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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHURCH (Carinish) Church (Carinish) Mr John Maclean 039 This name is applied to a Mission Church in connection with the Established Church of Scotland. Supported by Mission Funds. Sittings about 300. It was built in 1868 is two storeys high slated and in good repair outside but the inside was never properly completed from the want of funds. Situated in the district of Carinsh.
CARINISH Carinish
Carnish
Cairnis
Mr John MacLean
Valuation Roll 168-9
New Statistical Account p. 169
Capt. Thomas R. N.
Admiralty Chart
Black's Map
A. A. Carmichael Esq
039 This name is applied to a large district situated on the south west corner of North Uist and adjacent to the North Ford between Benbecula and North Uist. There is a School Inn and Mission Church in it also numerous thatched houses. Proprietor Sir John P. Orde Bart [Baronet].

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Parish of North Uist -- County of Inverness

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