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504:. The scope for a major landowner or clan chief to control the office of sheriff, which had been the major cause of Cromartyshire being separated from the rest of Ross, was therefore greatly reduced. From 1748 the government merged the positions of Sheriff of Ross and Sheriff of Cromarty into a single position.
347:, both within the province of Ross, but each appears to have had only a small area of jurisdiction around those towns, rather than the larger territories usually given to sheriffs. The Sheriff of Inverness was therefore still responsible for most of Ross and Caithness. The position of
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In the event, that act was not put into effect as far as Ross was concerned and the area continued to be administered by the sheriff of
Inverness. Another act in 1649 re-stated Ross's separation from Inverness-shire, but was only implemented for the purposes of appointing
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came into being from the passing of the act in August 1889. The act also established elected county councils, which came into being in May 1890. Ross and
Cromarty existed as a county until 1975. The Royal Mail used 'Ross-shire' as the name of the
386:). An act of parliament in 1504 acknowledged that the shire of Inverness was too big for the effective administration of justice, and so declared Ross and Caithness to be separate shires, with the sheriff of Ross to sit at either Dingwall or
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Lemlair was absorbed into
Kiltearn in 1618. Nonakiln was absorbed into Rosskeen c. 1714. Kinnettes was absorbed into Fodderty c. C16th. The parishes of Cullicudden and Kirkmichael were united c. 1700 to form the parish of
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had become effectively extinct, having been merged into the crown. The vested interests of the landowners influenced the boundaries of the new shire. Whereas the old province of Ross had not included any of the
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In the late 17th century, Cromartyshire was significantly enlarged to take over numerous separate tracts of land across Ross-shire. Despite many being some distance from
Cromarty itself, they were owned by
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provided that "the counties of Ross and
Cromarty shall cease to be separate counties, and shall be united for all purposes whatsoever, under the name of the county of Ross and Cromarty." The new county of
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After the extension of
Cromartyshire in the late 17th century, several of the parishes included detached parts of that county; the only parish that was entirely in Cromartyshire was Cromarty itself.
442:, which was owned by Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth, a major landowner in Ross. (The rest of the Outer Hebrides stayed in Inverness-shire.) Conversely, Ross-shire excluded the small area of
565:. A lower-tier district called Ross and Cromarty covering a similar area to the mainland part of the pre-1975 county existed from 1975 to 1996, when the Highland region became a single-tier
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Despite sharing a sheriff from 1748, Ross-shire and
Cromartyshire remained legally separate counties. They retained separate commissioners of supply, and from 1794 each appointed their own
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provinces, or groupings or subdivisions of them. By the time Ross-shire was created in the mid-17th century, there were several powerful landowners in Ross, but the old title of
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309:) from Norway in 1098, but the process of establishing effective Scottish authority over the area took many years. Whereas Moray to the south was divided into
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were established for each shire, which would serve as the main administrative body for the area until the creation of county councils in 1890. Following the
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for the mainland part of Ross and
Cromarty, including the parts which had been in Cromartyshire. Postal counties were officially discontinued in 1996.
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Over time, Scotland's shires became more significant than the old provinces, with more administrative functions being given to the sheriffs. In 1667
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was created in 1726 out of part of the parish of
Lochcarron. The parishes of Kilmuir Wester and Suddy were united in 1750 to form the parish of
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446:, which just covered the area around the town of Cromarty at that time. Ross-shire also excluded other areas north of the River Beauly owned by
500:, returning the appointment of sheriffs to the crown in those cases where they had become hereditary positions, as had been the case for the
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815:. Due to its flatter, more fertile land, Lewis contains three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles, and the largest settlement,
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Ross-shire also included numerous islands closer to the west coast of the mainland. Only two were inhabited at 2011, being
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The province of Ross is documented from the 10th century. Prior to that, the area was the northern part of the province of
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Grant, Alexander (2000). "The
Province of Ross and the Kingdom of Alba". In Cowan, Edward J.; McDonald, R. Andrew (eds.).
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The county contains numerous lochs, some of which have been enlarged to use as reservoirs. The larger inland lochs are:
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Whetstone, Ann E. (1977). "The Reform of the Scottish Sheriffdoms in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries".
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Being the lochs (excluding sea lochs) shown on modern Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps labelled in all capital letters.
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were called). A subsequent act in 1661 finally separated Ross from Inverness-shire for all other purposes.
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in 1707, the English term 'county' came to be used interchangeably with the older term 'shire'.
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overlordship at the time. The Scottish crown claimed the overlordship of Ross and neighbouring
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separates the county from Sutherland. In the north-east can be found the hammerhead-shaped
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scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory. The mainland had a coast to the east onto the
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were united in 1845. The parish of Glenshiel was created out of part of Kintail c. 1750.
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Ross-shire was abolished in 1889, merging with Cromartyshire to form a new county called
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2423:"History of Cullicudden, in Highland and Ross and Cromarty | Map and description"
2323:"Saints in Scottish Place-Names - Tarradale, former parish, aka Kilchrist, Urray"
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1967:"Act dissolving the barony of Tarbat from the shire of Ross, 4 June 1685"
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In the medieval period the area was divided into the following parishes:
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2099:"Scottish Counties and Parishes: their history and boundaries on maps"
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A General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty
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Most of Scotland's shires had been created centuries earlier, when
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Changes took place in the post-Reformation period. The parish of
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and peninsulas. From north to south the chief of these are
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1800:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 144, 234–235.
628:. The highest point in the area of the pre-1889 county is
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was at its height; many shires corresponded to the older
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Following the crown's defeat of the rebellion in 1475 by
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peninsula which was shared with Cromartyshire; across
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In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the
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to the south, as well as having a complex border with
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was fully absorbed into the kingdom of Scotland. The
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267:. The name Ross-shire continued to be used by the
1882:The Records of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707
1834:The Records of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707
1994:"Act in favours of my lord advocat, 4 June 1685"
1871:
1869:
1766:. East Linton: Tuckwell Press. pp. 98–110.
604:Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on
458:, which was owned by the Forbes family based in
339:By the mid-13th century there were sheriffs at
799:Ross-shire included the northern parts of the
2727:States and territories disestablished in 1890
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518:. Subsequently became meeting place for the
2171:A Collection of the Public General Statutes
1695:Kilchrist was absorbed into Urray in 1574.
635:The west coast of mainland Ross-shire onto
498:Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746
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2193:Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
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1946:. London: Richard Phillips. pp. 3–4
1856:"Records of the Parliaments of Scotland"
1763:Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages
976:Dingwall, with Ben Wyvis in the distance
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469:1861 map of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
410:in 1662 (following some resistance from
2272:"Genuki: Applecross, Ross and Cromarty"
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1654:Stornoway or Eye (on the Isle of Lewis)
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404:Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth
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2298:"Genuki: Glensheil, Ross and Cromarty"
374:was therefore enlarged to take in the
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2025:Records of the Parliament of Scotland
1998:Records of the Parliament of Scotland
1971:Records of the Parliament of Scotland
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116:3,089 sq mi (8,000 km)
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563:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
535:Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
476:George Mackenzie, Viscount of Tarbat
412:Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray
2046:Mackenzie, George Steuart (1810).
1940:MacKenzie, George Steuart (1810).
612:Western Ross-shire, also known as
209:, a county consisting of numerous
135:ROC (as part of Ross and Cromarty)
14:
2481:Former local government counties
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671:, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula,
632:at 1,183 metres (3,881 feet).
590:Ross and Cromarty constituency
580:from 1708 to 1801, and of the
522:County Council created in 1890
256:. The area is now part of the
1:
1878:"Act anent the shire of Ross"
1570:Barvas (on the Isle of Lewis)
620:which includes such peaks as
221:and a coast to the west onto
2249:National Records of Scotland
2217:National Library of Scotland
2158:Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747
2103:National Library of Scotland
1633:Lochs (on the Isle of Lewis)
647:), is heavily indented with
496:, the government passed the
1912:. Brill. pp. 155–156.
578:Parliament of Great Britain
25:Historic county in Scotland
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2079:. University of St Andrews
2027:. University of St Andrews
2000:. University of St Andrews
1973:. University of St Andrews
1906:Kennedy, Allan D. (2014).
1884:. University of St Andrews
1836:. University of St Andrews
1666:Uig (on the Isle of Lewis)
1639:Logie Wester or Logiebride
586:Cromartyshire constituency
282:
15:
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313:(areas administered by a
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233:, and also included the
1597:Killearnan aka Ederdour
574:Ross-shire constituency
516:Commissioners of Supply
494:Jacobite rising of 1745
483:Commissioners of Supply
2327:saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk
2251:. 2013. pp. 12–13
1794:Taylor, Alice (2016).
1594:Kilchrist or Tarradale
1579:Dingwall or Inverferan
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803:, in particular the
681:Applecross peninsula
448:Clan Fraser of Lovat
319:Sheriff of Inverness
265:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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2429:on 6 February 2021.
2174:. 1860. p. 784
1106:Kilmuir, Black Isle
502:Sheriff of Cromarty
398:(as members of the
349:Sheriff of Dingwall
2582:Kirkcudbrightshire
2402:www.cushnieent.com
2398:"Kinnettes Parish"
2352:www.cushnieent.com
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2444:Map of Ross-shire
2302:www.genuki.org.uk
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661:Little Loch Broom
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520:Ross and Cromarty
360:Lord of the Isles
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2108:2 September
2083:25 February
2056:4 September
2031:4 September
2004:6 September
1977:6 September
1618:Kirkmichael
1576:Cullicudden
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891:Skye Bridge
856:Isle of Ewe
821:2011 census
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712:Easter Ross
695:peninsula,
689:Loch Carron
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659:peninsula,
641:Inner Sound
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614:Wester Ross
606:An Teallach
243:county town
219:Moray Firth
97:County town
2716:Categories
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2659:Sutherland
2627:Ross-shire
2617:Perthshire
2602:Nairnshire
2592:Midlothian
2516:Banffshire
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2357:1 February
2332:1 February
2307:1 February
2281:31 January
1732:References
1682:Applecross
1648:Rosemarkie
1630:Lochcarron
1609:Kincardine
1513:South Dell
1483:Portvoller
1448:North Dell
1358:Garynahine
1288:Breasclete
1116:Kinlochewe
1101:Inverinate
1001:Applecross
991:Achnasheen
887:Eilean Bàn
868:Loch Broom
864:Tanera Mòr
848:Dry Island
841:Sula Sgeir
837:North Rona
780:Loch Maree
772:Loch Loyne
768:(on Lewis)
762:Loch Glass
746:Fionn Loch
732:Black Isle
701:Loch Duich
653:Loch Broom
643:(opposite
630:Càrn Eighe
460:Nairnshire
456:Black Isle
307:Sutherland
269:Royal Mail
199:Sutherland
185:), or the
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32:Ross-shire
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2543:(to 1889)
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1950:30 August
1925:30 August
1888:30 August
1840:30 August
1813:30 August
1779:28 August
1686:Knockbain
1627:Lochbroom
1612:Kinnettes
1538:Timsgarry
1533:Swainbost
1528:Stornoway
1508:Skigersta
1443:Newvalley
1438:Newmarket
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1393:Kirkibost
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1328:Crossbost
1298:Callanish
1278:Breaclete
1268:Branahuie
1201:Stornoway
1161:Shieldaig
984:Shieldaig
889:from the
817:Stornoway
754:Loch Damh
730:lies the
697:Loch Long
665:Rubha Mòr
649:sea lochs
637:The Minch
596:Geography
452:Ferintosh
419:feudalism
382:(notably
328:Ruins of
303:Caithness
299:Norwegian
223:the Minch
2649:Shetland
2511:Ayrshire
2485:Scotland
2296:GENUKI.
2270:GENUKI.
1710:See also
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1651:Rosskeen
1645:Nonakiln
1624:Lochalsh
1606:Kiltearn
1591:Gairloch
1588:Fodderty
1582:Edderton
1555:Parishes
1523:Steinish
1498:Shawbost
1488:Sandwick
1428:Marybank
1413:Leurbost
1338:Eorodale
1303:Carloway
1283:Breanish
1243:Balallan
1228:Aird Uig
1213:Adabrock
1186:Torridon
1141:Munlochy
1131:Marybank
1086:Gairloch
1076:Fortrose
1061:Edderton
1046:Dingwall
968:Mainland
957:on Lewis
860:Loch Ewe
854:and the
703:and the
693:Lochalsh
669:Loch Ewe
626:Liathach
557:and the
552:Highland
432:Hebrides
345:Dingwall
341:Cromarty
258:Highland
247:Dingwall
215:exclaves
211:enclaves
189:, was a
102:Dingwall
90:Scotland
2686:57°48′N
2145:4048219
1701:Resolis
1621:Lemlair
1615:Kintail
1463:Parkend
1458:Orinsay
1433:Melbost
1408:Laxdale
1343:Eoropie
1318:Cromore
1293:Calbost
1218:Aignish
1208:Achmore
1156:Poolewe
1066:Evanton
1041:Diabaig
1036:Culrain
1011:Aultbea
795:Islands
705:Glenelg
657:Scoraig
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