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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Welcome to our Golspie pages. There is a considerable amount of information here to help in your Family History researching. I also hope these pages will encourage you to visit Golspie, one of my favourite places. Please use your REFRESH button to ensure you see the latest additions to this section and on all pages. Thanks.
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.
Schools
- early education in Sutherland - scroll to bottom of page for links to
Golspie items
Golspie Parish Project – our albums showing people and views
Sutherland People - Golspie family research by our members
Golspie Heritage Society
Have their new website up and running. Not to be missed. Be sure to click on Collections. Fascinating.
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 GolspieGolspie'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
Ministers & Men of the North - can be read on the internet
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This page last updated 20th April 2010
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