Tarbat History

Attribution: unknown (Tarbat Free Church and Portmahomack Caravan Site) 

From the Cradle to the Coble

RCHS are very grateful to Catherine Rae for sharing her memories of an early life in Rockfield Village.

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This picture shows the bell, following repair in 1994, being lifted back into position at a height of about 50' above ground.
This picture shows the bell, following repair in 1994, being lifted back into position at a height of about 50' above ground.
Tarbat Old Parish Church or the Church of St Colman at Portmahomack, Easter Ross, with the Dornoch Firth in the background.
Tarbat Old Parish Church or the Church of St Colman at Portmahomack, Easter Ross, with the Dornoch Firth in the background.
Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.
Map showing various locations, referred to in the text, which are associated with Scotland's saints.
Map showing various locations, referred to in the text, which are associated with Scotland's saints.
Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.
Rainbow over Tarbat Free Church
Rainbow over Tarbat Free Church
The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Portmahomack - June 2002
The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Portmahomack - June 2002
Tarbat Free Church
Tarbat Free Church
Tarbat Free Church is a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). It is reformed, evangelical and presbyterian. The Church is located in the village of Portmahomack, Ross and Cromarty.
This picture shows the interior of the church, the woodwork being fine North American pine
This picture shows the interior of the church, the woodwork being fine North American pine
This picture shows the interior of the church, the woodwork being fine North American pine. (This photo courtesy of David and Jane Fulkerson, Plentywood, Montana, USA)
Rev. Dugald Matheson,
Rev. Dugald Matheson,
Rev. Dugald Matheson, minister during the period in which the present building was erected.
Rev. John MacLeod,
Rev. John MacLeod,
Rev. John MacLeod, minister of the Free Church since 1978
Old Free Church
Old Free Church
This building, on the same site as the present one, served the congregation from 1844 to 1893. It is shown here on the day demolition commenced. The builder of the new church, Lamb to name, is visible on the roof.
Tarbat Free Church
Tarbat Free Church
Tarbat Free Church is a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). It is reformed, evangelical and presbyterian. The Church is located in the village of Portmahomack, Ross and Cromarty.
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Statistical Accounts

On the 25 May 179, Sir John Sinclair, Baronet of Ulbster in Caithness wrote to over nine hundred Parish ministers throughout Scotland asking them to contribute to a Statistical Inquiry by answering as best they could,a series of one hundred and sixty-six Queries respecting each Parish.

The New (or Second) Statistical Account of Scotland built on the previous work carried out by Sir John Sinclair for the First Statistical Accounts by including the knowledge of local doctors and schoolmasters. The Second Statistical Accounts were published between 1834 and 1845.

1st Statistical Accounts
2nd Statistical accounts

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