Monument record MHG5315 - Broadford

NG62SW 21 6422 2349.

(NG 6422 2349) Ch (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1967)

Strath parish church, built in 1840 and recast in 1925, incorporates the remains of an earlier church, probably of the latter part of the Stuart period. The church of Strath appears as a prebend in 1450.
G Hay 1957; I B Cowan 1964.

REFERENCE:
SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE
Report on Strath Parish Church.
Report on Lord Macdonald's Estate in Skye by Dr Macleod and another.
The Church is old and in bad repair. It is likely that the Presbytery will call upon the Heritors to build a new Church.
Meantime the writer suggests a repair and an addition costing about (pounds)250.
1829 GD 221/121/page 211

Proposal to build a Church at Strath.
Letter from John Bowie to Lord Macdonald.
He writes that there only remains to be built, the new Church of Strath.
Lord Macdonald's proportion of the cost will be (pounds)500.
1833 GD 221/88

Plans and Specifications for Strath Parish Church.
Architect: David Bryce.
Sworn statement by James Ferguson, Builder and Architect, employed to superintend the building of the new Parish Church at Broadford, that wood and glass was used in the said building to the extent stated, and therefore drawback of duty claimed.
1845 GD 221/29/40

Repair of Church of Strath.
Note of sums paid.
Factor's Accounts.
1862 and 1864 GD 221/26

Report on Strath Parish Church and the new Manse.
Note of payment to John Wittet, Architect, Elgin, for making the report and for his expenses.
Macdonald Estate Cash Book.
1917 GD 221/133/4

Alterations and repairs to Strath Parish Church.
Note of payments of Lord Macdonald's share of the cost.
Macdonald Estate Cash Book.
1924 - 1925 GD 221/133/5/page 346 and 376 and 458

Repair of the Church.
Note of payment by Macdonald Estate of proportion of the cost.
Macdonald Estate Cash Book
1924 GD 221/133/5/page 346

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