Edderdoun
Edderton is a parish on the northern border of the eastern division of Ross-shire. It is bounded on the north by the Dornoch Firth, and on other sides by the parishes of Tain, Logie-Easter, Kilmuir Easter, Rosskeen, and Kincardine. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Balblair, Balintore, Edderton or Eddertoun, Fearn, Hilltown
Cadboll
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The incumbent of Edderton was formerly sub-dean of Ross.
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 |
| 1799-1854 | Edderton | 63 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Edderton | 63 | RD |
| 2009 | Highland, Tain | 193 | RD |
| 2026 | Highland Council; Edderton 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, Ferguson, Fraser, MacDonald, MacKay, Mackenzie, MacLeod, MacPherson, Munro, Ross
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 Alexander Munro, Minister.
"We have no established manufactures; but the women and girls are often employed in spinning, what in this country we call factory yarn, from lint. The people subsist chiefly by agriculture, and like their neighbours, are of a mixt character. They are very industrious; and upon the whole, are very regular in attending divine ordinances."
(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 11, p. 461
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 14, Section II, p. 433
See Parish Page Sources for all source information and links.
