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176 ARDCHATTAN.
McKay Donald, registrar of births, deaths
& marriages, Ardchattan
M'Phail Archibald, grocer, Keil
Sinclair Peter, boot maker, Keil
Ledaigr.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Blair William, Eriska
McLeod Roderick
Ogilvie Mrs. Barcaldine
COMMERCIAL.
Black Archibald, grocer
Black William, carpenter
M' Arthur John, blacksmith
M'Donald William, carpenter
Taynuilt.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bain Mrs. Laroch
Baird David, Polfern
Brown Rev. Alexander, Baressan
Campbell Alexander, Cnocrannach
Campbell Miss, Dunshee
Cowan Mrs. Forest bank
McCallum Malcolm, Nentbank
McKillop Miss, St. Winifred's hill
MacNaughton Mrs. Achabuie
McNicoll Roderick R., M.B., Ch.B. Dun-
chruchan
COMMERCIAL.
Brown Mrs. Tnynuilt temperance hotel^
Cameron Angus, auctioneer
Campbell Duncan & James, butchers
Carmichael Alexander, boot maker
Cunningham John, refreshment rooms,
Island ferry
Lawrence Samuel, chemist; & at Oban
M Callum Malcolm, coal merchant
Macdonald Donald. Tavnuilt hotel
M'Donald Nei», ladies' &e;cni!o-
men's outfitter & general
draper
M'Farlane George, boot maker, Airds
M'Gilvray Cath. (Miss), dress ma. Airds
Maclaren John, sub-postmaster, grocer,
boot denier & stationer & news agent
M Millan James, grocer
McMillan William John, grocer
A, provision merchant
McNicoll Roderick M.B., Ch.B. surgeon &
medical officer of health, & medical
officer of health for Ardchattan, Muck-
airn, Kilchrenan & Dalayich, & cer-
tifying factorv surgeon
M'Niven Donald, grocer & boot maker
Morrison Robert, blacksmith
Paterson Dugald, baker & grocer; & at
Bon aw
Sinclair Archibald M. registrar & inspec-
tor of poor & clerk & treasurer to
school board
Sinclair Robert, joiner
FARMERS TN ARDCHATTAN &
MTJCKAIRN PARISH.
Marked thus * should be addressed Ledaig
R.S'.O.
Marked thus + should be addressed Loch
Awe R.S.O. The remainder "Tavnuilt
R.S.O.
Buchanan Donald, Duntanrachan
*Buchanan Duncan, Achnaba
Buchanan Frank, Fanans
Cameron Angus, Inchrachan
Campbell John & Jas. Bonaw Home farm
Campbell Malcolm, Peter & Donald, Inver-
liver
*Colthart David & Allan, Ballure
*Craig James, West Ferlochan
*Oalbraifh John, Cnlcharron
*Kinnes James, Mid & South Ledaig
M'Callum Duncan & Alexander, Acharn,
Ardchattan
+ M'Diarmid Robert, Castles farm
M'Donald Donald, Lakefield
McTnness J. Ardmaddy
*M'Kav Duncan, Gienurie, Ledaig
M'Lachlan J. & C. Clachadhu
M'Leish Alexander, Dalmally
M'Naughton Duncan, Bargorillean
Menzies Duncan, Achnahanait
Sinclair Archibald & Malcolm, Fearnoch
ARDENTINNY, see Dunoon.
ARDG-OTTR is a civil parish and vil-
lage on the shore of Loch Linnhe, with a
pier for steamers, 9 miles south from Fort
William station on the North British rail-
way and 3 west from Ballachulish. There is
a reading and recreation room in the vil-
lage. The old seat of the Macleans, Ard
gour House, is about 1 mile west of the
pier of Ardgour and near to the village of
Clovullin. At Corran Ferry, where Loch
Linnhe narrows to a quarter of a mile in
breadth, a lighthou:e has been elected. Ben
ARGYLLSHIRE.
Nevis is distinctly seen from here, and to
the right there is a magnificent view of
Glencoe.
Kingairloch is a small village in the
parish of Ardgour, and situated 16 miles
south-west from A rdgour ; it contains an
Established church, school, and granite
quarries.
The Earl of Morton, Conaglen House;
Alexander H. MacLean esq. and Herbert
Strutt esq. of Kingairloch, are the principal
landowners. The area of the parish is
HO, 600 acres; rateable value, £4,848; the
population of the civil parish in 1891 was
757, and in 1901, 547, and of the eccle-
siastical, 470.
Post. T., M. 0., T. M. 0-, E. D. & P. P.
Office & S. B. Ardgour; Miss Barbara
Grant, sub-postmistress (Railway Sub-
Office. Letters should have R.S.O.
Argyllshire added). Delivery, 4.10 p.m.;
dispatch, 9.35 a.m. (summer) & 8.40 a.m.
(winter)
Post & Telegraph Office, Kingairloch; Wm.
Brodie, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive
through Ardgour R.S.O. Delivery 9 p.m.;
dispatch, 1.30 p.m. Postal orders are
issued & paid here. The nearest money
order office is at Strontian, 15 miles dis-
tant
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, John Burton
Inspector of Poor, John Robertson, Fort
William
Police Station, Ardgour, William Mackenzie,
constable
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Churches: —
Ardgour, Rev. Duncan Macrae
Kingairloch, Rev. Charles Kirk
SCHOOL BOARD, Ardgour.
Chairman, Rev. Duncan Macrae
Clerk, N. B. Mackenzie
Schools: —
Ardgour, Miss Stuart, mistress
Duisky, John Wilson, master
Kingairloch, Miss Wilkie, mistress
Trislaig, Miss Ann Campbell, mistress
Ardgour.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Leigh L. Hamilton, Inversanda
Maclean Mrs. Ardgour house
MacLean Alexander Hugh, Ardgour house
Macrae Rev. Duncan (Established)
Morton Earl, Conaglen house; & 43 Park
street, Grosvenor sq. W & Carlton club
S W, London
COMMERCIAL.
Black James, principal lighthouse keeper
Downie John, Ardgour hotel
Livingston Alexander, blacksmith
MacDonald Donald, grocer
M'Intyre Donald, carpenter
FARMERS IN ARDGOUR.
Cargill MisB, Keil
Macduff Alexander, Ardhoulan
Kingairloch.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Gair William Kinross. Kilmalieu
Kirk Rev. Charles (Established)
Strutt Herbert, Kingairloch house
COMMERCIAL.
Cameron Alexander, grocer
AKDLAMONT, see Kilfinan.
AEDNADAM, see Sandbank.
ARDNAMURCHAN is a parish and
hamlet at the north-western extremity of
the county, in the poor combination of
Mull, and. extends 26 miles from east to
west by 7 in hreadth ; it ib bounded by Loch
Sunart on the south, Ardgour on the east
and the sea on the north and west, and its
coast is considered dangerous, the Atlantic
breaking with full force on Ardnamurchan
point, which lies exposed between the
Islands of Rum and Coll. Upon the point
a lighthouse has been erected by the Com-
missioners of Northern lights, which is of
great service to navigation. Dorlin House,
the residence of Lord Howard of Glossop,
is situated at Salen, a hamlet in this parish,
north of Loch Sunart. The village of
Strontian is in the quoad sacra parish of
Strontian, partly in this parish and partly
in Morven, at the head of Loch Sunart.
This place is about 20 miles south-west
from Fort William station on the West
[slater's
Highland railway. At Strontian fairs are
held in May on Thursday before last Wed-
nesday; June, on Friday after third Thurs-
day (O.S.); August, for lambs, on Wednes-
day if 12th, if not, following Wednesday;
and. October, on Thursday before la3t
Wednesday. Kilchoan, near which are the
ruins of Mingary Castle, is a village near
the entrance to Loch Sunart. Arisaig is a
small hamlet on a little harbour of sams
name on the west coast of Inverness-shire,
35 miles west of Bannavie. The soil of the
parish is sterile, but feeds large flocks of
sheep and some cattle, and the hills are
statea to be rich in minerals. The land
from Acharacle to Ardnamurchan belongs
to Charles Dunell Rudd esq. of Castle Glen-
borrodale. The area of the entire parish
comprises 109,402 acres; rateable value,
£8,000; population in 1891 was 3,636, and
In 1901, 1,952. The ecclesiastical parish of
Strontian had a population in 1901 of 566;
in Ardnamurchan in 1901, 1,914.
Post, M. 0., T., T. M. O.. E. D. & P. P.
Office, S. B. & A. & I. Office, Kilchoan;
Duga;d M'Donald, sub-postmaster. Let-
ters through Oban. Delivery, 3.40 p.m. ;
dispatch, 8.30 a.m
Post, T. & M. O. Office & S. B. Strontian ;
Mrs. M'Pherson, sub-postmistress. Let-
ters arrive through Ardgour R.S.O. De-
livery, 12.15 p.m. ; dispatch, 3.45 p.m â– 
Post, T. & M, O. O. & S. B. Salen; Mal-
colm M'Pherson, sub-postmaster. Letters
received through Acharacle R.S.O. De-
livery, 4 p.m. ; dispatch, 8.45 a.m
Post, M. O. & T. O. & S. B. Arisaig (Rail-
way Sub-Office. Letters should be ad-
dressed Arisaig R.S.O. Inverness-shire)
Registrars of Births, Deaths & Marriages
& Inspectors of Poor — Kilchoan, Dugald
M'Donald; Strontian, Duncan Cameron;
Salen, Hugh M Pherson
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Churches: —
Ardnamurchan, Rev. John Smith M.A
Strontian, Rev. D. M'Donald
United Free Churches: —
Ardnamurchan, Rev. James M'Niven
Strontian, Rev. Alexander M Leod
BOARD SCHOOLS.
Kilchoan, Alexander Storrer, master
Strontian, Duncan Cameron, master
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
From Kilchoan & Ardnamurchan to Oban,
a mail steamer, daily during summer
Ardnamurchan.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Elliot Miss, Queen's cottage
Howard of G-lossop Lord, Dorlin house,
Salon (letters through Archaracle R.S.O)
Macnaughton Alexander
M'Niven Rev. James (United Free Church)
Nicholson A. W., J.P. Arisaig
Rudd Charles Dunell, Castle Glenborrodale
Smith Rev. John M.A. (Established)
Swinburn Captain Thomas A., R.N. Salen
COMMERCIAL.
Cameron John, tailor
Cameron Mrs. Salen hotel
Campbell Allan, storekeeper, Ormsailbeg
Johnston Mrs. innkeeper, Kilchoan
McCallum Alexander, blacksmith
M'Donald Dugald, sub-postmaster & store-
keeper, inspector of poor & registrar of
births &c. for Kilchoan
Mcintosh Archibald, police constable,
Salen-Sunart
Macnaughton Alexander L.R.C.P. &
L.R.C.S.Edin. surgeon, *fc parochial
medical officer & medical officer of health
for Ardnamurchan
McPhail Mary (Mrs.), storekeeper
McPherson Duncan, storekeeper, Bramnault
M'Pherson Hugh, inspector of poor for
Salen
Strontian.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
M' Arthur Charles
M'Donald Rev. D. (Established)
M'Leod Rev. Alexander (United Free
Church), Acharacle
Riddell Lt.-Col. Sir Rodnev Steuart bart
R.ddell Lady
COMMERCIAL.
Cameron Duncan, joiner, & registrar of
births, deaths & marriages
M'Pherson Mary (Mrs.), postmistress
Hamilton Adam, diaper