Global Information Lookup Global Information

List of clearance settlements in Scotland information


This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet and settlements in Scotland, that were cleared during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of the Highland Clearances. The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over more than a hundred years.[1]

  1. ^ Richards, Eric (2008). "Answers and Questions". The Highland Clearances: People, Landlords and Rural Turmoil. Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd.

and 28 Related for: List of clearance settlements in Scotland information

Request time (Page generated in 1.0756 seconds.)

List of clearance settlements in Scotland

Last Update:

article is a list of any town, village, hamlet and settlements in Scotland, that were cleared during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of the Highland...

Word Count : 181

Cities of Scotland

Last Update:

Scotland by population List of cathedrals in Scotland List of oldest buildings in Scotland "Scottish Cities | Scotland.org". Scotland. Retrieved 2023-10-29...

Word Count : 1636

Highland Clearances

Last Update:

Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal [ˈfuət̪ɪçən nəŋ ˈɡɛː.əl̪ˠ], the "eviction of the Gaels") were the forced evictions of a significant...

Word Count : 11938

Scotland

Last Update:

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...

Word Count : 24348

Scottish colonization of the Americas

Last Update:

Scottish colonies and settlements in the Americas comprised a number of failed or abandoned Scottish settlements in North America; a colony at Darien...

Word Count : 2086

List of islands of Scotland

Last Update:

This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and...

Word Count : 5072

Demographics of Scotland

Last Update:

stretching in a northeast–southwest orientation between the major Scottish cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including the major settlements of Paisley...

Word Count : 4538

Catholic Church in Scotland

Last Update:

parishioners to the Highland Clearances, rackrenting, religious discrimination, and other acts widely seen as abuses of power by Anglo-Scottish landlords and their...

Word Count : 6901

Scottish Highlands

Last Update:

of the Scottish Highlands (2013 ed.). Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-9076-9. Devine, T M (2018). The Scottish Clearances: A History of the...

Word Count : 4821

Isle of Arran

Last Update:

kingdom of Scotland in the 13th century. The 19th-century "clearances" led to significant depopulation and the end of the Gaelic language and way of life....

Word Count : 6925

Lowland Clearances

Last Update:

Clearances were one of the results of the Scottish Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Lowland...

Word Count : 453

List of lost settlements in the United Kingdom

Last Update:

This list of lost settlements in the United Kingdom includes deserted medieval villages (DMVs), shrunken villages, abandoned villages and other settlements...

Word Count : 6125

Scotland in the early Middle Ages

Last Update:

Scotland was divided into a series of kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, i.e. between the end of Roman authority in southern and central Britain from...

Word Count : 10806

Geography of Scotland

Last Update:

geography of Scotland is varied, from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands. Located in Northern Europe...

Word Count : 4981

Prehistoric Scotland

Last Update:

to reveal the secrets of prehistoric Scotland, uncovering a complex past before the Romans brought Scotland into the scope of recorded history. Successive...

Word Count : 2474

Duke of Sutherland

Last Update:

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society. ISBN 0950026042. Richards, Eric (1999). Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress...

Word Count : 3769

Scottish Romani and Traveller groups

Last Update:

Scottish Romani (Scottish Gaelic: Luchd-siubhail Albannach) are the Romani people of Scotland. This includes Romanichal (locally also known as Border...

Word Count : 2978

Crofting

Last Update:

the coastal fringes of the western and northern Scottish mainland. Crofting communities were a product of the Highland Clearances (though individual crofts...

Word Count : 3549

Scottish people

Last Update:

Clearances, Scottish emigration to various locales throughout the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, have resulted in the...

Word Count : 8182

Sutherland

Last Update:

Sutherland (Scottish Gaelic: Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is...

Word Count : 3450

Education in Scotland

Last Update:

Education in Scotland is provided in state schools, private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. Mandatory education in Scotland begins for...

Word Count : 5832

List of courts in Scotland

Last Update:

The courts of Scotland are part of the Scottish legal system. Each court has its own jurisdiction and in many cases, a right of appeal lies from one to...

Word Count : 846

Loch Kishorn

Last Update:

Rhunasoul. It is common to refer to these populated settlements collectively as Kishorn. A Scottish Episcopal chapel is located at Courthill between Sanachan...

Word Count : 1146

List of Scots

Last Update:

This is a list of notable people from Scotland. James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam Robert Adam...

Word Count : 15163

Scottish Americans

Last Update:

Highland Clearances. Even higher rates of emigration occurred after these times of social upheaval. In the 1920s, Scotland experienced a reduction in total...

Word Count : 8071

Kingdom of Scotland

Last Update:

The Kingdom of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Scots: Kinrick o Scotland, Norn: Kongungdum Skotland) was a sovereign state in northwest...

Word Count : 13288

Edinburgh

Last Update:

[ˈɛdɪnbʌrə]; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˌt̪un ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in south-east...

Word Count : 18574

Culture of Scotland

Last Update:

The culture of Scotland refers to the patterns of human activity and symbolism associated with Scotland and the Scottish people. The Scottish flag is blue...

Word Count : 3880

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net