Maryburgh Residential

Attribution: S. Fraser (Maryburgh Primary School March 2015)

The photographs which follow were included in the Millennium Exhibition of 2000 and cover only a small part of properties in the village.  Please visit the photo album at the bottom of the page to see more properties.

Albert Place

Albert Place is a small row of terraced cottages at the entrance to the village from the direction of Dingwall. The white gable end is that of the “other” village shop (now a private dwelling).

Albert Place

Attribution: unknown

Proby Street

Proby Street looking west from Albert Place.

Proby Street looking west from Albert Place.

Attribution: unknown

Proby Place

Proby Place is a small row of houses leading off from Proby Street.

Proby Place is a small row of houses leading off from Proby Street.

Attribution: unknown

Mackenzie Place

Some of the 30-plus houses in Mackenzie Place.

Some of the 30-plus houses in Mackenzie Place

Attribution: unknown

Seaforth Place

Seaforth Place is a crescent containing mainly traditional red sandstone cottages with a few wooden clad Swedish style houses built in the 1950s.

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Attribution: unknown

Wrightfield Park

Wrightfield Park is an estate of 50 houses built at the western end of the village between the railway bridge and the Conon bridge. The design of the estate won architectural awards at the time of construction.

Some of the Wrightfield Park houses showing the landscaped bank between the houses and the main road.

Attribution: unknown

The Macrae Estate

This is a large estate of 100-plus houses, mostly detached, built by Macrae in 1968-72. There are four streets in the estate: Rosshill Drive, Grant Crescent, Stuarthill Drive and Muirden Road.

Rosshill Drive.

Attribution: unknown

Birch Drive

Birch Drive has been developed in stages. The entrance to the estate is at the top of Hood Street, past the football field.

Birch Drive

Hood Street

Hood Street looking up the hill from Proby Street.

Hood Street looking up the hill from Proby Street.

Attribution: unknown

Aerial photograph

Aerial photograph of Maryburgh taken on 16 August 1963, reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Rosemary Henderson, Maryburgh.

Aerial photograph of Maryburgh taken on 16 August 1963

Attribution: reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Rosemary Henderson, Maryburgh

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Maryburgh » Maryburgh History

Maryburgh A History of Maryburgh Free Church

Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society is grateful to Charles W Muirden for permission to reproduce his book on this website. These are the pictures from the book - the contents of the book is in the Library section of this website.
15 Rev George Muirden

Maryburgh Brahan Castle Visitors' Book

In 2015 there was listed for sale by Dingwall and Highland Marts a visitors' book originating from Brahan Castle and featuring photographs and artwork of those who had enjoyed hospitality there in the early part of the 20th century. The auction mart staff had photographed each page in the album and gave permission to Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society to reproduce this aspect of the heritage of Maryburgh. The entries date from 1903-1911.
Watercolour from Visitors' book thought to be by Mary Stewart-Mackenzie (Lady Seaforth)

Maryburgh Jim Macdonalds Photos

Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society is grateful to Jim Macdonald, a retired roads engineer, for permission to include his photographs of the Maryburgh area.
The old A835, snowplough approaching.

Maryburgh Primary School

On Friday 29 June 2012 the doors of Maryburgh Primary School closed for the last time, the school having been an important feature in the community from 1860 for a total of 152 years.
John Macdonald, shown above celebrating his 102nd birthday in March 1988 with his daughter Sheila

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