Beauly Firth Beauly Firth The Beauly Firth is a firth in northern Scotland. It is effectively a continuation of the Moray Firth westward, and is bounded at one end by Beauly and at the other by Inverness (North Kessock and South Kessock). The Kessock Ferry crossed at the eastern end since the 15th Century. Today, the A9 crosses on the Kessock Bridge. The River Ness empties into the Beauly Firth after flowing from Loch Ness by way of Inverness. The Beauly Firth has several names in Scottish Gaelic including "Linne Fharair", "Poll an Ròid" and "Caolas Uisge a' Mhanachainn" - the latter
Mark Firth opened Firth College to teach arts and science subjects, which later became part of the University of Sheffield. Firth lends his name to the Firth Wing of the Northern General Hospital, and Firth Court of the University. He was a Methodist and a Liberal. On 16 November 1880 Firth was at his Norfolk Works when he suffered a stroke, and died 12 days later. He is buried in Sheffield General Cemetery on Cemetery Road, where his monument is Grade II listed. Firth was twice married and had twelve children. He first married Sarah Bingham Taylor (1818–1855) in Sheffield on 15