Loch Broom
Lochbroom is a parish on the north-west of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire. It is bounded by the Minch, by Sutherlandshire, and by the parishes of Kincardine, Contin, and Gairloch. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Altando, Ardessie, Armair, Auchiltibuie, Ullapool
Dundonnell, Leckmelm
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Lochbroom was dedicated to St Donan. It was a commune kirk of the Cathedral of Ross. At Little Lochbroom in this parish, there was a chapel of St Donan.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Ullapool: A parliamentary church was erected here in 1828 and declared a parish quoad sacra by Act of Assembly, 25 May 1833. The parish of Ullapool was erected by the Court of Teinds and disjoined from Lochbroom, 16 March 1859.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Lochbroom (QO)
Ullapool (QS)
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1798-1854 | Lochbroom | 75 | OPR |
| 1855-1856 | Lochbroom | 75 | RD |
| 1857-1971 | Lochbroom | 75-1 | RD |
| 1857-1972 | Coigach | 75-2 | RD |
| 1972-2001 | Coigach | 190 | RD |
| 1972-2001 | Lochbroom | 191 | RD |
| 2002-2006 | Lochbroom and Coigach | 191 | RD |
| 2009 | Highland, Lochbroom and Coigach | 191 | RD |
| 2026 | (Lochbroom) Highland Council; Lochbroom Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Coigach) Highland Council; Coigach Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Cameron, Campbell, Fraser, MacDonald, Mackenzie, MacLean, MacLennan, MacLeod, MacRae, Stewart
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
By the Reverend Mr Roderick Macrae, Missionary Minister in the parish of Applecross.
"The British Society have fixed one of their villages here, at a place called Ullapool. The Society began to build some houses in this place, in summer 1788; and private persons have been ever since adding to the number annually; so that in this village there are now about 72 houses, of which 35 are slated; the rest are thatched with turf, fern roots, and heather. The principal inducement to settle in this village is its advantageous situation for the herring fishing, which indeed is very great; being placed on a lake, that has long been remarkable for the finest herring; and holding a centrical situation with respect to the best fishing lakes on the west coast, both south and north of it.
The people are in general honest, sober, and well disposed. At their burials and marriages, however, they too much adhere to the folly of their ancestors. On these occasions they have a custom of feasting a great number of their friends and neighbours, and this often at an expense, which proves greatly to the prejudice of poor orphans and young people, although these feasts are seldom productive of any quarrels or irregularities among them."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 10, p. 461
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 14, Section II, p. 72
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