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REAY [parish] Reay
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New Statl [Statistical] Account.
Census Returns for 1871 published in the daily Scotsman newspaper 19th April 1871
Oliver & Boyds Almanac
Blacks Map of Scotland
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Morrison's Map of Sutherland
James Brims, Procurator Fiscal Thurso
William Miller, Town ClerK Wick
The parish of Reay is in the presbytery of Caithness, Synod of Sutherland and Caithness. Patron the Crown, it is bounded on the north by the North Sea, on the west by the parish of Farr. Co. [County] Sutherland, on the south by the parish of Kildonan Co. [County] Sutherland and HalKirK Co. [County] Caithness, and on the east & south east by the parishes of HalKirK and Thurso. The parish is partly situated in the Co. [County] of Caithness and partly in the Co. [County] of Sutherland, the portion in Caithness contains about 45519 Statute acres and also the parish Church and the village of Reay, the portion situated in Sutherland contains about 46324.271 Statute acres, this portion contains the populous fishing village of Melvich. There are no detached portions of the parish of Reay, nor are there any detached portions of any other parish situated within it. The surface is very irregular presenting a series of heath covered hills & valleys among which are ensconced a number of laKes of considerable size, the [continued on page 2]

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Reay Ph [Parish] -- Counties of Caithness & Sutherland

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