Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carinish

Carinish, a village in North Uist parish, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, on the S coast of North Uist island, 13 miles SW of Lochmaddy. It has a post office under Lochmaddy, a Church of Scotland mission chapel, a Free church, and a public school, which, with accommodation for 80 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 53, and a grant of £52,15s.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: North Uist ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Carinish

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