Rogart is a parish in the south-east of Sutherlandshire. It is bounded by Farr, Clyne, Golspie, Dornoch, Creich, and Lairg. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Ardachu, Dalreavoch, East Langwell, Kinnauld, Knockarthur, Little Rogart, Muie, Pittentrail, Remuisaig, Rhilochan, Rogart, Tressady, West Langwell
The parish of Dornoch had one detached part lying to the north of the parish. This detached part contained 725 acres, and was bounded on the east by the parish of Golspie and elsewhere by the parish of Rogart. An exchange of territory was effected between the parish of Dornoch and was transferred to Rogart. See affected properties and landholders. (1892: Boundary of counties and parishes in Scotland as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government Act, 1889, by Hay Shennan)
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Rogart was dedicated to St Colin. There was a prebend of Rogart in the Cathedral Chapter of Dornoch. A fair of St Colin was held at Rogart.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
(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 |
| 1768-1854 | Rogart | 55 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Rogart | 55 | RD |
| 2009 | Highland, Golspie | 180 | RD |
| 2026 | Highland Council; Rogart 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
Campbell, Fraser, Gordon, MacDonald, MacKay, Mackenzie, Matheson, Murray, Ross, Sutherland
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 Aeneas M'Leod.
"A great many people in the parish call themselves tradesmen, and, at times, exercise their several crafts, as weavers, tailors, shoemakers, smith, carpenters, coopers, &c. But there is hardly any one in all these professions that does not hold more or less land; so that the whole may be said to be farmers, and their chief property consists in the number of cattle of different sorts they can keep. They all speak the Gaelic language. Such as understand English at all, speak it grammatically, though with the accent peculiar to most of the Northern Highlanders."
(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 3, p. 563
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 15, Section I, p. 46
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