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Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) or the County of Inverness is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland (the latter of which though only goes by the name Inverness). Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in population, with 67,733 people or 1.34% of the Scottish population.[1]

See also: Inverness-shire (Parliament of Scotland constituency) and Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Inverness-shire

Scotland

Inverness

4,211 sq mi (10,906 km2)

Ranked 1st of 34

INV

Definition[edit]

The extent of the lieutenancy area was defined in 1975 as covering the districts of Inverness, Badenoch & Strathspey, and Lochaber. Thus it differs from the county in that it includes parts of what was once Moray and Argyll but does not include any of the Outer Hebrides which were given their own lieutenancy area — the Western Isles.

An t-Eilean Meadhoin

Brinacory Island

Eilean a' Ghiuthais

Eilean a' Phidhir

Eilean Bàn

Eilean Choinneach

Eilean nam Breac

1. The burgh of Inverness and the Aird and Inverness districts were merged to form the Local Government district of the Highland region.

Inverness

2. The burgh of Fort William and the Lochaber district were merged with areas from the (the Ardnamurchan district and the electoral divisions of Ballachulish and Kinlochleven) to form the Lochaber district of the Highland region.

county of Argyll

3. The Skye district was merged with an area from the (the South West district) to form the Skye and Lochalsh district of the Highland region.

county of Ross and Cromarty

4. The and the Badenoch district were merged with areas from the county of Moray (the burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and the Cromdale district) to form the Badenoch and Strathspey district of the Highland region.

burgh of Kingussie

The Barra, Harris, North Uist, and South Uist districts were merged with areas from the county of (the burgh of Stornoway and Lewis district) to form the Western Isles council area.

Ross and Cromarty

North Uist was a union of the ancient parishes of Kilmuir and Sand; South Uist of the parishes of Benbecula, Howmore, and Kilpeter.

[7]

Croy and Dalcross, and Kiltarlity and Convinth, were united c. 1500.[9]

[8]

Abernethy and Kincardine, and Urquhart and Glenmoriston, were united at the Reformation. At the same time Petty was formed by the union of the ancient parishes of Petyn and Bracholy (or Brackley).[11]

[10]

Boleskine and Abertarff, and Inverness and Bona, and Daviot and Dunlichity, were united in 1618.[13][14] At the same time Kirkhill was formed by a union of the ancient parishes of Wardlaw and Farnua.[15]

[12]

Duthil and Rothiemurchus were united in 1630.

[16]

Small Isles was created from Sleat in 1726; unusually, there was no parish church and the congregation met in the schoolhouse on Eigg. There are some indications that Canna and Kildonan (Eigg) may have been medieval parishes at an earlier date.[18][19]

[17]

At some point in the 19th century Arisaig and Moidart were created out of Ardnamurchan parish (the rest of this parish lay in Argyllshire). Arisaig (aka Kilmorie) and another parish, Eilean Fhianain, were medieval parishes united to Ardnamurchan at the Reformation.

[20]

Portree was created out of parts of Snizort and Kilmuir parishes in 1726.

[21]

Kingussie and Insh, and Moy and Dalarossie, were united at an unknown date.

Minginish (Skye) was absorbed into Bracadale; Trumpan was absorbed into Duirinish; Uig was absorbed into Snizort; Rodel was absorbed into Harris;[7] Kilmaluoc (Raasay) was absorbed into Snizort or Kilmuir.[23]

[22]

Civil parishes are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. As their areas have been largely unchanged since the 19th century this allows for comparison of population figures over an extended period.


In 1854 in Inverness-shire there were 29 civil parishes; 7 part civil parishes; and 5 parliamentary parishes.[5]


Many changes have taken place since the Reformation period:

Politics of the Highland council area