Avoch
Avoch
| |
---|---|
Location within the Highland council area | |
Population | 1,000 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NH699553 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | AVOCH |
Postcode district | IV9 8xx |
Dialling code | 01381 62 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Avoch (
History
Origins
Estate owners
Pittonachy, Rosehaugh and Scatwell
Avoch was in the control of
Mackenzie of Scatwell who owned the estate during the Jacobite rising of 1745 refused to raise his men for the Jacobite cause despite being threatened with military execution by the Jacobite George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie. Scatwell was apparently happy that Cromartie therefore did not return from his expedition to Sutherland.[14]
Royston
The other estate in the parish of Avoch was the Royston Estate which was owned by James Mackenzie, Lord Royston (died 1744) who was the fourth son of George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie (died 1714). James Mackenzie, Lord Royston married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh but their only son, George, predeceased him. When James Mackenzie, Lord Royston died in 1744 he was survived by two daughters, Anne who married but without issue and Elizabeth who married Sir John Stewart of Grandtully with issue.[15] According to contemporary documents, the Royston estate rental records of Avoch, in 1747 the estate was then held by Lord Royston's grandson, John Stewart.[16] In 1826, the dormant male Baronetcy of Royston was assumed by a descendant of the Mackenzies of Cromarty and Tarbat, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Mackenzie. He died in 1841 without issue and so was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie, who also died unmarried in 1858 and the Baronetcy of Royston became dormant again. Upon his death the baronetcy should have gone to his cousin John Mackenzie, but he did not assume the title.[17]
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Intrepid Scottish explorer in Canada Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to explore the great Canadian river now known as the Mackenzie River, crossing North America twice, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and Pacific Ocean in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 and was buried in the old Avoch Parish churchyard.
Culture
Industry
Much of Avoch's wealth has come from its fishing industry, and it remains a significant contributor to the village economy, with several large fishing boats owned or crewed from Avoch and an active fishermen's co-operative based there. The harbour is no longer used by the larger boats for landing but is used by leisure craft and boats taking visitors to see the
See also
References
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Microsoft; Nokia (23 March 2017). "Avoch" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ISBN 9780004724669. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ISBN 9781408159316. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ISBN 9780709174691. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Mckenzie, Steven (22 November 2007). "Drugs in 'Spanish Armada' village". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ ODNB: David Chambers, Lord Ormond
- ^ Mackenzie, Alexander (1898). History of the Munros of Fowlis With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name: to which are added those of Lexington and New England. Inverness: A. & W, Mackenzie. pp. 503-508. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Watson, John William (1904). "Avoch". Place Names of Ross and Cromarty. Inverness: The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Company. p. 132. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Mackenzie, Alexander (1894). History of the Clan Mackenzie. With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name. Inverness: A. & W, Mackenzie. pp. 278-279. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Mackenzie, Alexander (1894). History of the Clan Mackenzie. With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name. Inverness: A. & W, Mackenzie. pp. 425-426. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
Pittonachty
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Rosehaugh House (13560)". Canmore. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Rosehaugh (GDL00326)". Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Origins of the Forty Five. Second Series. Vol. II. Publications of the Scottish History Society. 1916. p. 100.
- ^ Mackenzie, Alexander (1894). History of the Clan Mackenzie. With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name. Inverness: A. & W, Mackenzie. pp. 551-554. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Rental of Avoch 1740 (Ref: GD121/1/Box 80/449)". Edinburgh: National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Mackenzie, Alexander (1894). History of the Clan Mackenzie. With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name. Inverness: A. & W, Mackenzie. pp. 562-565. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
External links
- Lamb, W. Kaye (1983). "Mackenzie, Sir Alexander". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. V (1801–1820) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.