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Eddrachillis, Sutherland, Scotland Genealogy (view source)
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== History == | == History == | ||
The name is Celtic, being ''Eadar-da-chaolus'', literally signifying between two friths or inlets of the sea. The parish of Edderachillis is situated on the north-west coast of the county of Sutherland, along the shores of the Atlantic, being a portion of the Reay country, commonly called ''“Duthaich-mhio-Aoidh”''. It is bounded on the south, by Kylesku, Loch Glencoul, parish of Assynt, and some of Creich; on the west by the Atlantic ocean; on the south, by the parish of Durness; and on the east, partly by Durness, and partly by the parish of Lairg. | |||
Edderachillis was part of the barony of Skelbo. It was disposed by Hugo Freskyn de Moravia, ancestor of the Duke of Sutherland, 1186-1203, to his brother, Bishop Gilbert Moray, who in 1235 disposed it to his brother Richard Moray of Culbyn, the property changed hands two or three times more and finally in 1829 it was restored to the Sutherland family. | |||
Nothing is known of Edderachillis as a parish, earlier than 1726, the date of its erection, except that, before that time, it formed part of the parish of Durness, and was disjoined on an application to the General Assembly by the heritor, Lord Reay, and Mr. John Mackay, minister of Durness, and endowed by a fund arising from the tithes, and a general subscription over Scotland. | |||
A native of this parish that is noteworthy is Lieutenant-General Hugh Mackay of Scourie, the famous Commander-in-Chief of the time of King William and Mary. He was born in 1640, fought against Dundee at the battle of Killicrankie, and fought in Ireland in the battle of Shannon. | |||
The Duke of Sutherland is sole proprietor of the parish since 1829. | |||
The population in 1792 was 1024, and the last census of 1831, showed 1965. | |||
Crops raised in the parish consist of potatoes, bear or big, and oats. The breed of sheep on the large farms is a pure Cheviot, to which great attention is paid. The sheep in the hands of small tenants is a cross between the native breed of small black-faced sheep and the Cheviot. | |||
There are no traces of a parochial record having been kept prior to 1819. From that period, births and marriages have been carefully recorded. | |||
The whole of the population is of the Church of Scotland, and there are no Dissenting or Seceding families in the parish. There are two churches; one at Badcall, and another at Keanlochbervie, both commodious, and in excellent repair. | |||
This account was written August 1840. | |||
'''Source:''' ''New Statistical Account of Scotland'', FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2, vol. 15.<br><br> | |||
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== Established Church—Old Parochial Registers == | == Established Church—Old Parochial Registers == | ||