The Free Church of Scotland, Urray (geograph 5060522)

Urray ( gd, Urrath) is a scattered village and coastal parish, consisting of Easter, Old and Wester Urray and is located in the county of

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in the

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council area of

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. Urray is also a parish in the district of Wester

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latt ...

. It comprises the

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of Carnoch and Kinlochlychart, with the ancient parish of Kilchrist. Urray is located 2 miles northwest of Muir of Ord and 1.5 miles east of

Marybank Marybank is a small village in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Muir of Ord lies south east of Marybank, along the A832 road. The village of Contin Contin (Gaelic: Cunndainn) i ...

. The closest town is Dingwall to the north-east. The ruined Fairburn Tower was a castle of the Clan Mackenzie.

Churches

A church dedicated to St Constantine existed since medieval times and was under the control of Fortrose Cathedral. As with many Highland parishes Urray gravitated to the Free Church of Scotland after the Disruption of 1843. These links provided three Moderators of the General Assembly for the Free Church (see below). The Church of Scotland parish churchyard remains the main place of burial for the parish. The Free Church serves the wider parish of Muir of Ord.

Notable people

* Very Rev Patrick Grant

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland, minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week i ...

in 1778 *Rev Archibald Donald Cameron, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 1928/29 was born and raised in Urray