Comunn Eachdraidh Shlèite
Sleat Local History Society
"Preserving the history of the parish of Sleat on the Isle of Skye"
Topics
Schools in the Parish
Parish School
Until the Education Act of 1872, the main school in Sleat was the parish school. Lord Macdonald paid for the salary of the parish schoolmaster, as he was the only heritor in the ...
Population Table
A simple chart showing population trends in the parish between 1755 and 2001.
Ardvasar Smithy
The Smithy was originally located on the site where Ardvasar School now stands. When the school was built in 1877, the Smithy was shifted to a new site on the hillside behind the Shop. At that ...
Read more about Ardvasar SmithyEmigration
Large-scale emigration from Sleat probably began at much the same time as in the rest of Skye. This was the early 1770s when emigration from Skye to North America really began. The favoured ...
Read more about EmigrationSleat War Memorial, Kilmore
Sleat War Memorial is on a hillock just to the north of the parish church at Kilmore. It includes names from both world wars. There are also a number of wargraves in the ...
Read more about Sleat War Memorial, Kilmore