Parish Number - 115
Births: (Film # 990672 ) 1813 to 1853.
Marriages: (Film # 990672 ) 1813 to 1852.Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868
SLEAT, a parish at the south-east end of the island of Skye, Inverness-shire. The northern parts of it lie within a short distance of the post-office villages of Kyleakin and Broadford. It forms an irregular belt of 21 miles in lengeth; and extends from north-east to south-west. Loch-in-Daal, which indents it on the south side to the depth of 2 miles, and leaves an isthmus of only about 1 1/2 miles to the head of Loch-Eishart on the opposite side, cuts the parish into two natural divisions. The north-east division is 8 1/2 miles in length, and about 1 1/2 miles in mean breadth; it is separated by a lofty hill range from the parish of Strath, or the rest of Skye; and it is washed on the other sides by Loch-Aish, Kyle-Rhea, and the inner part of the sound of Sleat. The south-west division forms a peninsula ...it lies along the sides of Loch-Eishart and the sound of Sleat; and it terminates in a headland, which is called Sleat-point, and looks toward Eigg at the distance of 5 1/2 miles....The population is wholly located upon the coasts. The extremities of the parish are all upland; but constitute tolerable pasture ground, and maintain a race of black cattle....Lord Macdonald is the only landowner; and his residence, Armadale Castle, is the only mansion...The parish church was built in 1631 and repaired in 1837.... Kirk Session Records
The Kirk Session of a parish consists of the the minister of the parish and the elders of the congregation. It looks after the general well-being of the congreation and, particularly in centuries past, church discipline within the parish. These records can sometimes provide invaluable information that is available nowhere else. An example would be the case of an illegitimate child. In many cases, the fornication resulting in the birth of the child would be a matter of church discipline and would thus be recorded in the minutes of the Session. It has been known ot occur that the parish register recorded the name of the mother of an illegitimate child in error, such error being brought to light by examing the Kirk Session records dealing with the birth of the child. There is also a possibility that other valuable information concerning the parents might be contained in the Kirk Session records. Kirk Session records are generally held at the Scottish Record Office in Edinburg. These records have not in most cases beeen microfilmed by the LDS Church.
Kirk Session records are available from 1853.