Creed (Gael. Amhuinn Ghride), a rivulet in the S of Stornoway parish, Lewis island, Ross-shire. Formed by two head-streams at an altitude of 300 feet above sea-level, it winds 9½ miles east-south-eastward to the western side of Stornoway Harbour, ¾ mile SSW of Stornoway town. It traverses Loch an Oash and Loch a Chlachain, and makes a fall opposite Sir James Matheson's Grotto, up to which point it abounds in seatrout, grilse, and salmon.-Ord. Sur., sh. 105,1858.

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