List of churches in Highland (council area)

Arnisdale Free Church

Fearn Abbey

Reay Parish Church

A List of churches in Highland (council area), Scotland.

The area was previously divided into civil parishes, one for each medieval church:

• Caithness: Bower, Canisbay, Dunnet, Halkirk, Latheron, Olrig, Reay (partly in Sutherland until 1891), Thurso, Watten, and Wick.
• Sutherland: Assynt, Clyne, Creich, Dornoch, Durness, Eddrachillis, Farr, Golspie, Kildonan, Lairg, Lothbeg, Rogart, and Tongue.
• Inverness-shire: Abernethy and Kincardine (partly in Morayshire until 1891), Alvie, Ardersier, Arisaig and Moidart, Boleskine and Abertarff, Bracadale, Croy & Dalcross, Daviot & Dunlichity, Petty (all three partly in Nairnshire until 1891), Dores, Duirinish, Duthil & Rothiemurchus (partly in Morayshire until 1870), Glenelg, Inverness and Bona, Kilmallie, Small Isles (both partly in Argyllshire until 1891), Kilmonivaig, Kilmorack (partly in Ross and Cromarty until 1891), Kingussie & Insh, Kirkhill, Laggan, Moy & Dalarossie, Portree, Sleat, Snizort, Strath, and Urquhart & Glenmoriston.
• Ross and Cromarty: Alness, Applecross, Avoch, Contin, Cromarty, Dingwall, Edderton, Fearn, Fodderty, Gairloch, Glenshiel, Killearnan, Kincardine, Kintail, Knockbain, Lochalsh, Lochbroom, Lochcarron, Logie Easter, Nigg, Resolis, Rosemarkie, Rosskeen, Tain, Tarbat, Urquhart & Logie Wester (partly in Nairnshire until 1891), and Urray (partly in Inverness-shire until 1891).
• Nairnshire: Ardclach, Auldearn, Cawdor (partly in Inverness-shire until 1891) and Nairn.
• Morayshire: Cromdale, Inverallan & Advie (partly in Inverness-shire until 1891), and Edinkillie (now partially in Moray).
• Argyllshire: Ardchattan and Muckairn, Glen Orchy and Inishail, Lismore and Appin (all three now partially in Argyll & Bute), Ardgour, Ardnamurchan, and Morvern.

List of churches

Name	Civil parish (settlement)	Web	Founded	Denomination	Notes
	Abernethy & Kincardine
Alness Parish Church	Alness
Alness Baptist Church	Alness	www.alnessbc.org.uk	1979	[Union Of Scotland]
	Alvie
Clachan Church	Applecross
	Ardchattan & Muckairn
	Ardclach
	Ardersier
	Ardgour
	Ardnamurchan
Arisaig Parish Church	Arisaig & Moidart
	Assynt
	Auldearn
	Avoch
Immaculate Conception, Stratherrick	Boleskine & Abertarff (Stratherrick)		1859	Roman Catholic	Ded. Immaculate Conception
Church of the Holy Rood	Bower
	Bracadale
Canisbay Parish Church	Canisbay		1600s	Church of Scotland	Rebuilt C17th
	Cawdor
	Clyne
	Contin
	Creich
	Cromarty
	Cromdale
	Croy & Dalcross
	Daviot & Dunlichity
Fresh Springs	Dingwall			[Union Of Scotland]	Meeting with/at Killearnan Parish Church 10.15 Sundays
	Dores
Dornoch Cathedral	Dornoch		Medieval	Church of Scotland	Burned down 1570, repaired 1835-37
Dunvegan Parish Church	Duirinish			Church of Scotland
Dunnet Parish Church	Dunnet		Medieval	Church of Scotland
Scarfskerry Baptist Church	Dunnet (Scarfskerry)			Baptist Union Of Scotland
Balnakeil Church	Durness
	Duthil & Rothiemurchus
	Edderton
	Eddrachillis
	Edinkillie
	Farr
Fearn Abbey	Fearn		Medieval	Church of Scotland	Originally an abbey; later became a parish church
Hilton of Cadboll Chapel	Fearn (Hilton of Cadboll)
	Fodderty
	Gairloch
	Glen Orchy & Inishail
Arnisdale Free Church	Glenelg (Arnisdale)			Free Church (Cont)
	Glenshiel
	Golspie
Halkirk & Westerdale Parish Church	Halkirk		1886	Church of Scotland	Originally Free Church and UFC [1]
	Inverallan & Advie
Barn Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland	Parish church 1980s. Mission from East Church
Celt Street Evangelical Church	Inverness & Bona			Independent
Crown Church	Inverness & Bona	[2]	1897	Church of Scotland	Originally Free Church and UFC
Dalneigh Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland
East Church	Inverness & Bona	[3]	1798	Church of Scotland	Initially chapel of ease. Rebuilt 1852-53. For a time Free Church and UFC
Free North Church	Inverness & Bona			Free Church
Free Presbyterian Church	Inverness & Bona			Free Presbyterian
Greyfriars Free Church	Inverness & Bona			Free Church
Hilton Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland
Inshes Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland
Inverness Baptist Church	Inverness & Bona			Baptist Union Of Scotland
Inverness Cathedral (St Andrew's)	Inverness & Bona		1866-1869	Episcopal Church	Ded. St Andrew. First new Great Britain Protestant cathedral since the Reformation.
Inverness Church of God	Inverness & Bona			Church of God
Inverness Methodist Church	Inverness & Bona
Inverness Reformed Baptist Church	Inverness & Bona			Reformed Baptist
Junction Church Inverness	Inverness & Bona	[4]	2003	International Network of Churches	Junction Church Inverness occupies the former St Columba High Church building.
Kinmylies Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland
Madras Street Mission	Inverness & Bona			Free Church
Ness Bank Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland
Old High St Stephen's	Inverness & Bona	[5]	Medieval	Church of Scotland	Uses two buildings. 2003 union of Old High (ancient) and St Stephen's (1897)
St John the Evangelist	Inverness & Bona			Episcopal Church
St Mary's Catholic Church	Inverness & Bona			Roman Catholic
St Michael and All Angels	Inverness & Bona			Episcopal Church
St Ninian's Catholic Church	Inverness & Bona			Roman Catholic
Trinity Church	Inverness & Bona			Church of Scotland
	Kildonan
	Killearnan
St Bride’s Church, Onich	Kilmallie (Onich)		1874	Church of Scotland	Ded. St Brigid
Cille Choirill	Kilmonivaig			Roman Catholic	Ded. St Kerrill. Dates from C15th, repaired 1933. Used once/month during summer
	Kilmorack
	Kingussie & Insh
	Kintail
	Kirkhill
	Knockbain
Laggan Parish Church	Laggan
	Lairg
	Latheron
	Lismore & Appin
	Lochalsh
Lochbroom Free Church	Lochbroom (Ullapool)		1909	Free Church
	Lochcarron
	Logie Easter
	Lothbeg
	Morvern
	Moy & Dalarossie
Nairn Old Parish Church	Nairn
	Nigg
	Olrig
	Petty
North Coast Parish Church	Reay and Farr (Strathy)	[6]	1739	Church of Scotland	2 buildings; 2006 union of Reay Parish Church and Strathy & Halladale CoS (1911)
	Resolis
	Rogart
	Rosskeen
	Portree
	Sleat
St Columba's Church, Canna	Small Isles (Canna)		1912-1914	Church of Scotland	Ded. St Columba. All but defunct since only 20 islanders and most are Catholic
Snizort Free Church	Snizort (Uig)			Free Church (Cont)	Building 1860-1861
Strath & Sleat Church of Scotland	Strath (Broadford) and Sleat				4 buildings hold regular services: Broadford (1841), Elgol, Kilmore (1876), Kyleakin
	Tain
	Tarbat
St Peter's and St Andrew's Church	Thurso	[7]	1830-1832	Church of Scotland	Ded. SS Andrew & Peter
Thurso West Church	Thurso	[8]	1859	Church of Scotland	Originally Free Church & UFC. Congregation was Original Secession [9]
Thurso Baptist Church	Thurso			Baptist Union Of Scotland
St Mary's Chapel, Crosskirk	Thurso (Crosskirk)
	Tongue
	Urquhart & Glenmoriston
	Urquhart & Logie Wester
	Urray
	Watten
Pulteneytown Parish Church	Wick		1842	Church of Scotland	United with Thrumster 1968. United with (now disused) Wick Central
Wick Baptist Church	Wick			Baptist Union Of Scotland

• Croick Church, Strath Carron, Sutherland

Inverness Cathedral

Old High Church

Defunct churches

Name	Parish (settlement)	Founded	Closed	Denomination	Notes
Halkirk Auld Kirk	Halkirk	pre-1750	1934	Church of Scotland	Initially a chapel; built as church 1753. Now ruined
Berriedale Church	Latheron (Berriedale)	1826	2008	Church of Scotland
Fortrose Cathedral	Rosemarkie (Fortrose)	Medieval	C16th-17th	Church of Scotland	Original cathedral of Ross Diocese. Ded. St Peter.
Sleat Old Parish Church	Sleat (Kilmore)	1631	1876	Church of Scotland	Ruined. Replaced by new building also in Kilmore (see above)
Cill Chriosd	Strath (Strathaird)	Medieval	1840	Church of Scotland	Rebuilt C16th. Abandoned when parish church moved to Broadford
Old St Peter's Church	Thurso	Medieval	1832	Church of Scotland	Ded. St Peter. Replaced by St Andrew & St Peter's; now ruined
United Presbyterian Church	Thurso	1767	c. 1900	United Presbyterian	Building 1777, rebuilt 1801
Pulteneytown Central Church	Wick	1806	1980s	Church of Scotland	Previously Free Church & UFC. Building now used by Wick Baptist

Free North Church

References

1. "Halkirk and Westerdale Parish Church - Scotlands Churches Trust". Scotlands Churches Trust. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
2. "Crown Church | Home". www.crown-church.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
3. "Inverness East Church". Inverness East Church. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
4. "The Junction Church Inverness". thejunction.church. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. "Old High St Stephen's Church | Welcome to Old High St Stephens Church, Inverness". oldhighststephens.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
7. "St Peter's and St Andrew's, Thurso". www.stpetersthurso.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
8. "Intro | Thurso West Church". www.thursowestchurch.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
9. "Thurso West Church - Thurso, Highland - Places of Worship in Scotland | SCHR". www.scottishchurches.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

External links

• Historic churches of the Highlands at Britainexpress.com