Halkirk kirk session, Minutes (1778-1842), CH2/186/1

Kirk sessions are local church courts, the lowest courts in the Church of Scotland and other presbyterian churches. The records of kirk session meetings, decisions and transactions are normally hand-written.

Halkirk kirk session

A church court that sat within the presbytery of Caithness and the synod of Sutherland and Caithness. The parish was one of the original ten parishes established by the Bishop of Caithness in the 12 century. Halkirk was a prebend of the Cathedral of Dornoch and the parish church was dedicated to St Fergus. The parishes of Halkirk, Skinnet and Spittal were united in the 16th century.

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