Parish of Lismore and Appin

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1791-99: Lismore and Appin 1834-45: Lismore and Appin

Lismore and Appin, a united parish in Lorn district, N Argyllshire. It comprehends the ancient parishes of Appin and Lismore, with the whole of EllanMunde; and includes the three great districts of Lismore proper, Kingairloch, and Appin, the first consisting of islands in Loch Linnhe, the second lying between that loch and Morvern, the third lying on the SE side of Loch Linnhe, and extending from Loch Creran to Loch Leven. It is bounded N by Inverness-shire, E by Glenorchy and Ardchattan, S by Ardchattan, Kilmore, and Torosay, and W by Morvern and Ardnamurchan. Its utmost length, from WNW to ESE, is 25 miles; its utmost breadth is 20 miles; and its area is 148²/₃ square miles or 95,171²/₅ acres, of which 1683¹/₃ foreshore, 829¹/₃ water, and 25¼ tidal water. Its districts and features, other than Lismore island, are noticed in our articles on Airds, Appin, Ballachulish, Castle-Mearnaig, Creran, Duror, Glencoe, Glencreran, Kingairloch, Leven, Musdale, Sheep-Island, and Shuna. At most, 4000 acres are in tillage; nearly as many are under wood; and all the rest of the land is moss, moor, hill-pasture, or barren mountain. Eleven proprietors hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, seven of between £100 and £500, and five of from £20 to £50. Giving off the quoad sacra parishes of Appin and Duror, and including the chapelries of Glencoe and Kingairloch, Lismore is in the presbytery of Lorn and the synod of Argyll; the living is worth £393. In the whole civil parish ten schools-three of them Episcopalian. the rest publicwith total accommodation for 907 children, had (1882) an average attendance of 426, and grants amounting to £485, 15s. 10d. Valuation (1860) £15,065, (1884) £20,191, 5s. 9d. Pop. (1801) 3243, (1831) 4365, (1861) 3595, (1871) 3535, (1881) 3433, of whom 2968 were Gaelic-speaking, and 2182 were in the ecclesiastical parish.—Ord. Sur., shs. 45, 44, 53, 1876-84.

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