Jamestown, Easter Ross

Jamestown Scottish Gaelic: Baile Sheumais
Farmland in Jamestown
Jamestown Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid reference	NH476565
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	[Parish of Contin]
Postcode district	IV14 9
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Jamestown (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Sheumais) is a village in Strathpeffer (and formerly of 'Ross-shire'), Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

The old kirk at Jamestown

Notable people

• Jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie was born in Jamestown.[2]

References

1. Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Jamestown". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
2. "Fergus McCreadie: I'm not even dreaming about Mercury Prize win". BBC. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2023.