Dornoch Parish through time

Dornoch Parish

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SUTHERLAND	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
DORNOCH Burgh	Scottish Burgh/District		1975	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SUTHERLAND	Scottish Poor Law Combination			Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1891	was reduced to enlarge	ROGART	Detached part Area: 725 acres.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 5.
1891	was enlarged by gaining part of	ROGART	So much of the parish of Rogart as lies to the south of a line starting at a point on the boundary between the parishes of Dornoch and Rogart at the head of Allt Reidh Chalnac and running in a generally westerly direction first to craig-a-bhlair, thence along the watershed between Starth Fleet on the north and Strath Carnach and Strath Tollaidh on the south to a knoll a little to the east of Loch na Saobhaidhe, from which knoll it runs direct in a south-westerly direction to the forkings at the head of Allt an Cealgaiche, and thence down the said burn until it meets the boundary of the parish of Creich.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 5.

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dornoch Parish through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10141503

Date accessed: 08th April 2026