Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, one mile (1.5 kilometres) southeast of Kildary and four miles (six kilometres) northeast of Invergordon.
| Kilmuir | |
|---|---|
  Kilmuir Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH757733 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Invergordon |
| Postcode district | IV18 0 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Geography
editThe village of Kilmuir is within the former parish of Kilmuir Easter. The parish was situated partly in the county of Ross-shire and partly in the county of Cromartyshire.[1]
At the last census (2011), the population of the civil parish was 1100.[2] The area of the parish is 11,008 acres.[3]
History
editA document dated 30 January 1747 records six men aged over 16 who lived in the village of Kilmuir (Kilmuire), in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter, Ross-shire who did not take part in the Jacobite rising of 1745, even though they lived on the Jacobite Lord Cromartie's estate.[4] They were: James Munro, tenant in Kilmuire; Andrew Roy, tenant in Kilmuire; John Mackenzie, tenant in Kilmuire; Walter?Mailevin, tenant in Kilmuire; Alexander Munro, Wright in Kilmuire; David Munro, his brother.[4]
Tarbat House is a mile east of the village.
Church
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The tower and belfry which are the oldest parts of the Kilmuir-Easter parish church were apparently built by George Munro, 4th of Milntown in the early 17th-century.[5] The conical stone belfry is dated 1616 with the initials of George Munro.[6]
According to 19th century historian Alexander Mackenzie, Andrew Beg Munro, 3rd of Milntown who died before 1522 was "buried in the east end of the Church of Kilmuir-Easter, near the (Munro of) Allan burying ground",[7] and George Munro, 4th of Milntown who died in 1576 was "buried in the Kilmuir-Easter Churchyard".[8]
Notable People
editGustavus Aird born here.
Notes
edit- ^ A. Fullarton & Company. (1843). The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland p. 132.
- ^ Census of 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 2021.
- ^ Census of Scotland 1931. Preliminary Report. Table 17 - Population and Acreage of Civil Parishes alphabetically arranged. Publ. H.M.S.O. 1931
- ^ a b Folio 119-120. List of men on over 16 years of age on Lord Cromertie's estate in the parish of Kilmuire Easter (Ross-shire) nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ Mackenzie (1898), p. 287.
- ^ Munro (1987).
- ^ Mackenzie (1898), p. 273.
- ^ Mackenzie (1898), p. 277.
References
edit- Mackenzie, Alexander (1898), History of the Munros of Fowlis, Inverness: Scottish Highlander Office
- Munro, R. W. (1987), Mapping the Clan Munro, Edinburgh: Lindsay & Co. Ltd
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