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Kirkmichael, Moray
Kirkmichael is a parish in the council area of Moray, Scotland. It lies south of Ballindalloch and includes the Tomintoul Distillery. Geography The parish includes the largely unpopulated upper Stratha'an up to and including Loch A'an and the Shelter Stone. The village of Tomintoul is the largest settlement and the total area of the parish is . Demography In 1798 the parish was populated by 892 members of the Church of Scotland and 384 Roman Catholics, making the total population 1,276. In 2011 the figure was 606 and by 2022 it had declined further to 472. In 2001 Tomintoul's population was 322. Moray Council. (pdf) Retrieved 14 August 2024. History Stratha'an was a provincial lordship first recorded between 1194 and 1198 that was coextensive with the parishes of Kirkmichael and Inveravon, Moray, Invera ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkmichael And Cnoc Fergan - Geograph , Isle of Man
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Kirkmichael may refer to: *Kirkmichael, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland *Kirkmichael, Moray, Scotland * Kirkmichael, Perth and Kinross, Scotland * Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire, Scotland *Kirk Michael Michael () is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the three historic parishes of Ballaugh, Jurby and Michael. Historic pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moray
Moray ( ; or ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area's largest town. The main towns are generally in the north of the area on the coastal plain. The south of the area is more sparsely populated and mountainous, including part of the Cairngorms National Park. The council area is named after the historic county of Moray (called Elginshire prior to 1919), which was in turn named after the medieval Province of Moray, each of which covered different areas to the modern council area. The modern area of Moray was created in 1975 as a lower-tier district within the Grampian Region. The Moray district became a single-tier council area in 1996. History The name, first attested around 970 as ', and in Latinised form by 1124 as ', derives from the earlier Celtic forms *''mori'' 'sea' and *''treb'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballindalloch
Ballindalloch () is a small village on the River Spey in Scotland. It is known for its Scotch whisky, whisky distilleries and for Ballindalloch Castle. In Ballindalloch itself, there are two distilleries, Cragganmore distillery and Ballindalloch Castle#Whisky, Ballindalloch distillery. On the western edge of Ballindalloch is the Tormore distillery. Ballindalloch previously had a railway station, Ballindalloch railway station that opened on 1 July 1863 and was part of the Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) but it closed on 18 October 1965. The name Ballindalloch is also used at Balfron, Stirlingshire for the Ballindalloch Old House, estate, bridge, muir and cotton mill. References See also *Glenfarclas Single Malt *Tomintoul Villages in Moray Strath Avon {{Moray-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratha'an
Stratha'an or Strathavon is the valley of the River Avon, Strathspey, River Avon, (pronounced "River A'an"), in the Strathspey, Scotland, Strathspey area of Moray, Scotland. The upper reaches of the valley, which is long all told, are at Loch A'an in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park and the river only leaves the eastern edge of the Park about from its confluence with the River Spey, Spey near Ballindalloch. The largest settlement in the strath is the village of Tomintoul. The geology of the area is much influenced by the Caledonian Orogeny, Caledonian mountain building era that began during the Ordovician period nearly 500 million years ago. Stratha'an as a provincial lordship was first recorded in the late 12th century. Map-making of the strath commenced in the late 16th century but it was not until the 19th century that truly accurate maps were created. Many of the place names are influenced by the Scottish Gaelic language. There are numerous archaeological sites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch A'an
Loch A'an is a remote freshwater loch set deep within the central Cairngorms plateau, in the Cairngorms National Park, located in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. Loch A'an, also called Loch Avon, is the source of the River Avon. Loch A'an is oriented southwest–northeast and is bounded on three sides by precipitous mountains, cliffs and crags, with the North-East opening out to provide an outflow for the river through Glen Avon. Geography To the north of the loch, rising almost vertically, lies the Cairn Gorm, the sixth highest mountain in the United Kingdom. Southwest of Cairn Gorm, at the head of the loch, lies the imposing peak of Ben Macdui, the second-highest mountain in the UK, and to east lies Beinn Mheadhoin, the thirteenth-highest mountain in the UK, again rising almost vertically from the Loch A'an basin. Lying south of the loch and higher up the range at an elevation of , lies Loch Etchachan. Poem Nan Shepherd Anna "Nan" Shepherd (11 February 1893 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomintoul
Tomintoul (; from , meaning "Hillock of the Barn") is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland in the historic county of Banffshire. Within Cairngorms National Park, the village lies close to the banks of the River Avon and is said by some to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, although at it is still much lower than the highest village in Scotland (Wanlockhead, in Dumfries and Galloway at ). By 1841, the parish reached a population of 1,722. In 1951, this had fallen to just 531. The 2011 census indicated a village population of 716 people. The village is historically part of the Parish of Kirmichael. The 2004 film '' One Last Chance'', starring Kevin McKidd and Dougray Scott, was filmed in the village and the areas around it. The village is on the famed Malt Whisky Trail, which also includes Dufftown, Keith, Tomnavoulin, and Marypark. The surrounding countryside forms the Glenlivet Estate. Tomintoul Golf Club, founded in 1897, disappeared at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Scotland
The Church of Scotland (CoS; ; ) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While membership in the church has declined significantly in recent decades (in 1982 it had nearly 920,000 members), the government Scottish Household Survey found that 20% of the Scottish population, or over one million people, identified the Church of Scotland as their religious identity in 2019. In the 2022 census, 20.4% of the Scottish population, or 1,108,796 adherents, identified the Church of Scotland as their religious identity. The Church of Scotland's governing system is Presbyterian polity, presbyterian in its approach, therefore, no one individual or group within the church has more or less influence over church matters. There is no one person who acts as the head of faith, as the church believes that role is the "Lord God's". As a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholics
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upon whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provincial Lordship
Provincial lordships is a modern term used by historians to describe large feudal landholdings created in Scotland during the 12th and 13th centuries. These landholdings were granted by kings to their supporters to secure royal control of territories outside the core of the Kingdom of Alba, which during this period was considered to extend only between the River Forth and the River Spey to the east of the Highlands, but which controlled territory well beyond this. As the term "provincial lordship" is a modern description rather than a formal contemporary status there are no strict criteria for assigning landholdings to the category, and lists of them differ. Geography and function Provincial lordships covered large discrete districts and were often similar in size and function to the earldoms that developed over a similar period from the lands held by the ''mormaers'' of the original Provinces of Scotland. Some provincial lordships were older land units taken over and adapted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inveravon, Moray
Inveravon is a parish in the council area of Moray, Scotland. It lies in the lower reaches of the River Avon, Strathspey, River Avon and includes the settlement of Ballindalloch. Geography This thinly populated parish stretches from the confluence of the Avon (pronounced A'an) with the River Spey south to the parish of Kirkmichael, Moray, Kirkmichael. The total area of the parish is now the boundaries having been modified following the publication of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. The current boundaries encompass Ballindalloch and Marypark in Strathspey, Scotland, Speyside, a small area of land on the north bank of the Spey adjacent to those settlements, a part of lower Stratha'an and the whole of Glenlivet. Demography In 1798 the parish of Inveravon was populated by 1,394 members of the Church of Scotland and 850 Roman Catholics (described as "the only dissenters" there) making the total population 2,244. In 2011 the figure was 913 and by 2022 it had declined furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
