Ferintosh Churches

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Culbokie Church Centre

Culbokie Church Centre in the parish of Resolis and Urquhart. Click on the link below to read about the Church Centre.

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Culbokie Church Centre

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The Burn of Ferintosh

Click the link below to read the article reproduced from the September 2019 edition of The Record, the monthly publication of the Free Church of Scotland, by permission of the Editor.

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Communion service 1996 conducted by Rev Alistair Maclennan of Resolis and Urquhart Church of Scotland.

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Ferintosh Free Church

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21st century Ferintosh Free Church.

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21st century Ferintosh Free Church. 

Urquhart Church

Urquhart Church (built 1795), and the associated Resolis Church, closed in 2005 and both have been put up for sale by the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland. The building is now a private dwelling.

The Church Notice Board

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See also below details of a chapter from the book “Land of Churches” by Leonella Longmore, “URQUHART – ivy-clad kirk by the Firth”.

Urquhart Church

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The view looking west from Urquhart Church

The view looking west from Urquhart Church.

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URQUHART - ivy-clad kirk by the Firth

The following chapter about Urquhart Church is taken from the book “Land of Churches” by Leonella Longmore and is reproduced by kind permission of Leonella and her husband Bryan.

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Ferintosh Burn - where people flocked to hear the preachings of the Apostle of the North.

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Ferintosh » Ferintosh Work
Lifting straw bales near Findon (2003).
Lifting straw bales near Findon (2003).
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Fields await the plough at Leanaig Farm (Feb. 2003).
Fields await the plough at Leanaig Farm (Feb. 2003).
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Farm near Findon.
Farm near Findon.
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Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 1
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 1
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Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
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Harvesting
Harvesting
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Harvesting
Harvesting
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Stooks go through the threshing machine
Stooks go through the threshing machine
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Old gives way to new
Old gives way to new
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Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
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Combining gets under way in the Black Isle - even at night
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle - even at night
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Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 2
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 2
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Loading square bales on a trailer
Loading square bales on a trailer
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No stooks: modern equipment provides bales square and round.
No stooks: modern equipment provides bales square and round.
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Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 1
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 1
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Dropping off a round bale
Dropping off a round bale
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Baling
Baling
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Trailer of square bales
Trailer of square bales
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But there's nothing quite like the sight of two Clydesdales at work at Daviot Vintage Working Day.
But there's nothing quite like the sight of two Clydesdales at work at Daviot Vintage Working Day.
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Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop.
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop.
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Ploughing Match at Findon Farm
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm
Afterwards, a Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop. (Saunders Gibson checking his furrow and John Matheson doing some measuring.) [Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
But a farmer's lot is not always a happy one - especially in winter! [Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
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Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
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Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine. This photo was taken at Bog of Resolis farm in 1953, the last year the machine was used on the farm. It was a No. 3 engine, Fowler 7hp, bought in 1927 and sold in 1963. Standing beside the sacks is Willie Matheson, and Roderick Matheson is standing on the mill, with Alex Munro sitting beside him. [Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 2
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 2
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Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 3
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 3
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