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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 27 - Parish of Resolis, OS1/28/27

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Manse of Resolis
7 April 1871

Lieut [Lieutenant] A. B. Coddington R.E. [Royal Engineers]
Sir
In reply to the above I beg
to state that Resolis is made up
of the two Old Parishes of Kirkmichael
and Cullicudden, the ruins of the two Churches
being still visible & the Church yards attached
the only ones in use - During the incumbency
of the Rev [Reverend] Mr McPhail 1748-74 the present
Parish Church was built in the Centre of
the United Parish & on a farm then
called Resolis - from its exposure to the
sea. Hence the name Resolis
now universally used except in ecclesi-
astical documents.
The Session Records do not extend
further back than 1821 & there the
name Resolis (always so spelled) is the
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Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Mainland) - Volume 27 - Parish of Resolis, OS1/28/27

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Resolis.

Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Ross and Cromarty, which is in the north of Scotland. It was formed in 1891 by uniting the separate counties of Cromarty and Ross.

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