Urray

Urray (Scottish Gaelic: Urrath) is a scattered village and coastal parish,[1] consisting of Easter, Old and Wester Urray and is located in the county of Ross in the Scottish council area of the Highland.[2] Urray is also a parish in the district of Wester Ross and Cromarty. It comprises the parishes of Carnoch and Kinlochlychart, with the ancient parish of Kilchrist.[3]

Urray
Urray is located in Ross and Cromarty
Urray
Urray
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNH507527
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarybank
Postcode districtIV6 7
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Urray Parish Church
Free Church of Scotland, Urray

Urray is located 2 miles northwest of Muir of Ord and 1.5 miles east of Marybank. The closest town is Dingwall to the north-east.

The ruined Fairburn Tower was a castle of the Clan Mackenzie.[4]

Churches

A church dedicated to St Constantine existed since medieval times and was under the control of Fortrose Cathedral.[5]

As with many Highland parishes Urray gravitated to the Free Church of Scotland after the Disruption of 1843.

These links provided three Moderators of the General Assembly for the Free Church (see below).

The Church of Scotland parish churchyard remains the main place of burial for the parish.

The Free Church serves the wider parish of Muir of Ord.[6]

Notable people

References
  1. "Urray". The Gazetteer for Scotland. University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Microsoft; Nokia (4 January 2018). "Urray" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. "Urray". GENUKI. The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland. 1968. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross, Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1889), pp. 462-5
  5. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew scott
  6. "Urray and Strathconon Free Church of Scotland". muirofordfreechurch.co.uk.
  7. Herald (Scottish newspaper) 21 Feb 1989
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