West Helmsdale
Appearance
West Helmsdale | |
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Location within the Sutherland area | |
OS grid reference | ND014154 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Helmsdale |
Postcode district | KW8 6 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
![A road and a few buildings in West Helmsdale.](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/West_Helmsdale_-_geograph.org.uk_-_653107.jpg/220px-West_Helmsdale_-_geograph.org.uk_-_653107.jpg)
West Helmsdale is a small settlement lying on the right bank of the River Helmsdale, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1] The village of Helmsdale lies on the left bank of the River Helmsdale.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Roderick Ross (1865–1943) CVO CBE KPM (1865–1943) was Chief Constable of Edinburgh City Police from 1900 to 1935. Born 24 May 1865 the son of a Crofter whose grandfather (his namesake) a Chelsea Pensioner had been evicted out of Kildonan during the Highland Clearances. Ross was born in West Helmsdale in the parish of Kildonan, Sutherland.
References
[edit]- ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "West Helmsdale" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "West Helmsdale, Highland". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 October 2020.