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Author : Alfred Wintle Johnston,Amy Johnston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : CHI:097515745
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : IND:30000046332742
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : IOWA:31858033396072
Author : Viking Club, or Society for Northern Research (London, England)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : WISC:89097610935
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Orkney (Scotland)
ISBN : IND:30000026179816
Author : J. A. B. Townsend
Publisher : Viking Society for Northern Research University College
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : 0903521261
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : UCAL:B3465033
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : UIUC:30112065525351
Author : Alfred Wintle Johnston,Amy Johnston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
ISBN : CHI:097515339
Author : Ernest Marwick
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788852722
The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
Author : M. L. Parry,T. R. Slater
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000394047
Originally published in 1980, this book examines the evolution of the Scottish landscape from pre-historic times to the mid-nineteenth century. It considers the way in which the structural base of agriculture and the changing farming ‘system’ came to alter the Scottish rural landscape. This book, with its focus on the underlying landscape processes, gives a developmental view of landscape change. It therefore considers the crucial question of the rate and pace of landscape change and argues that the Scottish landscape was not the product of a few brief phases of quite rapid development but rather the result of a continual and gradual process of change. It also looks at the regional variation of landscape change and establishes the importance of regional linkages in the diffusion of ideas especially in new technology.
Author : Patrick Hanks,Richard Coates,Peter McClure
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192527479
Containing entries for more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland is the ultimate reference work on family names of the UK. The Dictionary includes every surname that currently has more than 100 bearers. Each entry contains lists of variant spellings of the name, an explanation of its origins (including the etymology), lists of early bearers showing evidence for formation and continuity from the date of formation down to the 19th century, geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes, making this a fully comprehensive work on family names. This authoritative guide also includes an introductory essay explaining the historical background, formation, and typology of surnames and a guide to surnames research and family history research. Additional material also includes a list of published and unpublished lists of surnames from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Author : George F. Black
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 2181 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781788852968
First published by the New York Public Library in 1946, Black's The Surnames of Scotland has long established itself as one of the great classics of genealogy. Arranged alphabetically, each entry contains a concise history of the family in question (with many cross-references), making it an indispensable tool for those researching their own family history, as well as readers with a general interest in Scottish history. An informative introduction and glossary also provide much useful information.
Author : Spalding Club (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Scotland
ISBN : HARVARD:32044025671272
Author : John R. Tudor
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230296549
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... LIST OF AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED. Name of Author, Translator or Editor, when known, and title of Work. Anderson, Adam.--An Historical and Chronological Deduction of Commerce. 2 vols. London: 1764. Folio. Anderson, Joseph, LL.D., Keeper of the National Museum, Edinburgh.--Scotland in Early Christian Times. (Rhind Lectures, 1879-80.) 2 vols. Edinburgh: 1881. 8vo. Anthropological Society Of London, The.--Memoirs read before. London: 1865-70. 8vo. Antiquaires Du Nord.--Memoires de la Societe Royale des. Copenhagen. 8vo. Antiquaries, Society Of.--Archoeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. London: 1770, &c. 4to. Armada, La Felicissima.--Qve El Rey Don Felipe nuestro SeHor mando 'juntar en el puertode la ciudad de Lisboa en el Reyno de Portugal. Lisboa: 1588. Folio. Aytoun, William Edmondstoune.--Bothwell: A Poem, in six parts. London: 1856. 8vo. Baikie, William Balfour; And Heddle, Robert.--Historia Naturalis Orcadensis. Part I.--(Note. Only first part ever published.) Edinburgh: 1848. 8vo. Balfour, David, Of Balfour And Trenabie.--Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. Edinburgh: 1859. 4to. Bannatyne Miscellany, The.--(Bannatyne Club.) 3 vols. Edinburgh: 1827-55. 4to. Barry, George, The Rev., D.D.--History of the Orkney Islands. Second edition, with notes by the Rev. James Headrick. Edinburgh: 1808. 4to. Bellenden.john.--Descriptio Insularum Orchadiaram. per me, Jo Be, Ibidem Colentem, in Anno 1529. (In the Appendix to Hodhck'x of Barry's Orkney). Billings, Rorert.--The Baronial and Ecclesiastical An'iq Scotland. 1848-52. Folio. Blind, Karl.--Discovery of Odinic Songs in Shetland. Inthe.VW tienth Century. Blind, Karl.--Scottish, Shetlandic, and Germanic Water Tale. Ii the...