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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Knock like this:
Knock, a quoad sacra parish in Stornoway parish, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire. Comprising the ancient chapelry of Uie or Eye, which included the Aird peninsula, it contains a village of the name of Knock, the site of the present church, 5 miles E by S of the post-town Stornoway. Knock is in the presbytery of Lewis and synod of Glenelg; the living is worth £140. A Free church is 2 miles further. Pop. (1871) 2577, (1881) 2990, of whom 2808 were Gaelic-speaking.—Ord. Sur., sh. 105, 1858.
Knock is now part of NA H EILEANAN AN IAR Council. Click here for graphs and data of how NA H EILEANAN AN IAR has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Knock itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Knock, in Na H Eileanan An Iar and Ross and Cromarty | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22197
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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