The Parish of Golspie
'Golspie is a neat little town, with its churches, school, hotels, banks, law offices, and several comfortable dwellings . . . Wood and flowing stream, hollow glen and rugged mountain combine to give good effect to the scene. A walk up the burn side or Glen of Dunrobin, is most enjoyable. Several rustic bridges cross the narrow gorge through which the burn flows, by means of which the tourist reaches an exquisite little cascade at the head of the glen. Ben Bhraggie on the left is over 1200 feet high and has on its summit, a colossal stature of the late Duke of Sutherland'. (Tourists' guide, 1883, Hew Morrison)
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Burial Grounds:
There are two burial grounds in Golspie:
St Andrew's churchyard, the oldest stones and Golspie new section which is an extension of the churchyard built up the hill but nowadays with a separate entrance. Both have been photographed and transcribed and are now available to view in my Burial Ground section - it is interesting to see how many people from Clyne, Rogart and Dornoch are buried here.
The Golspie War Memorial has been photographed and names included on the War Memorial Index.
See also:
- Golspie Parish Project – our album showing people and views
- Golspie 1809 Militia list
- Golspie People 1752
- Golspie People 1798
- Golspie People 1811
- Golspie Trades People 1837
- Golspie Village Tenants 1860
- Golspie Emigrants
- Golspie Place Names
- Maps of Golspie
- Members Area - Golspie Families being researched
- Golspie Backies
Recommended Reading
- Birth of a Village, nineteenth century Golspie, by Margaret Wilson Grant, B.Sc., published by The Northern Times, Golspie, ISBN 0 9501718 9 1 - fascinating little booklet, names many people especially the shop keepers in Main Street - highly recommended to those who are researching in Golspie
- Golspie's Story, Margaret Wilson Grant B.Sc. published by The Northern Times, Golspie, ISBN 1 873610 01 7 - widely available in the Highlands - an absolute must have for those researching in Golspie - contains many lists of residents, church-seat holders, etc.
- The Duke of Sutherland’s Memoirs, contains a full list of all those who made a contribution to the Duke's statue in 1834
- Statistical Accounts of Sutherland
- Ministers & Men of the North - can be read on the internet
Websites of interest:
Things to do:
- Send a Sutherland Greetings Card telling a friend about this site