Inverness-shire Directory
Excerpts of 1837 Directory
Beauly Shopkeepers
JAMES MacLEAN - Innkeeper
ALEXANDER MacLEAN - Turner & Shopkeeper
1868
"INVERNESS, a parish on the north-east border of Inverness-shire. It contains the town of
Inverness, and the villages of Balloch, Clachnaharry, Culcabock, Hilton, Resaudrie and
Smithtown of Culloden. It is bounded on the north-east by the Beauly and the Moray friths; on
the east by Petty; on the south-east and south by Croy and Daviot; and the southwest by
Loch Ness and the parish of Dores; and on the west by Urquhart, Kiltarlity and Kirkhill. Its
length from south-west to north-east is 14 miles ... It consists principally of the
north-easternmost portion of the Great glen of Scotland, extending from the lower part of Loch
Ness to the firths, but is also flanked on both sides by the terminating hill-screens of the glen
... The most remarkable diversification is the hill of Tomnahurich, to the left side of the Ness,
near the town. It is a beautiful isolated mount ... The town and all its neighbourhood were
frequently disturbed, in the olden times, by bloody clan conflicts; and on the north-eastern
border, in 1746, was fought the memorable battle of Culloden ... The parish is the seat of a
presbytery in the synod of Moray. There are three parochial charges, and three parochial
churches, the High, the Gaelic and the West. There are three Free churches, the High, the
East, and the North; two United Presbyterian Churches, the English and the Gaelic; an
Independent Chapel, and Episcopalian Chapel, a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and a Roman
Catholic chapel ... The present parish of Inverness comprehends the ancient parishes of
Inverness and Bona." - Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
Excerpts of 1851 Census 
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