Antiquarian Notes, Historical, Genealogical and Social (Second Series) Inverness-Shire, Parish by Parish
By Charles Fraser-Mackintosh, FSA Scot. (1897)
Preface
The title of this work, which
has been appearing for a couple of years in the columns of the Scottish
Highlander under the heading of "Old Yet New," has been selected on the
suggestion of some friends and well-wishers as more appropriate.
The idea of dealing with
ancient history and story by Parishes is a sound one, and has been admirably
carried out by Mr William Mackay in his elaborate and carefully worked out
History of Urquhart and Glenmoriston. It might be held as overloading to
deal with each Parish in the same comprehensive manner, while on the other
hand one volume might be quite inadequate for a whole County. It certainly
would for such a County as Inverness.
I have to thank several
gentlemen for information and hints; Mr Alexander Mackenzie for the handsome
way in which he has printed and issued the volume; as also his son, Mr
Thomas Mackenzie, for preparing such a full and accurate index.
Chapter IV. Bona
Interesting Historical Incidents
Dochcairn and Dochfour
The Macleans of Dochgarroch
Abriachan
Chapter V. Dores
Its old Possessions and Divisions
The Macbeans of Kinchyle
Present and Past Valuation
A Stirring Runaway Romance
Chapter VI. Boleskine
and Abertarff
The Origin of Fort-Augustus
The Village
Incidents in John Mackay's, Inchnacardoch, career
The Gwynne Family and Mrs Grant of Laggan, 1827
Abduction by William Fraser, merchant, Fort-Augustus, 1744
Dalcattaig and Portclairs
The Earl of Selkirk and the Stratherrick Emigrants in 1803
The People of Abertarff, and the Canal, in 1808
Chapter VIII.
Kilmonivaig
Blar-nan-Leine, in 1544
Glengarry—State of Affairs in 1762
Glengarry—State of Affairs 1762-1788
Condition of its People
State of Affairs in 1788-1808
Condition of the People, and other Grievances, in 1793, etc.
The Glengarry Trials of 1798 and 1807
Glengarry and his Tenants
Glengarry and the Old Stone Bridge of Inverness
Glengarry's Piper, and the Canal Commissioners in 1807, etc.
Coil Macdonald of Barisdale
Ronald Scammadale
Brae Lochaber—Old and New Rentals—Old Places and People
Keppoch
Chapter IX. Kilmallie
Fort-William and the Gordon Lands
Camerons v. Macdonalds, et c contra
Regarding An Old Map of Mamore
Old Rights of Fishing and Floating on the Lochy
Lochaber Literary Men--Past and Present
Dismemberment of Inverness-shire in Lochaber
Tenants and Rentals of Glenluie and Loch Arkaig in 1642
Eilean-'ic-an-Toisich, and the Clunes Lands
Loss of Glenluie and Loch Arkaig by Mackintosh
Lochiel—Enormous Increase of Rent
Consolidation of Sheep Farms
Church Site Refusal in 1843
Present Rental and other Details
The True History of Miss Jeanie Cameron
Miscellaneous
Chapter X. Glenelg
The Glenelg men Ferociously attack a Lochaish Funeral Party
A Macdonell-Macleod Marriage Contract
Leases, Roads, Railways, and Recruiting
The Frasers of Lovat and the Macleods
North Morar
Chapter XI.
Ardnamurchan
Arisaig and South Morar—Modern Evictions and Last Century Rentals
Eilean Tioram Castle and Lands
Glenaladale and Prince Charles
Chapter XIII. Sleat
The Macdonalds
Property left by Sir Alexander—inventory
Roderick Macdonald of Camuscross and his son James
Marshal Macdonald's visit to Skye—a curious salutation
Chapter XIV. Sirath
The Mackinnons of that Ilk
The Elgol and Camusunary Tenants in 1785
The Mackinnons of Corry and others
The Farmer-Minister and the Publican
The MacAllisters in Strath
Chapter XV. Portree
Malcolm Nicolson, Scorrybreck
How a French Invasion was repelled
Chapter XVIII.
Duirinish
Lieutenant-Colonel Macleod's appointment to the 42nd Highlanders
Macleod of Bay
Glengarry hounded out of Skye
Macleod of Bay assaulted by an Irishman
Chapter XXII. South
Uist
The Macdonalds of Belflnlay, now of Waternish
The Clanranalds in South Uist and Benbecula
Their Tenants and Rentals in Benbecula in 1798
Their Tenants and Rentals in South Uist in 1798
The Estates sold
The Macdonalds of Bornish
The Macdonalds of Boisdale
Present and Past distribution of the Land
A South Uist Centenarian
Chapter XXIV. Laggan
Its Gordon, Grant, Macdonald, Mackintosh and Macpherson Proprietors
The Gordon Rentals in 1677
The Gordon Rentals in 1829
Heads of Families in 1679
The Macphersons appear as Land Owners, and their after succession
John Gordon of Glenbucket as Gordon Factor
Evan Macpherson of Cluny of the 'Forty-five, and the Management of his
estate
Cluny Castle and the War Cry of the Clan
The Macphersons of Breackachie
The Macphersons of Ovie and MacCoul
The "Gentlemen" of Badenoch, their Feuds and Fracas
Chapter XXV. Kingussie
Ruthven Castle— Its ancient and Modern Possessors
Names of Householders in the Parish in 1679
The Gordon Rentals and Feus in 1667
The Gordon Rentals and Feus in 1828
The Macphersons of Phoness
The Ossian Macpherson Purchases and Evictions
One of the "Three Curses" of Badenoch—Violent Proceedings
Invertromie, Etterish, Invernahaven, etc.
Chapter XXVI. Alvie
The Invereshie Macphersons
The Gordon Rentals and Removals
Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon and her Doings before and after the
Evictions
The Inscription on her Tomb
The Ossian Macphersons
Their Alvie Evictions—List of Names
The Dr Johnson Correspondence
Traces of the Ossianic "Originals"
James Macpherson's Morals, Successors, and Fortune
The Mackintoshes, and the Duchess of Bedford's Glenfeshie Huts
We visit a stunning Victorian
church in Inverness. We stumble across not one, but two abandoned houses in
ancient cemeteries, which were once the home of the Night Watchers; Those
who protected the ancient burial sites, including the Clan MacGillivray. We
visit a mediaeval kirk, where Jacobite rebels sharpened their swords on the
kirk wall - where the markings left by their weapons can still be seen! And
we experience the most stunning sunset over Loch Ness!
Antiquarian Notes regarding Families and
Places in the Highlands
By the same author
Letters of Two Centuries Chiefly connected with Inverness and the Highlands from 1616 to 1815,
edited, and each introduced with explanatory and illustrative remarks by
Charles Fraser-Mackintosh of Drummond, M.P., F.S.A. Scot. (1890) (pdf)
Should find a place upon the book-shelves of everyone who desires to know
anything of the inner life of the Highlands during the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. It is bound to take a high place in Scottish
antiquarian and historical literature. - Scottish Highlander.
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