Creech
Creich is a parish in the south of Sutherlandshire. It is bounded on the east by Dornoch parish, on the south by the Dornoch Firth and the River Oykel, which separate it from Ross-shire, on the west by Assynt, and on the north by Lairg. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Achness, Balblair, Bonar, Bonar Bridge, Inveran, Invershin, Knockan
Rosehall
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The church of Creich was dedicated to St Deavanach. A prebend of Creich was held by the Chantor of the Cathedral of Dornoch. There were chapels in this parish at Knockan and Achness. A mission chapel within the bounds was built at Rosehall in 1891.
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 |
| 1785-1854 | Creich | 46 | OPR |
| 1855-1855 | Creich | 46 | RD |
| 1856-1965 | Bonar | 46-1 | RD |
| 1856-1965 | Rosehall | 46-2 | RD |
| 1966-1971 | Bonar | 46 | RD |
| 1972-1975 | Bonar | 181 | RD |
| 1976-2006 | Bonar and Kincardine | 181 | RD |
| 2009 | Highland, Bonar and Kincardine | 181 | RD |
| 2026 | Highland Council; Creich 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
Calder, Campbell, Fraser, Gordon, Gunn, Matheson, Munro, 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 George Rainy.
"The people, for the most part, are regular and orderly, and behave inoffensively, and many of them in an exemplary manner. It cannot indeed be said, that they are industrious, nor do they enjoy what would much prompt them thereto, as there are no manufactures carried on here. But what they want in point of industry, they make up by frugality. In some place, whisky drinking is rather too common, which is not easily avoided; as they are often employed in buying and selling cattle, and making other bargains, in the neighbourhood of several distilleries. Only one person has suffered for a capital crime within these 20 years; viz. for theft and house-breaking. The common people all speak Gaelic; but many can speak and understand English."
(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 8, p. 362
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 15, Section I, p. 17
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