map, Inverness, Nevis Print ref Sanday is one of the inhabited islands in the Orkney Islands , off ... of the Orkney Islands. The main centres of population are Lady Village and Kettletoft . Sanday can be reached by Orkney Ferries or plane from Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland . Cultural activities revolve around the school. Natural history Sanday, so called because of its sandy beach es, is thought ... who lived at Scar House. Liam McArthur MSP for Orkney John D Mackay b. 1909 , Headmaster of Sanday ..., Orcanege cy Sanday de Sanday el fr Sanday Orcades nl SandayOrkney ja no Sanday ...Other places3 Sanday disambiguation Infobox Scottish island latitude longitude Map Ork Sanday.jpg GridReference HY677411 official name Sanday celtic name norse name Sandey meaning of name ON island of sand ... on Population 478 population rank 22 main settlement Lady island group The Mainland, OrkneyOrkney local authority OrkneyOrkney Islands references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref http www.orkneyjar.com placenames pl isle.htm Orkney Placenames ... Omand, Donald ed year 2003 title The Orkney Book location Edinburgh publisher Birlinn isbn ref The novelist Eric Linklater described Sanday s shape seen from the air as being like that of a giant fossilised bat. ref name Smith There are several SSSI s on Sanday and the marine coast around the east ... http www.jncc.gov.uk protectedsites sacselection sac.asp?EUCode UK0030069 title Sanday site details ... of Sanday History Attractions on the island include the Quoyness chambered cairn Quoyness chambered ... Air Force built a Chain Home radar station at Whale Head on Sanday. Sanday also once boasted the most northerly passenger railway in the United Kingdom, Sanday Light Railway . Lighthouse Image Start Point light.jpg thumb Start Point lighthouse Start Point lighthouse on Sanday was completed on 2 ... of HMS Goldfinch publisher Orkney Image Library accessdate 2008 02 01 ref Current island activities ... more details
Sanday is the name of more than one Scottish island Sanday, Inner Hebrides Sandaigh in the Small Isles Sanday, Orkney See also Sanda Island Sandaigh off Kintyre Sandray Sanndraigh in the Outer Hebrides Handa, Scotland Eilean Shannda off Sutherland Sandoy , Faroe Islands geodis fr Sanday nl Sanday nn Sanday pl Sanday ... more details
Infobox airport name Sanday Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image Islander leaving Sanday airstrip.jpg image width 200 caption Britten Norman Islander taking off at Sanday IATA NDY ICAO EGES type Private owner operator Orkney Islands Council city served Sanday, Orkney location elevation f 66 elevation m 20 latd 59 latm 15 lats 01 latNS N longd 002 longm 34 longs 36 longEW W coordinates type airport coordinates region GB pushpin map Scotland Orkney pushpin label EGES pushpin map caption Location in Orkney website metric rwy Y r1 number 03 21 r1 length f 1,532 r1 length m 467 r1 surface Graded hardcore r2 number 11 29 r2 length f 1,398 r2 length m 426 r2 surface Grass r3 number 17 35 r3 length f 1,266 r3 length m 386 r3 surface Grass stat year stat1 header stat1 data stat2 header stat2 data footnotes Sources UK Aeronautical Information Publication AIP at National Air Traffic Services NATS ref name aip http www.nats uk.ead it.com public index.php 3Foption com content&task blogcategory&id 126&Itemid 175.html Sanday EGES ref Sanday Airport Airport codes NDY EGES is located convert 20 NM abbr on lk in north northeast of Kirkwall Airport on Sanday, OrkneySanday , OrkneyOrkney Islands , Scotland . Sanday Aerodrome has a Civil Aviation Authority United Kingdom CAA Ordinary Licence Number P541 that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee Orkney Islands Council . The aerodrome is not licensed for night use. ref http www.caa.co.uk docs 375 srg asd ordinarylicences.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences ref Airlines and destinations airport dest list Loganair North Ronaldsay, Stronsay References reflist External links http www.orkney.gov.uk nqcontent.cfm?a id 2583 Orkney Islands Council Airports in Scotland Airports in the United Kingdom Category Airports in Scotland Category Transport in Orkney UK airport stub ms Lapangan Terbang Sanday pms Sanday Airport ru ... more details
William Sanday 1 August 1843 &ndash September 16, 1920 was born in Holme Pierrepont , Nottinghamshire, England to William Sanday and Elizabeth Mann. He was a Great Britain British theologian and biblical scholar. In 1877 he married Marian Hastings, daughter of Woodman Hastings. He was Dean Ireland s Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford between 1883 and 1895, as well as Lady Margaret Professor Oxford Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church between 1895 and 1919. He became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1903 one of the original cohort . He also worked as one of the editors of the 1880 Variorum Bible, and contributed articles to the Encyclopaedia Biblica . Works The Authorship and Historical Character of the Fourth Gospel 1872 The Gospels in the Second Century 1876 Commentary on Romans 1895, with Arthur C. Headlam Outlines of the Life of Christ 1905 The New Testament Background 1918 External links gutenberg author id William Sanday name William Sanday References cite book last Perschbacher first Wesley coauthors A. T. Robertson title Word Pictures on the New Testament, Vol. 1 publisher Kregel Publications date April, 2003 url http books.google.com books?vid ISBN0825436400&id rd5C0 Pt Z8Cie ISO 8859 1 isbn 0 8254 3640 0 Plarr, Victor. Sanday, The Rev. William Men and Women of the Time A Dictionary of Contemporaries. London G. Routledge, 1899. p. 963 http books.google.com books?id GigaAAAAYAAJ&pg PA963&dq william sanday dictionary of national biography googlebooks Retrieved October 22, 2008 Persondata NAME Sanday, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Great Britain British theologian and biblical scholar DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1843 PLACE OF BIRTH Holme Pierrepont , Nottinghamshire DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1920 PLACE OF DEATH Oxford Dean Ireland s Professors DEFAULTSORT Sanday, William Category 1843 births Category 1920 deaths Category People from Nottinghamshire Category Biblical scholars Category Statutory Professors of the University ... more details
such as Tofts Ness on Sanday, OrkneySanday and the remains of two houses on Holm of Faray . ref Wickham ...About the islands in northern Scotland other places of the same name Orkney disambiguation Infobox Scotland council area Council Orkney br Arcaibh common name Orkney Image File Orkney Islands in Scotland.svg 250px image logo 2007 Flag of Orkney.svg logo Flag of Orkney logo type Flag image coat Orkney ... Demonym population blank1 Orcadian PopulationDensity 52 sq mi 20 km CouncilDetails Orkney Islands ... control MPs ul li Alistair Carmichael ul MSPs ul li Liam McArthur ul Orkney lang gd Arcaibh ref ... as the Orkney Islands and sometimes The Orkneys , a name which locals disparage , tag ref Although ... ever right? And other musings on Orkney usage. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 29 July 2009. ref group ... . Orkney comprises approximately 70 islands of which 20 are inhabited. ref Haswell Smith 2004 pp. 336 ..., Orkney Mainland has an area of convert 523.25 km2 sqmi making it the sixth largest List ... Lamb, Raymond Kirkwall in Omand 2003 p. 184. ref The name Orkney dates back to the 1st century BC ... and Neolithic tribes and then by the Picts , Orkney was invaded and forcibly annexed by Norway ... of Denmark, Queen of Scotland Margaret of Denmark . ref Thompson 2008 p. 220. ref Orkney contains some of the oldest and best preserved Neolithic sites in Europe, and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site . Orkney is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland council areas of Scotland, a Orkney Scottish Parliament constituency constituency of the Scottish Parliament ... . The local council is Orkney Islands Council, one of only three Councils in Scotland with a majority ... 1654 ORCADVM ET SCHETLANDI Orkney and Shetland.jpg thumb alt An old map of two island groups with the Orcades ..., topped by a yellow and blue shield. Willem Blaeu Blaeu s 1654 map of Orkney and Shetland. The original ... and Banks 2002 pp. 11 13. ref This may have referred to Dunnet Head , from which Orkney is visible ... more details
The Sanday Light Railway was a privately owned minimum gauge railway minimum gauge railway on the island of Sanday, OrkneySanday , Orkney , Scotland . The railway was of RailGauge 7.25 Rail gauge gauge . Construction began in 2000 and the line closed at the end of 2006. It was the most northerly passenger carrying railway in the British Isles , and although it was primarily the owner s hobby it did achieve the status of a tourist attraction and local curiosity. The railway sometimes ran one of its two steam locomotives , a 2 4 2 and a 2 4 0 , but more often one of three petrol locomotives. The railway also owned a number of items of rolling stock, including a very rare Cromar White first class carriage, of which only six were made. ref cite news title Do the Locomotion with Charlie url http living.scotsman.com juliawelstead Do the locomotion with Charlie.2755787.jp work The Scotsman author Julia Welstead date 4 March 2006 accessdate 2006 11 21 ref Although trains had been operating occasionally in some form beforehand, ref cite news title From Heat And Dust To Sanday Shores author Sandra Towrie date 21 October 2005 accessdate 2006 11 21 work Times Educational Supplement page 8 ref the railway was officially opened to the public in August 2006 by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies ref cite news title Hell s Angel has one track mind work Daily Mail author Mike Merritt date 4 September 2006 accessdate 2006 11 21 ref just a few months before its closure, which was variously attributed to the owner being unable to keep his promise to hold Sir Peter s civil partnership ceremony there ref cite ... title Sanday Light Railway archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080403062151 http ... title Sanday Light Railway archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080403062151 http sandaylightrailway.co.uk ... OSGB36 grid ref Orkney Islands Use dmy dates date May 2011 Category Heritage railways in Scotland Category 7 inch gauge railways Category Transport in Orkney Category 2000 establishments in Scotland ... more details
Other places3 Sanday disambiguation Infobox Scottish island latitude 57.05 longitude 6.48 location map Scotland Lochaber caption Sanday shown within Lochaber official name Sanday GridReference NG282043 celtic name Sandaigh norse name meaning of name area convert 184 ha sqmi 2 abbr on area rank 115 highest elevation convert 59 m ft 0 abbr on Population 6 population rank 78 main settlement island group Small Isles local authority Highland council area Highland references ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref Sanday Scottish Gaelic Sandaigh is one of the Small Isles , in the Scotland Scottish Inner Hebrides . It is a tidal island linked to its larger neighbor, Canna, Scotland Canna , via sandbanks at low tide, and also connected to the larger island by a bridge. Canna and Sanday form a single community, and are usually described as Canna. wide image Isle of Canna Panorama 2.jpg 900px Panorama taken from Compass Hill on Canna, overlooking Canna Bay and Sanday, the island of R m in the distance. Image Sanday school.jpg thumb left The school ... Seabird Enhancement Programme on the Islands of Canna and Sanday work Case Studies Species Regeneration ... of Sanday are used for crofting . A small Primary education primary school on Sanday serves the communities ... at all tide levels between the two islands, although the road on Sanday is still covered by water during ... from the port of Mallaig . Sanday includes rocks that are geology geologically part of the Paleocene ...?block 94 accessdate 2006 06 10 ref The largest and most conspicuous building on Sanday is the deconsecrated ... of Canna and Sanday, the late John Lorne Campbell . The centre was opened by the Anne, Princess Royal ... Category Lochaber Category Tidal islands of Scotland Highland geo stub ca Sanday H brides Interiors fr Sanday H brides int rieures nl Sanday Binnen Hebriden no Sanday Hebridene nn Sanday i Indre Hebridane pl Sanday Hebrydy Wewn trzne ... more details
Infobox military person name William Douglas Stock Sanday image caption birth date Birth date 1883 5 28 df y death date Death date and age YYYY MM DD 1883 5 28 df y Unknown placeofburial label placeofburial birth place Woolton , Liverpool , Lancashire , England death place placeofburial coordinates coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname allegiance England branch Aviation serviceyears rank Major unit No. 2 Squadron RAF No. 2 Squadron RFC , No. 70 Squadron RAF No. 70 Squadron RFC commands No. 19 Squadron RAF No. 19 Squadron RFC battles awards Distinguished Service Order , Military Cross relations laterwork Major William Douglas Stock Sanday was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. ref http www.theaerodrome.com aces england sanday.php Retrieved 9 February 2010. ref Sanday began his aviation career with 2 Squadron. On 11 October 1915, he used his Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 c in conjunction with two other friendly airplanes to force down a German Albatros two seater and capture the air crew. In 1916, he transferred to 70 Squadron to fly a Sopwith 1 1 2 Strutter . On 6 August 1916, once again with the help of a couple of compatriots, he forced two more Albatros C types to land. A month later, on 6 September, he teamed with Bernard Beanlands to destroy a Roland C.II and kill observer ace Hans Rosencrantz and pilot ace Wilhelm Fahlbusch . After the Officer Commanding of 19 Squadron, Major D. H. Harvey Kelly was killed in action on 29 April 1917, Sanday was promoted into his position. Flying a Spad VII single seat fighter, he tallied his last win on 13 July 1917, destroying a German observation plane over Lille . ref cite book title Above the Trenches A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 1920 page 329 .... ISBN 0 948817 19 4, 9780948817199. Sources of information reflist Persondata NAME Sanday, William ... OF BIRTH Woolton , Liverpool , Lancashire , England DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sanday ... more details
Taxobox name Orkney vole image Topillo de las Orcadas.jpg image width 250px image caption Orkney vole Microtus arvalis orcadensis in the Natural History Museum at Tring regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Rodent ia familia Cricetidae subfamilia Arvicolinae genus Microtus species Common Vole M. arvalis synonyms Microtus orcadensis br Microtus ronaldshaiensis br Microtus rousiensis br Microtus sandayensis br Microtus westrae ref name MSW3 The Orkney vole is a population of the common vole Microtus arvalis found in the Orkney Islands , off the northern coast of Scotland , United Kingdom . Orkney voles are larger than voles from other populations of the common vole. Fact date February 2011 The common vole does not occur elsewhere in the British Isles . The Orkney vole occurs on five islands Mainland, Orkney Mainland Sanday, OrkneySanday Westray Rousay South Ronaldsay In the past the populations on each of these islands have been named as subspecies, and the Orkney vole as a whole is considered by some taxonomists Who date February 2011 to be a subspecies of the common vole. However, others do not recognise any subspecies of the common vole. ref name MSW3 MSW3 id 13000248 ref Orkney voles do not occur in Great Britain mainland Britain , nor elsewhere in the British Isles , and they are thought to have been introduced to the Orkney archipelago by humans in Neolithic times. The oldest known Carbon 14 radiocarbon dated fossil of Common Vole in Orkney is 4,600 years old this marks the latest possible date of introduction. The likely source areas for Orkney voles are what is now France or Spain . ref cite journal author S. Haynes, M. Jaarola & J. B. Searle year 2003 title Phylogeography of the common vole Microtus arvalis with particular emphasis on the colonization of the Orkney archipelago journal Molecular Ecology journal Molecular Ecology volume ... Mammals of Great Britain Category Orkney Category Endemic fauna of Scotland Microtus stub Orkney ... more details
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 ... 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 ... 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, OrkneySanday , 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 service, linking Tingwall, Orkney Tingwall on Orkney Mainland to the northern isles of Rousay , Egilsay ... more details
Orkney may refer to Scotland Orkney , an archipelago in Scotland, also known as the Orkney Islands Mainland, Orkney , the largest island in the Orkney archipelago Orkney Scottish Parliament constituency , the constituency for the Orkney Islands in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh Orkney Islands Council , the local authority for Orkney Antarctica South Orkney Islands , a group of islands that form part of the British Antarctic Territory South Africa Orkney, North West , a mining town in South Africa Orkney Snork Nie , a sitcom in Afrikaans set in Orkney, North West Province Orkney Stadium Disaster , which occurred in Orkney, North West Province in 1991 Canada Orkney, Saskatchewan , a village Orkney No. 244, Saskatchewan , a rural municipality See also Orkney and Shetland UK Parliament constituency the constituency for Orkney in the British Parliament in London Orkney Movement , part of an electoral coalition, the Orkney and Shetland Movement , formed for the 1987 UK general election Heart of Neolithic Orkney , a World Heritage Site on Mainland Orkney geodis af Orkney de Orkney Begriffskl rung it Orcadi hu Orkney egy rtelm s t lap nl Orkney ... more details
Orkney and Shetland may refer to The Scottish island groups of Orkney and Shetland , collectively known as the Northern Isles Orkney and Shetland UK Parliament constituency geodis ... more details
Hill , Quanterness and Wideford Hill , and at Quoyness on Sanday, OrkneySanday . ref name ... Isles . The Orkney sites are four on Sanday, one on Calf of Eday, one at Hillock of Burroughston on Shapinsay ...Image Orkney Skara Brae.jpg thumb 250px Skara Brae in Orkney is Northern Europe s most complete Neolithic village. History of Scotland Prehistoric Orkney refers to a period in the human occupation of the Orkney ... Protohistory written records refer to Orkney during the Scotland during the Roman Empire Roman invasions ... remains in Orkney, especially from the Neolithic period, four of which form a World Heritage .... ref ref Hedges 1984 pp. 11&ndash 13, who states that the total number of archaeological sites in Orkney ... on the Orkney Mainland unless otherwise stated. Paleolithic No traces have yet been found in Scotland ... millennium BC and the current Flandrian interglacial began. Since that time the landscape of Orkney ... of ice that remained. This meant that the Orkney islands may have been attached to the mainland, as was the present ... of water when voyaging from mainland Scotland to Orkney. ref ref Brown, John Flett Geology and Landscape ... scant evidence of Mesolithic life in Orkney in particular and Scotland north of Inverness in general ... settlement site found so far on Orkney. ref Towrie, Sigurd 20 March 2008 http www.orkneyjar.com archaeology stronsayflints2008.htm New Contender for Orkney s Oldest settlement Site Orkneyjar ... on shore dwelling mesolithic societies in Orkney would have been considerable. ref Wickham Jones ... in Orkney is without parallel in the United Kingdom and on the Orkney Mainland provides an entire ... substantial structures. The Neolithic in Scotland lasted from approximately 4000 to 2200 BC and Orkney ... 2008 . The Stones of Stenness on Orkney date from the fourth millennium BC, perhaps as early ... 2006 pp. 31&ndash 33. ref ref http www.orkneydigs.org.uk howar.html The Knap of Howar Orkney Archaeological ... orkney.htm The Heart of Neolithic Orkney . Historic Scotland. Retrieved 5 September 2007. ref ... more details
About a Scottish newspaper the Scottish officer of arms Orkney Herald Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Orkney Herald was a newspaper in Orkney , Scotland . Ernest Marwick was on its staff from 1955 to 1960. DEFAULTSORT Orkney Herald Category Newspapers published in Scotland Category Orkney Scotland newspaper stub Orkney stub ... 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
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
for other uses Firth disambiguation Image Finstownwood.jpg right thumb 300px One of the few woods in Orkney at Finstown. The house in the background is Binscarth Firth Fj r r ref name Pedersen Pedersen, Roy January 1992 Orkneyjar ok Katanes map, Inverness, Nevis Print ref meaning a firth or fjord is a parish mainly in Mainland, Orkney . The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister , which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. It is in the west of the mainland island, lying south of the parish of Rendall , east of Harray and Stenness , north of Orphir and west of St Ola . It is not to be confused with the numerous Firth s that surround Orkney. The main village is Finstown . ref Muir, Tom The West Mainland in Omand, Donald ed. 2003 The Orkney Book . Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1 84158 254 9 Page 192. ref References references Orkney Islands Category Parishes of OrkneyOrkney geo stub ... more details
Toab is a settlement on the Orkney Mainland . Toab is located off the A960 road at the head of Deer Sound. It is in the parish of St Andrews, Orkney St Andrews along with Tankerness it is thought its name derives from the Norse language Norse phrase for the place where visiting ships had to pay a toll. ref http www.orkneyjar.com placenames parish.htm Orkney heritage site ref References Reflist External links oscoor gbx HY510069 Orkney geo stub coord 58.94651 2.85328 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 HY510069 display title Category Villages in Orkney ... more details
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 .... 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 Sinclair In 1468, the Orkney and Shetland ... over to Scottish lords. In 1471, James gave lands in Caithness Scotland to William, the Earl of Orkney in exchange for his lands and thus Orkney and Shetland became part of the Kingdom of Scotland. Scottish Earldom of Orkney William Sinclair exchanged the title for that of Earl of Caithness in 1470 ... Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell , husband of Mary, Queen of Scots , was created as the Duke of Orkney. When Mary lost her claim to the throne, her husband also lost his to Orkney and the title was considered extinct. Robert Stewart was created as the Earl of Orkney and the title revived but his son ... more details
distinguish Twatt, Shetland infobox UK place country Scotland official name Twatt population os grid reference HY270242 latitude 59.098 longitude 3.274 unitary scotland Orkney Islands lieutenancy scotland Orkney Islands constituency westminster Orkney and Shetland UK Parliament constituency Orkney and Shetland constituency scottish parliament Orkney Scottish Parliament constituency Orkney post town ORKNEY postcode district KW17 postcode area KW dial code 01856 static image Image Twatt Orkney Road Sign.JPG 240px static image caption small Road sign pointing to Twatt small Twatt is a small settlement on the Mainland, Orkney Mainland of the Orkney Islands , Scotland . It was previously the location of a RNAS airfield, HMS Tern, 1940&ndash 1949. ref http www.controltowers.co.uk T V Twatt.htm Twatt on controltowers.co.uk ref Etymology The settlement name originates from the Old Norse language Old Norse veit , meaning small parcel of land . The Norse word commonly produces in England the place name element Thwaite disambiguation Thwaite . The name Twatt is similar to the common English language English Profanity expletive twat , an insulting word used by someone to express contempt or derision for another individual, although it can also colloquially refer to a vagina . For this reason, Twatt is viewed as something of a joke by the rest of the world being used, for example, to designate the character intended to be the butt of recurring jokes in a The Boat That Rocked major British motion picture . Its name featured at no. 4 of the most vulgar sounding names in Rude Britain , along with its Twatt, Shetland Shetland counterpart. References Reflist Category Villages in Orkney Orkney geo stub cy Twatt, Orkney ... 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 . A total bill of 100 million is 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 thescotsman.scotsman.com scotland 100m tunnel to Orkney feasible.2609387.jp work The Scotsman title 100m tunnel to Orkney feasible author John Ross date 10 March 2005 accessdate 13 July 2007 ref 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
see also Earldom of Orkney The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norsemen Norse Earl jarl ruling Orkney ... 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 ... 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, Earl of Orkney Henry Sinclair , by King Haakon VI of Norway Haakon VI Magnusson . Earl Henry ruled ... of Scots in 1455. However, Orkney and Shetland were pledged to James III of Scotland James ... I . James took the Earldom of Orkney for the Crown in 1470, and William was thereafter Earl ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay , Orkney . Herston is historically a fishing village but has no industry to speak of now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive. coord 58 48 30 N 3 0 13 W region GB type landmark display title Category Villages in OrkneyOrkney geo stub ... 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
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
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