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Grange is a parish in the Scottish county of Banffshire that dates back to a royal charter granting the lands to the abbots and monks of Kinloss in 1196. Although there is no settlement within that area so named, it still retains its distinct community character with its own parish church and primary school.
Grange is a parish in Banffshire, adjacent to the border with Aberdeenshire. It dates back to a royal charter granting the lands to the abbots and monks of Kinloss in 1196. Although there is no village so named, it still retains its distinct community character with its own parish church and primary school.
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GRANGE, a parish, in the county of Banff, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Keith. This place originally formed a part of the parish of Keith, from which it was separated in the year 1618; it took its name from the circumstance of its being a country residence belonging to the abbots of Kinloss. The church was built in 1795, and contains 616 sittings; it is ...
A census is a count and description of the population, taken by the government, arranged by locality and by household. Read more about census records. Here is a list of the FS Library microfilm numbers for the census records of Grangeas well as the library numbers for any surname indexes available: The 1901 census of Scotland is indexed on www.scot...
The Established Church of Scotland was Presbyterian. Read more about church records. Here are the pre-1855 records that exist for this parish.
Government or civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths (also called statutory records) began on January 1, 1855 in Scotland. Each parish has a registrar's office and large cities have several. The records are created by the registrars and copies are sent to the General Register Office in Edinburgh. Annual indexes are then created for the...
Grange was under the probate jurisdiction of the Commissary Court of Moray until 1823, and since then has been under the Sheriff's Court of Banff. Probate records for 1513- 1901 are indexed online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. You must register on the website but use of the index to probate records, called 'Wills & Testaments,' is free. You may th...
Banffshire (/ ˈ b æ n f ʃ ər /; Scots: Coontie o Banffshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west.
There is a very extensive view from it both of sea and land - Grange is bounded on the east, west, and south, by the parishes of Marnock, Rothiemay, Cairney, and Keith; on the north, by that of Deskford and part of Fordyce.
Grange records. Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year. Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records. Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums.
Grange through time. Grange is now part of Moray district. Click here for graphs and data of how Moray has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grange itself, go to Units and Statistics.
