West Helmsdale
Human settlement in Scotland
- Highland
- Sutherland
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
- 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.
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