detailed version of this map.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NJ231292 (Lat/Lon: 57.346668, -3.279859), Inveravon which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Achdregnie, Achnascraw, Aldich, Allanreid, Auchavaich, Auchbreck, Auchnarrow, Auchorachan, Avon, Badievochel, Ballindalloch, Balnafuaran, Bellehiglash, Belnoe, Blairfindy, Bluefolds, Bochet, Bodach, Bogarrow, Bolldow, Bolletten, Braeval, Burnside, Cairnacay, Calier, Castleton, Castletown, Chapeltown, Claggan, Clashnoir, Cordregnie, Corries, Corrunich, Corry, Corshelloch, Coul, Craggan, Craighead, Craigroy, Croftbain, Culantuim, Culquaich, Culraggie, Dalmenach, Dalnashaugh, Dalrachie, Delchirach, Delgarvon, Delhandy, Demickmore, Derrylane, Deskie, Downan, Drum, Drumagrain, Drumin, Dualts, Eastertown, Eskemore, Eskemulloch, Faemore, Gallowhill, Garline, Georgetown, Glack, Glendalloch, Glenlivet, Hillhead, Inveravon, Inverblye, Kilnmaichlie, Knockandhu, Knocknashaig, Knowhead, Kymah, Ladder, Lagavaich, Laggan, Lagmore, Lagual, Lapprach, Larryvarry, Letterach, Lettoch, Livet, Lynebeg, Lynerlach, Marionburgh, Marypark, Morinsh, Mulgainich, Mullochard, Nethertown, Nevie, Norlynn, Ordhead, Parkhead, Peterfair, Phones, Quirn, Refreish, Rhindhu, Scalan, Shenval, Shoulder, Slack, Slateford, Suie, Tervieside, Thain, Tom An Ime, Tomachar, Tomalienan, Tombae, Tombreck, Tombreckachie, Tomfarclas, Tommore, Tomnabrilach, Tomnaglein, Tomnareave, Tomnavoulin, Tomnrieve, Tullich, Weiroch, Westertown, Whitefolds, Woodend

Under the "Poor Law Amendment Act, Scotland" (1845) responsibility for Poor Relief was taken from the Parishes of the Kirk of Scotland, and vested in new Parochial Boards, whose territories largely coincided with the old parishes. The Parochial Boards were not (as in England) grouped into Poor Law Unions, and there were few Poorhouses outside the cities and large towns.

Day-to-day administration of the Poor Law was in the hands of the Inspector of the Poor for each parish, and these Inspectors were obliged by law to maintain detailed records of applications and of relief supplied. The most valuable of these are the "Record of Applications" and the "General Register of the Poor". The "Minutes" are very variable, but on occasion can also contain information on named individuals.

The following Poor Law records have survived for the Parish of Inveravon:

• *General Register of the Poor: 1845 -1915 (BC 6/14/9); 1916 -1931 (BC 6/14/10)

These are held by Aberdeen City Archives. The records are available for viewing, subject to the 100-year rule.
Items marked * are included in a name index compiled by Aberdeen And North-East Scotland FHS (ANESFHS), and held by both ANESFHS and Aberdeen City Archives.

• according to New Statistical Account:

  Year	1755	1766	1779	1801	1821	1831	1836
  Population	2464	2200	2244	2260	2492	2648	2707

• according to Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1895):

  Year	1801	1831	1861	1871	1881	1891
  Population	2107	2648	2639	2608	2568	2319

• Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS

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