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  1. Avoch's heritage
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    Avoch's heritage – Avoch past and present

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      Avoch Congregational Church. Avoch …
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    • Education

      Education - Avoch's heritage – Avoch past and present

    • Farming

      Harvest Raid at Avoch. From the Privy Council records of 1614: “On 18th …

    • Fishing

      – L Patience, Avoch Fishermen’s Co-op. It was a way of life. For the fishermen it …

    • Old Avoch

      Avoch is a village and parish. The name Avoch means the “field of the stream” …

  2. Images of Avoch 1800

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  3. Avoch's heritage
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    Old Avoch – Avoch's heritage

    Avoch is a village and parish. The name Avoch means the “field of the stream” and could derive from the Gaelic for ford or shallow water. Avoch burn, once described as “the largest stream in Ardmeanach” (the Black Isle) rises within …

  4. Avoch's heritage
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    History – Avoch's heritage

    History. The earliest settlement of what is now Avoch was on the flat land near the mouth of the burn – where the Henrietta Bridge now stands. The confused layout of the old cottages known as The Dock is some of the earliest fisher …

  5. theavocharchive.org
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    The Avoch Archive - Home

    The Avoch Archive contains 377 pictures of this area for you to browse. We hope to build up a large collection of photos, audio and video about the village. New images are always welcome. Images can be viewed by year, by album, by …

  6. aucklandmuseum.com
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    James Patience of Avoch Once a Scotsman, always a …

  7. Wikipedia
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    Avoch - Wikipedia

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    What is the Avoch archive?
    The Avoch Archive contains 377 pictures of this area for you to browse. We hope to build up a large collection of photos, audio and video about the village. New images are always welcome. Images can be viewed by year, by album, by group, or by contributor, or you can use the simple search at the top of this page.

    The Avoch Archive - Home

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    Where was the earliest settlement in Avoch?
    The earliest settlement of what is now Avoch was on the flat land near the mouth of the burn – where the Henrietta Bridge now stands. The confused layout of the old cottages known as The Dock is some of the earliest fisher housing, and is best explored on foot – the streets are very narrow and not suited to modern transport.

    History – Avoch's heritage

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    What does Avoch mean?
    Avoch is a village and parish. The name Avoch means the “field of the stream” and could derive from the Gaelic for ford or shallow water.

    Old Avoch – Avoch's heritage

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    What was Avoch like in 1891?
    In 1891 Avoch had a railway station, and a post office under Inverness, with money order, savings bank and telegraph departments, one inn, a woolen mill, a brewery, a pier, two schools and three churches. Avoch was in the presbytery of Chanonry and synod of Ross. Its minister’s income was £282 per annum.

    Old Avoch – Avoch's heritage

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    What was life like in Avoch in 1883?
    With life at subsistence level, families had little in reserve. The Ross-Shire Journal of 1883 reports that the Avoch minister had received a gift of money to be distributed among the most destitute of the village following the almost complete failure at that time of the herring and garvie fishing.

    History – Avoch's heritage

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    What is the difference between Avoch and thous?
    The archaic use of “thees” and “thous” is only one difference Avoch speech is liberally scattered with diminutives – a boy for example, being a “shelee” (North East “chiel”), and a girl a “deymak”. In the late 1920s there were still well over 200 village fishermen.

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  9. Francis Frith
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    Old Maps of Avoch, Highlands - Francis Frith

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    Avoch: The Historic Fishing Village and Its Harbor Legacy

  11. Avoch's heritage
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    Timeline – Avoch's heritage

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  12. Ross and Cromarty Heritage
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    Avoch and Killen Folk - Ross and Cromarty Heritage

    Avoch and Killen folk have been very prominent in history. International explorer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie and philanthropist, James Douglas Fletcher were two prominent men who became were important to the village. Read their stories …

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