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''[[Scotland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Caithness-shire, Scotland|Caithness-shire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Dunnet'' | |||
'''Parish # 36''' | '''Parish # 36''' | ||
This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Dunnet. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the Scotland: [[ | This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of Scotland as they pertain to the parish of Dunnet. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the Scotland: [[Scotland Strategies for Locating Births, Marriages and Deaths|Research Strategies.]] | ||
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= History = | = History = | ||
DUNNET, a sea-port and '''parish''', in the county of Caithness, 9 miles (E. N. E.) from Thurso. This parish, of which the origin of the name is involved in obscurity, is one of the most northerly in Scotland. The church, which is very ancient, is a plain oblong building, with a tower at the west end; in 1836-7 it underwent a thorough repair, having been re-roofed, and enlarged by a capacious aisle, and it is now a commodious and comfortable place of worship.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43435#s12 A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland]'' (1846), pp. 499-514. Adapted. Date accessed: 7 August 2014.</ref> | |||
The name Dunnet is apparently derived from the Gaelic ''Dun'', signifying hill. The names of many places in the parish are, however, of Danish extraction, as ''Ratter, Syster, Reaster, Sunnigoe, Ashigoe, Getterigoe'', etc. It is bounded on the north and north-east, by the Pentland Firth; on the east and south-east, by the parishes of Canisbay and Bower; on the south, by Bower and Olrig; and on the south-west and west, by Olrig and Dunnet bay. | The name Dunnet is apparently derived from the Gaelic ''Dun'', signifying hill. The names of many places in the parish are, however, of Danish extraction, as ''Ratter, Syster, Reaster, Sunnigoe, Ashigoe, Getterigoe'', etc. It is bounded on the north and north-east, by the Pentland Firth; on the east and south-east, by the parishes of Canisbay and Bower; on the south, by Bower and Olrig; and on the south-west and west, by Olrig and Dunnet bay. | ||
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== Nonconformist Church Records == | == Nonconformist Church Records == | ||
A nonconformist church is any church that is not the Established church. Read more about nonconformity in Scotland in the article on the [[ | A nonconformist church is any church that is not the Established church. Read more about nonconformity in Scotland in the article on the [[Scotland Church Records|Scotland Church Records Union List]]. | ||
=== Dunnet Free Church === | === Dunnet Free Church === | ||
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Read more about [[Scotland Probate Records]]. <br> | Read more about [[Scotland Probate Records]]. <br> | ||
= '''References''' = | |||
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Return to Caithness [[Caithness Parishes|parish list.]]<br> | Return to Caithness [[Caithness Parishes|parish list.]]<br> | ||
[[Category:Caithness]] | [[Category:Caithness]] | ||