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Cromartyshire

Index Cromartyshire

Cromartyshire is a historic county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th century. [1]

116 relations: Achduart, Achiltibuie, Achnahaird, Achterneed, Acts of Union 1707, Alexander Nimmo, Altandhu, Ardmair, Argyll, Badrallach, Balblair distillery, Balnagown Castle, Barons in Scotland, Barony, Ben Wyvis, Black Isle, Bottacks, Caithness, Camusnagaul, Carnach, Caroline Park, Castle Leod, Chanonry Point, Clan Mackenzie, Clan Urquhart, Coigach, Command paper, Commissioner (Scottish Parliament), Conon Bridge, County of Moray, County of Nairn, County town, Cromarty, Cromarty Firth, Cromartyshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Cromartyshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cullicudden, Dornoch Firth, Dundonnell, Earl of Cromartie, Easter Ross, Edinburgh, Enclave and exclave, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fearn, Highland, Fodderty, Fortrose, Forty-shilling freeholders, George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie, Gruinard Bay, ..., Gruinard Island, Highland (council area), Hilton of Cadboll, Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms, Inver, Highland, Invergordon, Inverness-shire, Inverpolly, Isle Martin, Jemimaville, Kildary, Kilmuir, Easter Ross, Kincardine, List of Church of Scotland parishes, List of civil parishes in Scotland, Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, Loch Broom, Loch Fannich, Lochslin, Militia (Great Britain), Milntown Castle, Milton, Easter Ross, Moray Firth, Morefield, Morrich More, Mortmain, Mussel, Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Nigg Bay, Nigg, Highland, Ordnance Survey, Parliament of Scotland, Polbain, Polglass, Police (Scotland) Act 1857, Portmahomack, Rates (tax), Reiff, Ross-shire, Resolis, Rhue, Scotland, River Carron, Sutherland, River Conon, Rosemarkie, Ross and Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency), Ross-shire, Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency), Scoraig, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Reform Act 1832, Sheriffdom, Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747, Shieling, Shires of Scotland, Strathkanaird, Strathpeffer, Summer Isles, Sutherland, Tain, Tanera Mòr, Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, Ullapool, United Kingdom general election, 1831, Wester Ross, Wikishire. Expand index (66 more) »

Achduart

Achduart (Gaelic: Achadh Dhubhaird) is a small hamlet in Coigach, in Wester Ross in northwestern Scotland, now within the Highland council area.

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Achiltibuie

Achiltibuie (Achd Ille Bhuidhe or Field of the yellow-haired boy) is a long linear village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, on the Coigach coast of northwestern Scotland, overlooking Badentarbet Bay to the west.

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Achnahaird

Ahnahaird (Achadh na h-Àirde) is a small settlement on Achnahaird Bay in Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Achterneed

Achterneed (Uachdar Niad), also spelled Auchterneed, is a village in Highland, Scotland, lying on the slopes above Strath Peffer.

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Acts of Union 1707

The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland.

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Alexander Nimmo

Alexander Nimmo FRSE MRIA MICE HFGS (1783–1832) was a Scottish civil engineer and geologist active in early 19th-century Ireland.

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Altandhu

Altandhu is a small hamlet, overlooking the sea loch, Loch an Alltain Duibh to the west, on the western shore of the Rubha Mor Peninsula, in the Achiltibuie area, in Ullapool, Ross-shire, Scotland, within the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Ardmair

Ardmair (Àird Mhèar) is a village in Wester Ross, in the North West Highlands of Scotland.

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Argyll

Argyll (archaically Argyle, Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic), sometimes anglicised as Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.

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Badrallach

Badrallach (Am Bad Ràilleach or Am Bad Tràilleach) is a village on the north shore of Little Loch Broom in Wester Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Balblair distillery

Balblair Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland.

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Balnagown Castle

Balnagown Castle is located beside the village of Kildary in Easter Ross, part of the Highland area of Scotland.

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Barons in Scotland

In Scotland, a Baron is the head of a "feudal" barony (also known as prescriptive barony).

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Barony

A modern geographic barony, in Scotland, Ireland and outlying parts of England, constitutes an administrative division of a country, usually of lower rank and importance than a county.

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Ben Wyvis

Ben Wyvis (from the Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Uais meaning "hill of terror") is a mountain located in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, in northern Scotland, north-west of Dingwall.

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Black Isle

The Black Isle (an t-Eilean Dubh) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.

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Bottacks

Bottacks (Na Botagan in Scottish Gaelic) is a small scattered township, located 1 miles northeast of Strathpeffer, in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Caithness

Caithness (Gallaibh, Caitnes; Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Camusnagaul

Camusnagaul (Camas nan Gall) is a village on the south shore of the sea loch, Little Loch Broom in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Carnach

Carnach (Càrnach) is a remote hamlet on the north west shore of Little Loch Broom in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Caroline Park

Caroline Park is a 17th-century mansion in the Granton area of Edinburgh.

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Castle Leod

Castle Leod is the seat of the Clan Mackenzie.

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Chanonry Point

Chanonry Point (Scottish Gaelic: Gob na Cananaich) lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, Scotland.

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Clan Mackenzie

Clan Mackenzie (Clann Choinnich) is a Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.

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Clan Urquhart

Urquhart is a Highland Scottish clan.

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Coigach

Coigach refers to the peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

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Command paper

A command paper is a document issued by the British government and presented to Parliament.

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Commissioner (Scottish Parliament)

A Commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates.

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Conon Bridge

Conon Bridge (Drochaid Sguideil) is a small village in the Highland region of Scotland.

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County of Moray

Moray (Moireibh), or Elginshire, is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east.

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County of Nairn

The County of Nairn (also called Nairnshire) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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County town

A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.

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Cromarty

Cromarty (Cromba) is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland.

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Cromarty Firth

The Cromarty Firth (Caolas Chrombaidh; literally "kyles of Cromarty") is an arm of the Moray Firth in Scotland.

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Cromartyshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Cromarty elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates.

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Cromartyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Cromartyshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

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Cullicudden

Cullicudden (Cùl a' Chudainn) is a ancient village located close to the southeast shore of the Cromarty Firth, 2 miles northeast of Dingwall, on the west shore of the Black Isle in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Dornoch Firth

The Dornoch Firth (Caolas Dhòrnaich) is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland.

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Dundonnell

Dundonnell (Gaelic: Achadh Dà Dhòmhnaill) is a village in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, on the south side of Little Loch Broom and at the foot of An Teallach, right at the north of the area commonly known as the "Great Wilderness".

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Earl of Cromartie

Earl of Cromartie is a title that has been created twice, both for members of the Mackenzie family.

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Easter Ross

Easter Ross (Ros an Ear in Scots Gaelic) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Fearn, Highland

Fearn (Manachainn Rois) is a hamlet, situated 1 mile south of Loch Eye and 2 miles northwest of Balintore, in eastern Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Fodderty

Fodderty (Fodhraitidh) is a small hamlet, close to Dingwall, Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Fortrose

Fortrose (A' Chananaich, Chainry) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Highlands.

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Forty-shilling freeholders

Forty-shilling freeholders were a group of people who had the parliamentary franchise to vote by possessing freehold property, or lands held directly of the king, of an annual rent of at least forty shillings (i.e. £2 or 3 marks), clear of all charges.

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George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie

George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie FRS (1630–1714), known as Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet from 1654 to 1685 and as The Viscount of Tarbat from 1685 to 1703, was a Scottish statesman.

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Gruinard Bay

Gruinard Bay is a large remote coastal embayment, located 12 miles north of Poolewe, in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, and is in the former parish of Lochbroom, in the west coast of Scotland.

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Gruinard Island

Gruinard Island ('Eilean Ghruinneard') is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool.

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Highland (council area)

Highland (A' Ghàidhealtachd;, Heilan) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.

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Hilton of Cadboll

Hilton of Cadboll, or simply Hilton, (Baile a' Chnuic) is a village about southeast of Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms

A sheriffdom is a judicial district of Scotland.

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Inver, Highland

Inver is a small village located on the south east shore of the Inver Bay at the point where the bay opens out into the Dornoch Firth and is in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Invergordon

Invergordon (Inbhir Ghòrdain or An Rubha) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

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Inverness-shire

The Shire of Inverness (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Inverpolly

Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool.

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Isle Martin

Isle Martin (Eilean Mhàrtainn in Scots Gaelic) is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom, on the west coast of Scotland.

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Jemimaville

Jemimaville is a small village in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Kildary

Kildary (Caoldaraigh) is a small village in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

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Kilmuir, Easter Ross

Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, 1 mile southeast of Kildary and 4 miles northeast of Invergordon.

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Kincardine

Kincardine (Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland.

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List of Church of Scotland parishes

The Church of Scotland, the national church of Scotland, divides the country into Presbyteries, which in turn are subdivided into Parishes, each served by a parish church, usually with its own minister.

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List of civil parishes in Scotland

This is a list of the 871 civil parishes in Scotland.

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889.

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Loch Broom

Loch Broom (Lochbraon, "loch of rain showers") is a sea loch located in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, in the former parish of Lochbroom, on the west coast of Scotland.

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Loch Fannich

Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in Scotland.

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Lochslin

Lochslin (Loch Slinn) is a small hamlet, situated northeast of the fresh water loch, Loch Eye in Tain, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Militia (Great Britain)

The Militia of Great Britain were the principal military reserve forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain during the 18th century.

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Milntown Castle

Milntown Castle was an early 16th-century castle which was situated near Milton, in Easter Ross, in the Scottish Highlands.

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Milton, Easter Ross

Milton (Baile Mhuilinn Anndra), known as Milntown of Tarbat until the early 1970s, is a small Easter Ross community between Kildary and Barbaraville on Scotland's North East coast.

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Moray Firth

The Moray Firth (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Moireach, Linne Mhoireibh or Caolas Mhoireibh) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotland.

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Morefield

Morefield (A' Mhór-choille in Gaelic) is a small hamlet, lying on the northern shore of Loch Broom, 2 miles to the north of Ullapool and south of Rhue in Ross and Cromarty, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.

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Morrich More

Morrich More is an extensive area of dune grassland with wetland communities, on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth, Scotland.

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Mortmain

Mortmain is the perpetual, inalienable ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal institution; the term is usually used in the context of its prohibition.

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Mussel

Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.

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Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Nairnshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

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Nigg Bay

Nigg Bay (Camas Neig) is a large, relatively shallow sandy bay, consisting of mudflats, saltmarsh and wet grassland, located on the north east coast of the Cromarty Firth, east of Invergordon, in the district of Ross and Cromarty and in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Nigg, Highland

Nigg (from the An Neag meaning "the notch", referring to a feature of the hills above the parish church) is a village and parish in Easter Ross, administered by The Highland Council.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Parliament of Scotland

The Parliament of Scotland was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland.

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Polbain

Polbain is a remote crofting township, located on the north Badentarbat Bay on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Polglass

Polglass (Am Poll Glas) is a long crofting township, lying on the north shore of the sea loch, Loch Broom in Ullapool Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Police (Scotland) Act 1857

The Police (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 72) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Portmahomack

Portmahomack (Port Mo Chalmaig; 'Haven of My Colmóc') is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland.

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Rates (tax)

Rates are a type of property tax system in the United Kingdom, and in places with systems deriving from the British one, the proceeds of which are used to fund local government.

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Reiff, Ross-shire

Reiff is a small remote coastal crofting and fishing village, situated on Reiff Bay on the Ruhba Mòr peninsula, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Resolis

Resolis is a parish in the Black Isle in Scotland.

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Rhue, Scotland

Rhue (An Rubha in Gaelic) is a small settlement north of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland, Scotland.

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River Carron, Sutherland

The River Carron (Carrann) is an east coast river in Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland.

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River Conon

The River Conon (Conann) is a river in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Rosemarkie

Rosemarkie (Rossmartnie, from Ros Mhaircnidh meaning "promontory of the horse stream") is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty), northern Scotland.

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Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty (Ros agus Cromba) is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

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Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1832 to 1983.

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Ross-shire

Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands.

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Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

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Scoraig

Scoraig (Sgoraig) is a settlement located on a remote peninsula between Little Loch Broom and Loch Broom, south of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Today it is known for its remoteness (reachable only by boat or about five miles' walk), its somewhat "alternative" atmosphere, organic food production, and its pioneering use of wind power. There is a primary school, which provides education to five pupils. Most children over the age of 14 go to Ullapool school, to which they either commute weekly, stay in the school's hostel accommodation, or their parent(s) move house at this point to provide them with a secondary education.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.

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Scottish Reform Act 1832

The Scottish Reform Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Scotland.

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Sheriffdom

A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland, led by a sheriff principal.

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Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747

The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 (21 Geo.II c.19) was an Act of the Parliament of Great BritainThe Act was actually passed in 1748, but is listed under 1747 because under the common law acts of Parliament took effect retrospectively from the beginning of the session in which they were passed, which in this case was 1747: see the article Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 for the explanation as to why.

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Shieling

A shieling (àirigh), also spelt sheiling, shealing and sheeling, is a hut, or collection of huts, once common in wild or lonely places in the hills and mountains of Scotland and northern England.

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Shires of Scotland

The counties or shires of Scotland (Siorrachdan na h-Alba) are geographic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages.

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Strathkanaird

Strathkanaird (also Strathcanaird) (Srath Chainneart) is a remote crofting township around seven miles north of Ullapool, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Strathpeffer

Strathpeffer (Srath Pheofhair) is a village and spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 1,469.

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Summer Isles

The Summer Isles (Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh) are an archipelago lying in the mouth of Loch Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Sutherland

Sutherland is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Tain

Tain (Gaelic: Baile Dhubhthaich) is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Tanera Mòr

Tanera Mòr (Scottish Gaelic: Tannara Mòr) is an uninhabited (previously inhabited) island in Loch Broom in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Tarbat Ness Lighthouse

The Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is located at the North West tip of the Tarbat Ness peninsula near the fishing village of Portmahomack on the east coast of Scotland.

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Ullapool

Ullapool (Ulapul) is a town of around 1,500 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands.

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United Kingdom general election, 1831

The 1831 United Kingdom general election saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue.

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Wester Ross

Wester Ross is a loosely defined area in the North West Highlands of Scotland and a part of Ross and Cromarty.

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Wikishire

Wikishire is an on-line gazetteer of Great Britain, Ireland and associated territories.

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Redirects here:

County of Cromarty, Cromarty (county), History of Cromartyshire.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromartyshire

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