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"Ballachulish, or Ballahullish, or
Balchullish, a quoad sacra parish,
divided from the parish of Kilmalie by
authority of the General Assembly in May
1833. It consists of two distinct districts,
separated from each other by the Linnhe
Loch, with a church in each district, in
which worship is performed alternately once
a fortnight. The district connected with the
church at North Ballachulish, which lies in
Inverness-shire, is 17 miles in length by 7 in
breadth; that connected with the church at
Ardgour, in Argyllshire, is 14 miles by 6.
The two churches are about 4 miles apart,
and were built in 1829, at an expense of
£1,470 each, under the provisions of the Act
5 George IV C. 90. The church at Ballachulish
has 300 sittings; that of Ardgour 210. Stipend
£120, with a manse and glebe. Population
of the Ardgour district in December 1835, 549;
of the Ballachulish district 706. Total 1255,
of whom 935 belonged to the Established Church.
This parish is in the presbytery of Abertarff and
synod of Glenelg. Patron, the Crown.
There is a large and valuable slate-quarry
here, on the great clay-slate formation which
extends from Easdale on the south to this point
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