Linnet 1843

Taken from newspaper reports of the time. The Sunderland schooner the Linnet, John Happer, master, was driven ashore at high tide onto the rocks at Cinn a Bhairt below Cadboll House in a storm in September 1842, the crew of four survived and were given comfort...

1881 Census

1881 Census listed per house, first listed, head of house, then listed as relation to head of house, M [married] or U [unmarried], age, M[ale] or F[emale], Parish of birth, occupation. HILTON 1 Brae Street. Christina MacDonald, U, 23, F, Urray, Ross & Cromarty,...

Seaboard Gala

Lord Kanyacka, Seaboard Gala. Gala Day at the Harbour. Aquatics sports, August 1927. Balintore Gala, Archie McRae [ Commercial Hotel ] with paper in hand, Circa early 30’s. Lord Kanyacka, Seaboard Gala 1935. Gala parade, Main Street, Balintore, 1935. Jeanette...

1891 Census

Census taken for the UK government on the 8th April 1891. Hilton Census taken by James Watt. Balintore Census taken by Alexander Wallace. Shandwick Census taken by James Alex Ross. Listed per house, first listed, head of house, then listed as relation to head of...

The Sheddie

Old Sheddie, Balintore. Left to Right as viewer looks. Willie Skinner, Geordie Skinner, Bertha Begg, not known, Davie Skinner, Katie Morrison [Star], Robert Ross, Alex Vass. Back Row, Left to right as viewer looks. George Skinner, Finlay Skinner, John Vass, Geordie...

Royal Navy

Royal Naval Reserve 1906. Including men from the Seaboard villages, HMS Bittern, Inverness. William Skinner, married Annie MacKenzie. The 2nd Flotilla of the British Fleet passing ‘The Sutors’, Cromarty Firth, 17th November 1913. Picture courtesy of Tain...

Seaside Rovers, circa 1950.

  Seaside Rovers, circa 1950.        Back Row, left to right, as viewer looks. Andrew Ross [Peco], Donnie Vass, Not known, Kenny MacRae, Danna Ross. Front Row, left to right, as viewer looks, Davie John Vass, David Erskine, Andrew Allan...

We Will Remember Them WW1

WW1 PROJECT We are grateful for the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund without which we would not have been able to embark on our WW1 Project called ‘We Will Remember Them’. The funding enabled us to research the names on the Fearn and Nigg war memorial stones...

Placenames of Easter Ross

Placenames of Easter Ross   a series of five bilingual articles by Davine Sutherland published in the Seaboard News in 2013, based on a research paper she did in 2011 for Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. (English versions in blue.)   Online versions, with photos, in her...