Counties > Moray (Elgin) and Nairn Shires > 1844; 1847; 1850; 1852 - Russell's Morayshire register, and Elgin and Forres directory > 1844

74
Population in 1841 was 910.
Patron.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Moray,
Minister.
The Rev. Alex. Coull, ordained 7th Sept. 1843.
Stipend — 14 chalders of victual, half meal half barley, and
£8, 6s. 8d. sterling, amounting last year to £182, 2s. J^d.
sterling, with manse and offices, and a glebe of three acres.
Parochial School — (Vacant.)
Salarif — Maximum rate - - - £34 4 4
Dick Bequest 32
School-fees, &c. - - - - 20
Allowance for garden - - - 3 9 9
£89 14 1
with a house.
The Free Church.
The Rev. Alexander Gentle, Minister.
Heritors — The Earl of Moray, the Trustees of the late James
Earl of Fife, Henry Joseph Brodie Dunn, Esq. of Milton
Brodie, James Campbell Brodie, Esq. of Lethen and Coulniony,
Major C. L. Gumming Bruce of Roseisle and Kinnaird, and
Alexander Forteath, Esq. of Newton.
Post Town — Elgin.
ABERNETHY.
Name — From the river Nethy, which runs on the south-
east side of the parish.
Extent — 7 miles long by 5 broad ; including the parish of
Kincardine, to which it was united.
Situation — North side of the Gairngorum mountains, and
south-east of the river Nethy ; and is distant 4 1 miles from
Elgin.
Population in 1841 1832.
Patron.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Seafield.
Minister.
The Rev. James Stewart, ordained in 1888.
Stipend — 120 bolls of oatmeal, 120 bolls barley, and £8>
6s. 8d., being, according to last Fiars Prices, £195, 3s. 4^d.
sterling, with manse, offices, and glebe.