distinguish Stirling UK ParliamentconstituencyScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Stirling Type county Map Image Stirling ScottishParliamentconstituency .svg 150px Region map File Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament electoral region .svg 150px Region Mid Scotland and Fife Year 1999 ... Parliament constituencies and regions constituency of the ScottishParliamentScottishParliament Building Holyrood . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the Scottish ..., it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament region Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament additional members , in addition to nine constituency ... See also Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament region The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Dunfermline East ScottishParliamentconstituency Dunfermline East , Dunfermline West ScottishParliamentconstituency Dunfermline West , Fife Central ScottishParliamentconstituency Fife Central , Fife North East ScottishParliamentconstituency Fife North East , Kirkcaldy ScottishParliamentconstituency Kirkcaldy , Ochil ScottishParliamentconstituency Ochil , Perth ScottishParliamentconstituency Perth and Tayside North ScottishParliamentconstituency Tayside ... boundaries and council area The constituency was created at the same time as the ScottishParliament, in ScottishParliament election, 1999 1999 , with the name and boundaries of a pre existing Palace ... and Fife constituency of Ochil ScottishParliamentconstituency Ochil , which also covers the Clackmannanshire ... Ochil ScottishParliamentconstituency Ochil . Traditionally, there are Scottish Conservative Party ... Commission for Scotland ref . The Stirling UK Parliamentconstituency Stirling Westminster constituency .... Member of the ScottishParliament class wikitable colspan 2 Election Member Party ... more details
of the Kingdom of Scotland. Scottish Earldom of Orkney William Sinclair exchanged the title for that of Earl .... Life under the Scottish earls especially after the creation of the second line of Earls of Orkney ...File Flag of the Earldom of Orkney.png thumb The flag of the Earldom of Orkney The Earldom of Orkney ... of Orkney was passed down the same family line through to the Middle Ages. ref name OxfordOrkney Oxford Companion to Scottish History. P. 467 469. Edited by Michael Lynch. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199234820. ref Orkney and Shetland to the north, lie off the northernmost tip of Caithness Scotland . Picts came to Orkney during the Bronze Age Britain Bronze Age and extant archaeological data shows that certainly, there were people living there prior to the Vikings who came to Orkney, probably ... traces of their lives there, their culture did not endure in the early history or character of Orkney. By the 12th century, Orkney was under Norwegian control and by the 13th century, the Orkneyinga ... sources. Norwegian Earldom of Orkney Harald I H rfagre , Harald I of Norway , claimed Orkney and Shetland ... action to secure these isles as realms friendly to his rule at home. Some of his enemies left Orkney for Iceland and perhaps the Faroes. Harald took control of the warrior leaders of Orkney at this point and appointed the Jarl title jarls , or Earl of Orkney earls of Orkney , who would be the highest ... of Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney Earl Magnus in 1117 resulted in the building of St Magnus Cathedral ... year, the earldom or mormaerdom of Caithness was given over to Magnus II, Earl of Orkney Magnus ... of Norway Haakon VI Magnusson granted the earldom to Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney Henry Sinclair In 1468, the Orkney and Shetland were ceded by Christian I of Denmark and Norway against the unpaid dowry of his daughter Princess Margaret who was betrothed to the Scottish prince James III. Christian I never paid the money owed to James father and thus the two island groups became part of the Scottish ... more details
The Orkney tunnel is a suggested undersea road tunnel between Orkney and Caithness on the Scotland Scottish Mainland. The expected length of it would be about 9 10 miles 15 16 km . File Orkney Islands in Scotland.svg thumb right Orkney Islands in Scotland File MapOrkney.gif thumb right alt A map of the Orkney archipelago showing topography and main transport routes. A small island with a high elevation is at south west. At centre is the largest island, which also has low hills. Ferry routes spread out from there to the smaller islands in the north. Map of Orkney showing topography and main transport routes The tunnel, if constructed, is assumed to make landfall on South Ronaldsay . In 2005, the tunnel was discussed, and then a total bill of 100 million was mentioned. ref cite news url http www.timesonline.co.uk article 0,,2 1765366,00.html work The Times title Islanders see a brighter future with tunnel vision author David Lister date 5 September 2005 accessdate 12 July 2007 ref ref cite news url http www.scotsman.com news scottish news edinburgh east fife 163 100m tunnel to orkney feasible 1 739095 work The Scotsman title 100m tunnel to Orkney feasible author John Ross date 10 March 2005 accessdate 5 February 2012 ref There has not been so much discussion after 2005. There are also suggested plans to connect Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay . ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi scotland 4331889.stm title Isle tunnel plans under spotlight publisher BBC News date 9 March 2005 accessdate 8 June 2009 ref References Reflist Orkney Islands Category Orkney Category Caithness Category Tunnels in Scotland Category Proposed undersea tunnels Category Northern Isles tunnel stub Orkney stub de Orkney Tunnel ... more details
ScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Dumfriesshire Type county Map Region South of Scotland Year 2011 MSP Party Council Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire is a ScottishParliament constituencies and regions constituency of the ScottishParliamentScottishParliament Building Holyrood . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the ScottishParliament MSP by the First past ... for the region as a whole. From the ScottishParliament election, 2011, the old constituency of Dumfries ScottishParliamentconstituency Dumfries was abolished, with the city being divided between two new constituencies Dumfriesshire, and Galloway and West Dumfries ScottishParliamentconstituency Galloway and West Dumfries . Electoral region See also South of Scotland ScottishParliament region ... Nithsdale Member of the ScottishParliament As Dumfries ScottishParliamentconstituency Dumfries class ... of Scotland ScottishParliament region South of Scotland ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament additional ... ScottishParliament election, 1999 1999 rowspan 3 Elaine Murray rowspan 3 Scottish Labour Party Labour style background color Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 2003 2003 style background color Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 2007 2007 As Dumfriesshire ... Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 2011 2011 Elaine Murray Scottish Labour Party Labour Election results Election box begin title ScottishParliament election, 2011 Dumfriesshire Election ... Parliament election, 2007 Dumfries Election box candidate with party link party Scottish Labour Party ... Labour Party swing 2.6 Election box end Election box begin no clear title ScottishParliament ... and Unionist Party swing Election box end Election box begin no clear title ScottishParliament ... box end Footnotes references http www.dumgal.gov.uk index.aspx?articleid 9477 ScottishParliament constituencies ... more details
ScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Cowdenbeath Type burgh Map File Cowdenbeath constituency 2011.png 150px Region map File Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament electoral region .svg 150px ... constituency of the ScottishParliamentScottishParliament Building Holyrood . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the ScottishParliament MSP by the First past the post ... ScottishParliamentconstituency Dunfermline East constituency which was abolished from 2011. Electoral region See also Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament region Constituency boundaries and council ... Constituency profile Empty section date January 2011 Member of the ScottishParliament As Dunfermline East ScottishParliamentconstituency Dunfermline East class wikitable colspan 2 Election Member Party rowspan 3 style background color Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 1999 1999 rowspan 3 Helen Eadie rowspan 3 Scottish Labour Party Labour ScottishParliament election, 2003 2003 ScottishParliament election, 2007 2007 As Cowdenbeath class wikitable colspan 2 Election Member Party style background color Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election ... box end Footnotes references ScottishParliament constituencies and regions 2011 DEFAULTSORT Cowdenbeath ScottishParliamentConstituency Category ScottishParliament constituencies and regions from ... Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament region Mid Scotland and Fife ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament ... Parliament election, 2011 Cowdenbeath Election box candidate with party link party Scottish Labour ... ScottishParliament election, 2007 Dunfermline East Election box candidate with party link party ... end Election box begin title ScottishParliament election, 2003 Dunfermline East Election box candidate ... Election box begin title ScottishParliament election, 1999 Dunfermline East Election box candidate ... more details
distinguish Ayr UK ParliamentconstituencyScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Ayr Type county ... Party Council South Ayrshire Ayr is a ScottishParliament constituencies and regions constituency of the ScottishParliamentScottishParliament Building Holyrood . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the ScottishParliament MSP by the First past the post plurality first past ... as a whole. Electoral region See also South of Scotland ScottishParliament region The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley ScottishParliamentconstituency Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley , Clydesdale ScottishParliamentconstituency Clydesdale , Cunninghame South ScottishParliamentconstituency Cunninghame South , Dumfries ScottishParliamentconstituency Dumfries , East Lothian ScottishParliamentconstituency East Lothian , Galloway and Upper Nithsdale ScottishParliamentconstituency Galloway and Upper Nithsdale , Roxburgh and Berwickshire ScottishParliamentconstituency Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale ScottishParliamentconstituency Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale . The region covers the Dumfries ... of the council area is covered by the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley ScottishParliamentconstituency ... Parliamentconstituency Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Members of the ScottishParliament class ... DEFAULTSORT Ayr ScottishParliamentConstituency Category Politics of South Ayrshire Category Scottish ... ScottishParliament region South of Scotland ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament additional members , in addition ... was created at the same time as the ScottishParliament, in ScottishParliament election, 1999 1999 , with the name and boundaries of an existing Ayr UK Parliamentconstituency Westminster constituency ... Ayrshire East Ayrshire council area . Boundary review See ScottishParliament constituencies ... more details
date February 2007 ref In 1991 the Orkney Islands Shipping Company acquired a private sector ferry company also called Orkney Ferries, which had been established to compete on the short sea crossing from the Scottish mainland to the Orkney Islands, but which had not succeeded in establishing the route. This company s ferry was assimilated into the inter island fleet, and in 1995 the Orkney Islands Shipping Company adopted the name Orkney Ferries. Despite this acquisition and change of name, the current Orkney Ferries does not operate services to and from the Scottish mainland, leaving this to other ... Reflist External links http www.orkneyferries.co.uk Orkney Ferries web site Scottish Ferry ...Infobox Company name Orkney Ferries Ltd logo File Orkney ferries logo.svg 200px Orkney Ferries logo slogan ... inter island Orkney key people industry Transport products services Ferries market cap revenue operating income net income assets equity owner Orkney Islands Council num employees parent divisions subsid homepage http www.orkneyferries.co.uk footnotes intl Orkney Ferries is a company operating inter island ferry services in Orkney , to the north of mainland Scotland . File Earl Thorfinn.jpg thumb left Earl Thorfinn at Kirkwall History The company is owned by the Orkney Islands Council and was established in 1960 as the Orkney Islands Shipping Company . ref name smcl cite news first Colin last ... thumb Hoy Head at Lyness Orkney Ferries operate between the The Mainland, OrkneyOrkney mainland ... 10375&tt orkneyv2 title Internal Ferries publisher Orkney Islands Council accessdate 2009 07 24 ref ... timetables.php publisher Orkney Ferries accessdate February 11, 2007 ref The North Isles service, linking Kirkwall on The Mainland, OrkneyOrkney Mainland to the northern isles of Eday , Stronsay , Sanday, Orkney Sanday , Westray , Papa Westray , and North Ronaldsay . The Shapinsay service, linking Kirkwall on Orkney Mainland to the northern island of Shapinsay . The Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre ... more details
distinguish Glasgow Rutherglen UK Parliamentconstituency distinguish Glasgow Rutherglen ScottishParliamentconstituencyScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Rutherglen Type burgh Map File Rutherglen ScottishParliamentconstituency .svg 150px Region Glasgow Region map Image Glasgow Scottish ... Kingdom constituencies constituency of the ScottishParliamentScottishParliament Building Holyrood . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the ScottishParliament MSP by the First ... for the region as a whole. Originally called Glasgow Rutherglen ScottishParliamentconstituency ... Parliament constituencies and regions 2011 DEFAULTSORT Glasgow Rutherglen ScottishParliamentConstituency ... constituencies in the Glasgow ScottishParliament region Glasgow ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament additional ... Rutherglen . Electoral region See also Glasgow ScottishParliament region The region covers the Glasgow ... win the seat with a majority of 25 . Member of the ScottishParliament As Glasgow Rutherglen ScottishParliamentconstituency Glasgow Rutherglen class wikitable colspan 2 Election Member Party style background color Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 1999 1999 rowspan ... color ScottishParliament election, 2003 2003 style background color Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 2007 2007 James Kelly Scottish politician James Kelly Scottish Labour ... Scottish Labour Party meta color ScottishParliament election, 2011 2011 James Kelly Scottish politician ... Parliament general election, 2011 2011 ScottishParliament election Rutherglen Election box candidate ... Election box begin title ScottishParliament general election, 2007 2007 ScottishParliament election ... swing 6.5 Election box end Election box begin title ScottishParliament general election, 2003 2003 ScottishParliament election Glasgow Rutherglen Election box candidate with party link party Scottish ... more details
The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney , a sub division of the Diocese of Orkney . This archeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland . List of known archdeacons of Orkney William, 1309 1310 William de Buchan, 1369 1372 ref Became Archdeacon of Shetland . ref Johne Thome, x 1429 John Patrickson, 1419 William Brown, 1420 Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422 1424 Simon de Greenlaw, 1422 Andrew de Tulloch, 1435 1447 x 1448 Thomas Etal, 1438 Christopher Gynnis, 1448 1449 Nicholas Blair, 1449 Andrew Wishart, 1451 1456 x 1461 James Kinnaird, 1465 1481 Humphrey Clerk, 1513 John Tyrie, 1527 1559 x Gilbert Foulsie, 1561 1580 Thomas Swentoun, 1586 1626 x 1627 Francis Liddell, 1627 1635 Notes div class references small references div References Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638 , 2nd Draft, St Andrews, 1969 , pp. 359 61 Scottish Church Category Christianity in medieval Scotland Category History of Orkney Category People associated with Orkney ... more details
an Edinburgh architect, David Bryce , to transform Cliffdale House into the Scottish Baronial Balfour ... here. ref name Smith Haswell Smith, Hamish. 2004 The Scottish Islands . Edinburgh. Canongate. ref ... Villages in Orkney Category Ports and harbours of Scotland Category Shapinsay Orkney Islands ... more details
Scottish Earls The next Orkney title was the Duke of Orkney dukedom of Orkney , which was given to James ...see also Earldom of Orkney The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norsemen Norse Earl jarl ruling Orkney ... vassal was formalised in 1195. In 1232 a Scottish dynasty descended from the Mormaers of Angus ... of Strathearn Mormaers of Strathearn and later still by the Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney Sinclair family , during whose time Orkney passed to Scots control. The first known Earl of Orkney was Ragnvald ... Sigurd until 1232. Norse Earls of Orkney The Norse Earldom was frequently under joint rule. The possessions ..., Earl of Orkney Turf Einar Rognvaldsson Turf Einar , c. 893 c. 946 Arnkel Turf Einarsson , 946 ... as Eric Bloodaxe Thorfinn Turf Einarsson, Earl of Orkney Thorfinn Turf Einarsson Thorfinn Skull Splitter ... Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney Sigurd Hlodvirsson Sigurd the Stout , 991 1014 Brusi Sigurdsson , with Einar, Sumarlidi and Thorfinn, 1014 1030 Einar Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney Einar Sigurdsson Einar Wry ... Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney Thorfinn Sigurdsson Thorfinn the Mighty , with Brusi and R gnvald ..., 1103 1123 Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney Magnus Erlendsson Saint Magnus , with Haakon, 1108 ... and Jon, 1206 before 1231 Jon Haraldsson , with David and Heinrik, 1206 1231 Scottish Earls ... the Earldom of Orkney by King Haakon IV of Norway Haakon Haakonsson . Magnus, son of Gille ... Brigte , 1256 1273 Magnus Magnusson, Earl of Orkney Magnus Magnusson , 1273 1284 J n Magn sson, Earl of Orkney J n Magn sson , 1284 c. 1300 Magn s J nsson, Earl of Orkney Magn s J nsson , c. 1300 ... relative of the first Earl Gille Brigte. Maol osa ruled Orkney and Caithness from 1331 to 1350. He left several daughters, but no sons. Orkney passed to his son in law, the Swedish councillor Erengisle Suneson, Earl of Orkney Erengisle Suneson . Another son in law, Alexander de l Ard, ruled as Earl ... of Orkney, without Caithness, was granted to another son in law of Maol osa, Henry Sinclair ... more details
Orkney College is a Further education further and higher education college in Orkney , an archipelago in northern Scotland . It is an academic partner in the University of the Highlands and Islands . The College serves the Orkney community, which is rural and has long had an economy based on agriculture and fishing . Its main campus is a purpose built site opened in 2000 on the outskirts of Kirkwall . It is one of very few non incorporated colleges in Scotland and is the responsibility of the Orkney Islands Council, which has devolved many powers, including management, funding and staffing to the College Management Council. The College has strong links with agriculture and opened an Agronomy Institute in 2002. Orkney College s courses provide students of all ages with a full range of qualifications from Scottish Vocational Qualification s, Scottish Group Awards Higher Still through Higher National Certificate and Diploma to Degree and postgraduate Degree Level. It hosts research in agronomy , archaeology , cultural studies , geophysics , Nordic countries Nordic studies, language and literature . See also Education in Scotland List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland References http www.orkney.uhi.ac.uk Orkney College web site coord 58 59 9 N 2 56 54 W region GB type landmark display title Category University of the Highlands and Islands Category Education in Orkney Category Further education colleges in Scotland Category Higher education colleges in Scotland ... more details
List of Scottish flags List of British flags County flags of the United Kingdom Orkney DEFAULTSORT Orkney Category Orkney Category Flags of Scotland Category Nordic Cross flags Category Flags adopted ...Infobox flag Name Orkney Article Image 2007 Flag of Orkney.svg Noborder Nickname Morenicks Use 100000 ... on a red field Designer Duncan Tullock File Stromness Town House with Orkney flag flying geograph.org.uk ... , The Orcadian , 25 June 1 July 2007 ref Orkney Community Flag was the winner of a public flag consultation ref name Consultation http www.orkney.gov.uk nqcontent.cfm?a id 6645&tt orkneyv2 Orkney ... of Orkney were asked for their preferred design from a short list of 5, ref name Designs http www.orkney.gov.uk media chief executive images Flag consultation.pdf Orkney Islands Council dead ... name BBC News http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi scotland north east 6541099.stm Postman designs new Orkney ... of Scotland Scottish and Coat of arms of Norway Norwegian royal coats of arms, which both use yellow ... Scottish and Norway Norwegian heritage. The blue is taken from the flag of Scotland and also represents ... speaking Finns red yellow cross flag is also used by Swedish speaking Finns . Former flag of Orkney The previous though unofficial flag of Orkney was that created in the mid 1990s and attributed to Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney St Magnus , ref name BBC News a yellow field with a red Nordic cross . St Magnus Magnus Erlendsson was Earl of Orkney from 1108 to 1117. However, there is nothing ... n state of which Orkney was a part. Chronology gallery File Former Flag of Orkney.svg center The former unofficial flag of Orkney . br Likely flag of the Kalmar Union 1397 1523 center File 2007 Flag of Orkney.svg center The current flag of Orkney since 2007 center gallery References reflist See also ... von Orkney et Orkney saarte lipp es Bandera de Orcadas he lt Orknio sal v liava hu Az Orkney szigetek z szlaja no Orkn yenes flagg pl Flaga Orkad w pt Bandeira das rcades sv Orkney arnas ... more details
seealso Cava disambiguation Infobox Scottish island latitude 58.88 longitude 3.17 location map Scotland Orkney GridReference ND326998 official name Cava celtic name norse name K lfey meaning of name Old Norse meaning calf island area convert 107 ha sqmi 2 abbr on area rank 147 highest elevation convert 38 m ft 0 abbr on Population 0 population rank main settlement island group Orkney local authority OrkneyOrkney Islands references ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref ref Anderson, Joseph Ed. 1893 Orkneyinga Saga . Translated by J n A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press 1990 reprint . ISBN 0 901824 25 9 ref ref name Pedersen Pedersen, Roy January 1992 Orkneyjar ok Katanes map, Inverness, Nevis Print ref Image Cavaorkney.jpg left thumb Looking north west from Cava Graemsay and Mainland are in the background Cava is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland . It is convert 107 ha sqmi 2 in extent and rises to convert 38 m ft 0 above sea level. The literal meaning of the name is calf island , a terminology often used to designate a small island near to a larger one. Cava is unusual in that it includes a small peninsula joined to the main body of the island by a narrow isthmus , which is in turn ... island of Hoy . Nearby are the islets of Rysa Little and Fara, Orkney Fara and the skerry Barrel of Butter ... a notorious Orkney pirate, John Gow , raided Hall of Clestrain, in Orphir and abducted two servant ... pirategow John Gow The Orkney Pirate Orkneyjar. Retrieved 11 Mar 2012. ref Gow s ship Revenge ... 2004 p. 388 ref However, in common with a number of the smaller South Isles of Orkney, Cava lost its ... title The South Isles editor The Orkney Book by Omand, Donald ed. year 2003 location Edinburgh ... of Flotta List of Orkney islands References reflist coord 58 52 52 N 3 10 6 W display title region GB type isle South West OrkneyOrkney Islands Orkney geo stub Category Islands of the Orkney Islands ... more details
Infobox Scottish island latitude 58.85 longitude 3.175 GridReference ND325955 official name Fara celtic name norse name F rey meaning of name Island of Sheep cf Faroe area convert 295 ha sqmi 2 area rank 90 highest elevation convert 43 m ft 0 abbr on Population 0 population rank main settlement island group Orkney local authority Orkney Islands Council references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref ref name saga Anderson, Joseph Ed. 1893 Orkneyinga Saga . Translated by J n A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press 1990 reprint . ISBN 0 901824 25 9 ref ref name Pedersen Pedersen, Roy January 1992 Orkneyjar ok Katanes map, Inverness, Nevis Print ref Distinguish2 the island of Faray near Eday Image Farahouse.jpg thumb left An abandoned House on Fara. Looking North Rysa Little with Hoy behind to left Graemsay with Mainland behind centre and right Cava, Orkney Cava to right. Fara Old Norse F rey ref name saga is a small island in Orkney , Scotland , lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy . It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. clearleft Footnotes reflist South West OrkneyOrkney Islands Islands of Scotland coord 58.84163 N 3.17125 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 ND325955 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Islands of the Orkney Islands Category Uninhabited islands of Orkney Category Former populated places in Scotland Orkney geo stub de Fara Insel el fr Fara cosse it Fara isole Orcadi no Fara y nn Fara i Orkn yane ... more details
Otheruses Wyre disambiguation Infobox Scottish island latitude 59.12 longitude 2.97 official name Wyre GridReference HY445262 celtic name norse name V gr meaning of name area convert 311 ha sqmi 2 abbr on area rank 85 highest elevation convert 32 m ft 0 abbr on Population 18 population rank 66 main settlement island group Mainland, OrkneyOrkney Islands local authority Orkney Islands Orkney references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref Anderson, Joseph Ed. 1893 Orkneyinga Saga . Translated by J n A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press 1990 ... formerly spelt Weir , is one of the OrkneyOrkney Islands , lying south east of Rousay . It is convert ... islands in the archipelago. Orkney Ferries sail from the island to Tingwall, Orkney Tingwall on the Mainland, OrkneyOrkney Mainland , Egilsay and Rousay. History Wyre s history is still very apparent ... poetry to have survived in the Orkney islands, his J msv kingadr pa Lay of the Jomsvikings . He ... The poet Edwin Muir 1887 1959 , known for his prominent part in the Scottish Renaissance , born in Deerness, Orkney Deerness on Mainland, Orkney http famouspoetsandpoems.com poets edwin muir biography ..., a good Scandinavia n , ref name Smith cite book author Haswell Smith, Hamish year 2004 title The Scottish ... of Orkney, Earl John, was murdered in Thurso , his killers fled to Wyre. They took refuge in the castle ... thumb 300px Wyre highlighted red within Scotland Like most of Orkney, Wyre is made up of Old Red Sandstone ... is to the north, Gairsay to the south, Mainland, Orkney Mainland to the south west and Shapinsay ... Information on the island of Wyre North West OrkneyOrkney Islands Islands of Scotland Scandinavian ... in Orkney Category Islands of the Orkney Islands Category Viking Age sites in Scotland ang Wyr, Orcanege ast Wyre cy Wyre Ynysoedd Erch de Wyre Insel el es Wyre Orkney fr Wyre cosse nl Wyre Orkney eilanden no Wyre Orkn yene nn Wyre i Orkn yane ... more details
NHS Orkney is one of the fourteen regions of the NHS Scotland . It provides healthcare services in the Orkney area. NHS Orkney is headquartered in Garden House Kirkwall . It operates one hospital, Balfour Hospital , in Kirkwall. External links http www.ohb.scot.nhs.uk index.htm NHS Orkney NHS Scotland Category NHS Orkney Scotland org stub NHS stub Orkney stub ... more details
About the Scottish officer of arms a Scottish newspaper The Orkney Herald Infobox heraldry image Badge of the Orkney Herald.svg image size 150px caption The heraldic badge of Orkney Herald of Arms tradition Gallo British jurisdiction Scotland authority Court of the Lord Lyon Orkney Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a current Scotland Scottish Officer of Arms herald of arms in Extraordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon . ref cite web url http www.lyon court.com lordlyon CCC FirstPage.jsp title The Officers of Arms in Scotland accessdate 2 June 2011 work The Court of the Lord Lyon ref The title is locative in origin, from the Orkney Isles or the creation of the Earl of Orkney Earls of Orkney . It was probably created in late period. ref cite web url http medievalscotland.org jes HeraldicTitles dictionary.shtml title Heraldic Titles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance Dictionary of Period Forms accessdate 2 June 2011 work Julia Smith ref The Heraldic badge badge of office is Two dragons heads erased and addorsed their necks entwined Or breathing flames of fire Gules all ensigned of the Crown of Scotland Proper. ref cite journal last1 Roads first1 Elizabeth Ann year title Badges of the Scottish Officers of Arms journal The Double Tressure issue 20 1998 pages 77 86 ref The office is currently held by Malcolm Innes of Edingight Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight , the former Lord Lyon King of Arms . He was appointed to this post on the 9 February 2001. ref LondonGazette city e issue 25116 startpage 2663 date 9 November 2001 accessdate 2011 06 02 ref Office bearers Incomplete date February 2009 2001 Present Malcolm Innes of Edingight See also Officer of Arms Herald Court of the Lord Lyon Heraldry Society of Scotland References Reflist External links http www.lyon court.com The Court of the Lord Lyon Court of the Lord Lyon Category Court of the Lord Lyon Category Offices of arms Scotland stub heraldry stub NOTOC ... more details
Infobox Christian leader type Bishop name Thorulf title Bishop of Orkney image alt caption church archdiocese diocese see Diocese of Orkney term 1043 x 1072 predecessor Unclear, but Bishop Henry of Lund Henry last known successor John I Bishop of Orkney John Orders ordination ordinated by consecration ... prelate , a Bishop of Orkney . Although probably a native Vikings Scandinavian , he is known only ... builder of the Birsay church and founder of the bishopric of Orkney. Hamburg and Orkney Thorulf ... Adam of Bremen , he was appointed as bishop of Blascona in Orkney by Adalbert of Hamburg Adalbert , Archbishop ... from an older form. ref Crawford, Bishops of Orkney , p. 1, n. 1, for details Thomson, New History , p. 85 ref Adam leaves no personal details about Thorulf, but supplies some information about the Orkney see, stating that the blockquote ...Orkney Islands, although they had previously been ruled by English and Scottish bishops, our primate Adalbert on the pope s order consecrated Thorulf bishop for the city ... as this was around the time that Earl Thorfinn Sigurdsson , ruler of Orkney, visited Rome. ref Birsay ... built a minster there dedicated to Christ as the seat of the first Orkney bishop. ref ... a deliberate plan on the part of the earl to perfect the organization of the church in Orkney . ref Cant, Church in Orkney and Shetland , p. 2 ref Thorfinn and Thorulf s Christ Church has been identified ... , but there is also evidence that it was located over in the Orkney Mainland Mainland next to the Earl ... Bishop of Orkney years 1043 x 1072 perhaps c. 1050 after John I Bishop of Orkney John s end Notes ... Anderson title Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 to 1286 2 vols year 1922 publisher Oliver and Boyd location Edinburgh isbn citation last Cant first Ronald G. author link title The Church in Orkney ... Scotland A Historical Journal volume 1 pages 1 18 publisher University of Aberdeen Centre for Scottish ... Birsay and the Early Earls and Bishops of Orkney journal Orkney Heritage Vol. 2 Birsay A Centre of Political ... more details
, where over half the male lineage is Norwegian. Some Jarl title jarls of Orkney Ragnvald Eysteinsson , 890 Turf Einar , 910 Thorfinn Turf Einarsson, Earl of Orkney , 963 Erlend II Hakon Paulsson , 1103 Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney Saint Magnus , 1108 1117 There is some evidence that Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney may have sailed to Newfoundland island Newfoundland in 1398, returning in 1400. Scottish rule In 1468 Orkney and Shetland were pledged by Christian I of Denmark Christian ... of Orkney and Shetland 1468 9 ref In 1471 James bestowed the castle and lands of Ravenscraig Castle Ravenscraig in Fife on William, earl of Orkney, in exchange for all his rights to the earldom of Orkney, which, by act of Parliament of Scotland parliament , passed on February 20, 1472, was annexed to the Scottish ...The known history of Orkney spans over 8,800 years, dating to Mesolithic times. Much of the early history ... part of the United Kingdom . Prehistoric Orkney main Prehistoric Orkney Image Orkney Skara Brae.jpg thumb 280px right Neolithic dwellings at Skara Brae , Orkney As with Prehistoric Scotland generally, the arrival of hunter gatherer s in Orkney Islands Orkney had to await the slow retreat of the ice ... in the vicinity at Barnhouse Settlement . The brochs of Orkney occur on several islands these structures ... inhabitants. Only two languages are attested in pre Norse Orkney, those being Old Irish language ... circumnavigated, the Orkney Islands, which they called Orcades , thought to be Brythonic languages ... Earldom of Orkney Viking s having made the islands the headquarters of their buccaneering expeditions ... I of Norway Harold H rfagre Fair Hair subdued the rovers in 875 and annexed both Orkney and Shetlands ... in return for this compensation was the comital rights in Orkney and Shetland. He already held a wadset of the royal rights and to ensure his complete control, he referred the matter to parliament. On 20 February 1472 the three estates approved the annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the crown ... more details
Infobox Scottish island Image Orkney Islands map mainland highligted.png 500px GridReference HY350158 .... There are ideas being discussed to build the Orkney Tunnel , an undersea tunnel between Orkney and the Scottish ... settlement Kirkwall island group Orkney local authority Orkney Islands Council references ref name HS ... island of Orkney , Scotland . Both of Orkney s burgh s, Kirkwall and Stromness , lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney s ferry and air connections. Seventy five per cent of Orkney s population ... also known as the Pomona. ref name Firth cite web url http www.buyorkney.com information orkney guide book 32 firth publisher BuyOrkney title Orkney Guide Book Firth accessdate 2007 08 03 ref Geography ... and South Ronaldsay via Lamb Holm and Glims Holm . Mainland effectively provides the core of the Orkney ... work The Orcadian accessdate 2008 04 19 ref Sandwick, Orkney Sandwick , Birsay and Stromness lie on the west coast, Rendall and Evie to the north west. Holm, Mainland Orkney Holm , Deerness and St Andrews, Orkney St Andrews are located to the east of central St Ola , which contains Kirkwall town. Firth, Orkney Firth , Orphir , Stenness and Harray lie west of Kirkwall and east of the westernmost parishes. Harray has the unique distinction of being the only landlocked parish in Orkney, although ... settlement on Mainland, and Orkney in general. The three main settlements on Mainland, in order of magnitude ... enabled it to have access to both the southern and northern Orkney Islands. and also to Scapa ... of the Bishop of Orkney , and St. Magnus Cathedral is to be found there. It is also one of the island ... link from Stromness to Scrabster in Caithness on the Scottish mainland as well as the Isle ... In common with most of the Orkney isles, Mainland rests almost entirely on a bedrock of Old Red .... Surrounding islands main List of Orkney islands File Blaeu Atlas of Scotland 1654 ORCADVM ET SCHETLANDI Orkney and Shetland.jpg thumb Willem Blaeu Blaeu s 1654 map of Orkney and Shetland. Note ... more details
LCA orkney.pdf Land Use Consultants 1998. Orkney landscape character assessment. Scottish Natural ... dykes Orkney. Scottish Journal of Geology 11, 259 262 ref Petroleum geology File Aeolianite.jpg thumb Quaternary Eolianite outcrop at Aikerness on the Mainland Orkney Mainland The presence ...File OrkneyGeologyMap.png thumb 300px Sketch geological map of Orkney The geology of the Orkney islands ... part of Mainland, Orkney Mainland , this sequence can be seen to rest Unconformity unconformably on a Moine ... www.landforms.eu orkney Geology Basement basement.htm Basement geology of Orkney, Hall, Adrian and Brown, John, Orkney Landscapes online Edinburgh, Scotland September 2005, Last update 10 Nov 2008 ... Lower Devonian age, Yesnaby, Mainland Orkney File Unconformity base Middle Devonian Yesnaby.JPG thumb ... in an Aeolian processes aeolian setting. ref http www.landforms.eu orkney Geology Stratigraphy Devonian 20Lower 20Devonian.htm Lower Devonian of Orkney, Hall, Adrian and Brown, John, Orkney ... . Middle Devonian Most of the Old Red Sandstone of Orkney is of Middle Devonian age. ref name Millennium ... sequence. ref http www.landforms.eu orkney Geology Stratigraphy Devonian 20Lower 20Middle.htm Lower Middle Devonian, Hall, Adrian and Brown, John, Orkney Landscapes online Edinburgh, Scotland ... in a river floodplain environment. ref name HallBrownUMid http www.landforms.eu orkney Geology ..., Hall, Adrian and Brown, John, Orkney Landscapes online Edinburgh, Scotland September 2005, Last update ..., F. 1976. British Regional Geology Orkney and Shetland, Institute of Geological Sciences, Natural ... The Devonian and older rocks of Orkney are cut by a series of WSW ENE to N S trending faults, many of which ... Dike geology Dykes of lamprophyre and more rarely dolerite are exposed in many parts of Orkney. ref http www.landforms.eu orkney Geology Dykes 20and 20Volcanics permian 20dykes.htm Permian dykes, Hall, Adrian and Brown, John, Orkney Landscapes online Edinburgh, Scotland September 2005, Last ... more details
distinguish Argyll and Bute UK ParliamentconstituencyScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Argyll and Bute Type county Map Image Argyll and Bute ScottishParliamentconstituency .svg 150px Region Highlands and Islands Year 1999 Region map File Highlands and Islands ScottishParliament electoral ... and Bute is a United Kingdom constituencies constituency of the ScottishParliamentScottishParliament Building Holyrood . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the ScottishParliament ..., Sutherland and Easter Ross ScottishParliamentconstituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross , Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber ScottishParliamentconstituency Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber , Moray ScottishParliamentconstituency Moray , OrkneyScottishParliamentconstituencyOrkney , Ross, Skye and Inverness West ScottishParliamentconstituency Ross, Skye and Inverness West , Shetland ScottishParliamentconstituency Shetland and the Western Isles ScottishParliament ... and Bute council area . The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumbarton ScottishParliamentconstituency Dumbarton constrituency, which is in the West of Scotland ScottishParliament region ... Argyll And Bute ScottishParliamentConstituency Category Scottish Parliamentary constituencies ... and Islands ScottishParliament region Highlands and Islands ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament ... as the ScottishParliament, in ScottishParliament election, 1999 1999 , with the name and boundaries of an existing Argyll and Bute UK Parliamentconstituency Westminster constituency . In United Kingdom ... Commission for Scotland ref . For the ScottishParliament election, 2011, boundary changes ... of the council area since 2005. Member of the ScottishParliament class wikitable colspan 2 Election Member Party style background color Scottish Liberal Democrats meta color ScottishParliament election ... more details
ScottishParliamentconstituency infobox Name Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Type county Map File Caithness, Sutherland and Ross ScottishParliamentconstituency .svg 150px Region Highlands and Islands Year 2011 Created from Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross ScottishParliamentconstituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Replaced by Region map File Highlands and Islands ScottishParliament ... and Ross is a ScottishParliament constituencies and regions constituency of the ScottishParliament . It elects one Member of the ScottishParliament Member of the ScottishParliament MSP by the first ... covering the Highland council area . The other two are Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch ScottishParliamentconstituency Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch and Inverness and Nairn ScottishParliament ... Parliament constituencies and regions 2011 DEFAULTSORT Caithness, Sutherland And Ross ScottishParliamentConstituency Category Highland constituencies, ScottishParliament Category ScottishParliament ... ScottishParliament region Highlands and Islands ScottishParliament constituencies and regions electoral region , which elects seven additional member system ScottishParliament additional members , in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. For the ScottishParliament general election, 2011 , Caithness, Sutherland and Ross replaced Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross ScottishParliamentconstituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and part of Ross, Skye and Inverness West ScottishParliamentconstituency Ross ... council area Highland council area , most of the Moray Moray council area , all of the OrkneyOrkney council area , all of the Shetland Shetland council area and all of Na h Eileanan Siar . Constituency boundaries and council area See ScottishParliament constituencies and regions from 2011 The electoral ... Election box begin title ScottishParliament election, 2011 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Election ... more details
notability Organizations date May 2011 refimprove date May 2011 Infobox organization name The Orkney Club formation Start date 1826 website http www.theorkneyclub.co.uk www.theorkneyclub.co.uk location Kirkwall , Orkney The Orkney Club is situated in Kirkwall , Orkney . It was founded in 1826 as a Gentlemen s club traditional gentlemen s club , ladies first being admitted as members in 1994. Membership of the club is by nomination and election. External links http www.theorkneyclub.co.uk Official website Category Organisations based in Orkney ... more details
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