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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORTROSE (Parliamentary Burgh | Fortrose Fortrose Fortrose Fortrose Fortrose |
Revd. [Reverend] Alexander wood. P. [Parish] Minister Revd. [Reverend] S. Fraser Mr. McKinnell Mr. John Finnie Town Clerk Burgh Documents |
090 | A Royal burgh and port town in the parish of RosemarKie, Ross-shire. It stands 8 1/2 miles south of Invergordon Ferry, 10 1/4 S. [South] South-west of Cromarty, and 10 1/2 N. [North] North-east of Inverness. Its site is at the eastern extremity of the Black Isle road, on the north side of the Moray Firth & nearly opposite Fort George from which it is distant 2 1/2 miles. It is composed of two towns RosemarKie and Chanonry, which are about half a mile distant from each other, but have been politically united in one burgh. The former of these is of Considerable antiquity, having been erected into a royal burgh by Alexander II. Chanonry is so called from its having been the canonry of Ross, where the bishop had his residence. It is finely situated on an elevated plain commanding an extensive prospect of the Moray Firth; and a tongue of land runs out between it and RosemarKie into the firth called Chanonry-Ness or Fortrose point. The two towns were united by a Charter granted by James II in 1444 under the Common name of Fortrose; and that charter was ratified by another by James VI. in 1592 and confirmed, with greater immunities, by the same monarch in 1612 *** The town Council comprises a provost, three bailies, a treasurer, a dean of Guild, and eight Councillors. Fortrose unites with Inverness, Forres & Nairn in sending a member to Parliament. Population in 1841, 1.082; in 1861, 928. Houses 187" Quoted from Fullartons Gazetteer. (The ancient name of Chanonry has become obsolete but that of RosemarKie is still in use - Fortrose being generally used now in all private & public documents instead of Chanonry) |
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[Page] 3County of Ross -- Burgh of Fortrose Ph. [Parish] of Rosemarkie
Fortrose Roman Capitals being Parliamentary Burgh Character
The following line of Boundary is taken from the Reform Act of 1832
"From a point on the Shore of Moray Firth which is distant Two Hundred Yards (measured
along the shore) to the West of the Pier of Fortrose in a straight line to St. Boniface's Well,
thence in a straight line to the Point at which the Rosemarkie Burn would be cut by a straight
line to be drawn thereto due North East from St. Boniface's Well; thence in a straight line to the
Rock called the Lady's Bathing House; thence along the Moray Firth to the point first described"
The Burgh comprises the Villages of Fortrose and Rosemarkie and is wholly within the
Municipal Burgh of Fortrose except a small portion lying north of Rosemarkie
Burn adjoining to Rosemarkie Bay.
Fortrose unites with Inverness, Forres, & Nairn, in returning a Member to
Parliament
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