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680:, county councils and the old districts were abolished, replaced by “Regions” and “Districts”. A new District of Sutherland (within Highland Region) was created by adding the Kincardine electoral division (and therefore the parish ) to the county of Sutherland. However, from 1975 to 1983, the Kincardine electoral division remained within the
399:. The Oykel arises in the north-west corner at a height of 1,500 ft. from whence it flows 35 miles to the sea, first southward via Loch Ailsh, then east-south-eastwards until it becomes the estuary of the Kyle of Sutherland. In the east, the parish (or district) is bordered by the civil parish of
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For the convenience of inhabitants in the west or central areas, a church was erected at Croick in 1827 and Croick became a “quoad sacra” parish (i.e. remaining in
Kincardine for secular purposes) in 1846. Prior to the establishment of Croick Church, additional religious services were held at Amat
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As required by the act, Sutherland
District Council set up a scheme of community councils for its area., thus, community council boundaries at the edge of the district followed the Sutherland district boundary. On the south, this was the boundary of the former Kincardine electoral division (i.e. the
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Kincardine derives from Gaelic “kin” or “ceann” meaning head and
Pictish “cardain” (Welsh cardden) meaning wood. It originally applied to the vicinity of the church, from where it extended to the district looked after by the church, namely the parish. Ardgay derives from the Gaelic words “ard” and
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Note: Although the census OA map shows one OA (S00118058) transgressing into Glen
Cassley in Creich parish, this glen is sparsely populated (Glencassley Wind Farm - Scoping Report www.sserenewables.com/media/y1odm1ek/glencassley-wind-farm-scoping-report-aug-2019-incl-figures.pdf - retrieved Jan.
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One of the best documented outrages of the
Highland Clearances took place at Croick in 1845. James Gillander, factor to Charles Robertson of Kindeace, evicted 18 families (92 people) from Glencalvie, 3 miles south of Croick, to create a sheep farm. Unable to find accommodation, in desperation 80
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It has an area of 239 square miles and a population of 648 (2011 census). As a civil parish named “Kincardine” it is a unit for various statistical, census, registration and record purposes, while, as “Ardgay and
District”, it functions as a community council.
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After 1930, the parish as a unit formed half of the successor Tain
District. It elected half the members of Tain District Council, the remaining being elected by the parishes of Edderton and Tain (“landward”, i.e. non-burghal, part only).
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by a 1685 Act of
Parliament (repealed 1686, re-enacted 1690). As a result, 7,025 acres of the parish, representing 4.5% of the total, were henceforth in the county of Cromartyshire, before its amalgamation with Ross-shire in 1889.
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Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland, web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish Retrieved April
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Census of
Scotland 2011, Table QS211SC – Gaelic language skills, publ. by National Records of Scotland, web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - See "Standard Outputs", Table QS211SC, Area type: Civil Parish - retrieved April
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In the early 19th century Gaelic was still the language generally spoken, read and understood and even in 1881, 75.8% of the population spoke Gaelic. But in 2011, only 4.6% of the population had some knowledge of Gaelic.
418:(2338 ft.). Also Carn Bhrain, Breac-Bheinn, Beinn Ulbhaidh (formerly Ulamhie) (1616 ft.), Bodach Mor and Carn Loch Sruban Mora within the parish/community council area. It extends 22 miles from east to west.
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Highland Council - Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils in Highland Updated Sept 2019 www.highland.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/4456/scheme_of_establishment_for_community_councils.pdf - retrieved Jan.
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parish). The scheme, which was implemented in 1976, established Ardgay and District community council in that part of the district south of the Oykel and Kyle of Sutherland. The community council has 8 members.
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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A survey of Scottish Topography statistical biographical and historical, by Francis H. Groome; publ. Thomas C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1882 - 1885. (Article on Kincardine, in Ross and
445:. It has Breabag on its western side and Loch Ailsh and the river Oykel on the eastern side. This salient, north of the Allt Eileag river, around 19 sq. miles, is not included in the Community Council area.
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National Records of Scotland website - index of Output Areas to higher areas: www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/geography/our-products/census-datasets/2011-census/2011-indexes retrieved Jan. 2024
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Census of Scotland 2011, Output Area 2011 map – www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/location/OA?title=Output%20Area%202011 - retrieved Jan 2024. Ardgay is in S00118060, S00119384 and S00119385
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1 inch to 1 mile map: Sheet 15, Lochinver and Loch Assynt, Revised 1927, Published by Ordnance Survey 1947 – the triangular area enclosed by the county boundary, with the Allt Eileag on the south side
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and built with Government grants in 1827 (ecclesiastical parish 1846). When Glencalvie's population was cleared in 1845, they took refuge at the church. Names of many are scratched into the windows.
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Kincardine Parish Council was abolished in 1930, but reappeared in local government in 1976 as Ardgay and District Community Council, established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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of the parish church,. However, it was not until 1804 that records were kept. In 1840 the Kirk Session had 7 members including the minister, with the Kincardine school master acting as clerk.
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Map of Ardgay and District Community Council area on Highland Authority web site: www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/4301/ardgay_and_district_community_councilpdf - retrieved Jan. 2024
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Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol 3, No. 51, Parish of Kincardine (Ross and Cromarty), by Rev. A. Gallie, ed. Sir John Sinclair; publ. William Creech, Edinburgh, 1792; pp.505-516
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The Kirk Sessions members at the board could not exceed six, so when the Kincardine sessions was greater in size (as in 1840) they would appoint six of their number for the board.
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was organised around 1128, in the same area as the Earldom of Ross, and the delineation of parishes arose at this time. Kincardine is not recorded as having changed since then.
997:”Our Records: The Kirk Session and The Poor“; guide by the National Records of Scotland www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/article/our-records-kirk-session-and-poor - retrieved Jan. 2024
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were the inhabitants of the district and, even in the 19th century, they still owned three quarters of the property in the parish and were by much the most prevalent surname.
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Website of the Church of Scotland’s Kyle of Sutherland area (comprising three parishes) www.kyleofsutherlandchurches.org/kincardine-croick-edderton/ - retrieved Jan. 2024
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Kincardine Parish Council superseded the parochial board in 1894. By determination of Ross and Cromarty County Council, it was established with 9 elected councillors
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For the census purposes, Kincardine parish is assigned to five “Output Areas” (OAs). (Population figures in recent censuses are a based on aggregation of OAs ).
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Reports from Commissioners, Session 3 February to 1 July 1852, 6th Volume - Appendix A; Parliamentary Papers, publ.by Parliament, London, 1852; pp. 5 and 66
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Populations of other settlements were too small to be published separately in the census, but Culrain was estimated to have 90 and Croick 22 (both 2001).
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The district has two main natural divisions. That part drained by the River Carron and its tributaries and that northern part draining into the
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place names Gruniard, Amat, Dibidale, Alladale, Langwell, Syal and Carbisdale, in the parish, attest to the Norse settlement of the district.
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Census of Scotland 1931. Preliminary Report. Table 17 - Population and Acreage of Civil Parishes alphabetically arranged. Publ. H.M.S.O. 1931
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As Kincardine raised a property tax(“Rate”), from mid 1845, in accordance with the Act, three elected members were included in the board.
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Battle of Carbisdale, website of Historic Environment Scotland portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/BTL19 – retrieved Jan. 2024
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District was abolished in 1996 and subsumed in the Highland Unitary Authority, which acquired responsibility for community councils.
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runs along the south side of Dornoch Firth and the Kyle of Sutherland, serving Ardgay and Culrain, before crossing the Kyle at
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Historic Environment Scotland’s online buildings and sites catalogue canmore.org.uk/event/1016685 – retrieved Jan. 2024
471:, after which the parish is named, lies a mile east of Ardgay, close to the eastern parish boundary ( with Edderton).
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or Invercarron took place near the present Culrain station, 4 miles north-west of Ardgay, in 1650, when the Royalist
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6 inch Ordnance Survey Index map for Ross and Cromarty, publ. Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 1881
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The Edinburgh Gazette, August 9, 1929, published at the Exchequer Chambers, Edinburgh; p. 874
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Community Councils, Aberdeen Press and Journal, publ. 10 October 1975, Aberdeen; p. 31
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of the mid-19th century, it had a much larger population - 2,108 in the 1841 census.
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of the parish, the Kirk Sessions, and some elected members.
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16:Civil parish in Highland Scotland
719:Place-names of Ross and Cromarty
708:Groome, Francis H. (1882–1885).
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717:Watson, William John (1904).
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1118:Categories
831:2024; p.9)
703:References
697:Sutherland
635:, and the
518:Covenanter
469:Kincardine
397:Sutherland
376:above the
140:Sutherland
90:Kincardine
63:Population
791:Cromarty)
621:Balnagown
538:Amatnatua
503:Clan Ross
458:Invershin
454:Inverness
368:Geography
329:Etymology
211:Ambulance
173:Post town
614:Heritors
401:Edderton
315:Scotland
311:Highland
272:Scotland
216:Scottish
204:Scottish
192:Scotland
155:Scotland
123:Highland
691:By the
676:By the
475:History
460:on the
416:Breabag
149:Country
73:Density
71:•
864:; p.15
602:elders
534:Dounie
487:. The
485:county
387:, the
351:Ardgay
319:Ardgay
187:Police
177:Ardgay
852:(PDF)
845:(PDF)
751:2021.
726:Notes
536:and
489:Norse
1075:2024
895:2021
860:2017
508:The
501:The
494:The
481:Ross
448:The
391:and
301:and
199:Fire
55:Area
627:),
380:.
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