Alness

Alness
Scottish Gaelic: Alanais

Dalmore Distillery reception house in Alness
Alness

 Alness shown within the Ross and Cromarty area
Population 3,338 (2001)
OS grid reference NH6569
Parish Alness
Rosskeen
Council area Highland
Lieutenancy area Ross and Cromarty
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ALNESS
Postcode district IV17
Dialling code 01349
Police Northern
Fire Highlands and Islands
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish Parliament Ross, Skye and Inverness West
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Alness (pronunciation: /ɔːlˈnɛs/, awl-ness; Scottish Gaelic: Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon to the east and the village of Evanton to the south west. The parish has a population of 3,338,[1] although the census locality, which includes part of the parish of Rosskeen, has a population of 5,186.[2]

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Geography

Divided by the River Averon, the town is in two parishes, Alness in the west and Rosskeen in the east. Historically these were in different presbyteries. Today there are three churches; Free Church, Church of Scotland and Baptist.

Education

The town is served by a high school, Alness Academy, one of the main schools in Ross and Cromarty, with around 600 pupils on the school roll. There are three primary schools, Obsdale Primary, Bridgend Primary and Coulhill Primary, situated in the east, centre and west of the town respectively.

History

In September 1715 the Skirmish of Alness took place between Jacobite clans such as the MacKenzies, MacDonalds under the Earl of Seaforth, and pro-government Munros, Rosses, MacKays under the Earl of Sutherland. The Jacobites drove their opponents over Struie to Bonar.[3] For the middle part of the twentieth century there was a seaplane base, RAF Alness.

References

  1. ^ "Usual Resident Population: Civil Parishes: Alness". Scotland's Census Results Online. General Register Office for Scotland. http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=1&tableId=&tableName=Usual+resident+population&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&levelId=4&areaId=020. Retrieved 8 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Usual Resident Population: Locality: Alness". Scotland's Census Results Online. General Register Office for Scotland. http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=1&tableId=&tableName=Usual+resident+population&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&areaId=489001&levelId=5. Retrieved 8 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Site Record for Alness. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/13775/. 

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