Remote & Rural Remedies

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"Survey return from Reverend MacBride"

Kilmuir Easter, by Parkhill.

1850.

RCP/COL/4/8/79

Mr. MacBride was a church minister to Kilmuir Easter parish.

Kilmuir Easter was a parish in the historic County of Ross and Cromarty. In 1831, the population was 1556. The main industry was agriculture. The parish also had quarries. There was a large road of transportation through the village of Milntown.

[[Addressee]]
The Revd
MacBride
Kilmuir Easter
by Parkhill

[[Survey]]
QUERIES

1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Kilmuir Easter?

Four but none resident

2. The Names and Addresses of these.

William Ross resides in Dingwall
Alexander Ross - Invergordon
James Vass M.D - Tain
N. McCandie - Tain

3. Has the number increased or diminished of late years?

Neither increased nor diminished for the last seven years

4. Have any left the Parish since you became connected with it? If so, for what reasons?

There have been none in it to leave

5. Is there any complaint among the people of inadequacy in the supply of Medical aid?

I do not think there is – at any case I am not aware of it-

6. Do you know of any cases of protracted suffering, or of injury by Accident, such as might have been alleviated had proper advice been at hand?

I do not - Few accidents occur from it being an entirely agricultural Parish and the people generally temperate & steady-

7. To what extent is the deficiency of qualified Practitioners made up by the efforts of other parties?

So far as medicine is concerned it is made up by the minister & the resident proprietors-

8. Does your experience enable you to suggest any measure – of general applicability – such as would be likely to relieve to some extent the evils (if they exist) of deficiency in the supply of Medical aid?

I can’t say it does

9. What Heritors¹ are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?

Sir Charles Ross of Balnagown constantly almost-
Lord & Lady Stafford occasionally-
Major Robertson of Kindeace generally

Explanatory notes:

1. A heritor was a landowner, under Scots Law, whose holdings were sizeable enough for them to be liable for the payment of public burdens such as Poor Law rates, road and bridge assessments and the church minister’s stipend.

"Survey return from Reverend MacBride"

Kilmuir Easter, by Parkhill.

1850.

Mr. MacBride was a church minister to Kilmuir Easter parish.

Kilmuir Easter was a parish in the historic County of Ross and Cromarty. In 1831, the population was 1556. The main industry was agriculture. The parish also had quarries. There was a large road of transportation through the village of Milntown.

1. A heritor was a landowner, under Scots Law, whose holdings were sizeable enough for them to be liable for the payment of public burdens such as Poor Law rates, road and bridge assessments and the church minister’s stipend.