Thurso, the Glossary
Thurso (pronounced; Thursa, Inbhir Theòrsa) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland.[1]
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- Parishes in Caithness
- Port cities and towns in Scotland
- Towns in Highland (council area)
A836 road
The A836 is a major road entirely within the Highland area of Scotland.
A9 road (Scotland)
The A9 is a major road in Scotland running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness.
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Andrew Geddes Bain
Andrew Geddes Bain (baptised 11 June 1797 – 20 October 1864), was a Cape Colony geologist, road engineer, palaeontologist and explorer.
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Anne McKevitt
Anne McKevitt (born in 1967, in Caithness, Scotland) is a Scottish entrepreneur, TV personality, author and philanthropist.
Arthur St. Clair
Major General Arthur St.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Bower, Highland
Bower (Bàgair) is a village and civil parish in Highland, Scotland It is 10 miles from Thurso and around 11 miles from Wick. Thurso and Bower, Highland are Parishes in Caithness and Populated places in Caithness.
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Boys' Brigade
The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill and fun activities with Christian values.
Brilon
Brilon (Westphalian: Brailen) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany, that belongs to the Hochsauerlandkreis.
British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers.
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Bryan Gunn
Bryan James Gunn (born 22 December 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager.
BT Group
BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England.
Burgh
A burgh is an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots.
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Burgh of barony
A burgh of barony was a type of Scottish town (burgh).
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Caithness
Caithness (Gallaibh; Katanes.) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness Crushers
The Caithness Crushers are a Scottish rugby league team based in Thurso.
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Caithness RFC
Caithness Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club from Thurso that compete in the league.
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).
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Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Gaelic: Gallaibh, Cataibh agus Ros) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering the northern part of the Highland council area.
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Caledonia Regional League
The Caledonia Regional League (currently named the Tennent's Caledonia League for sponsorship reasons) is one of three Regional Leagues operated by the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), which play at a level below that of the National League structure.
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Castletown, Highland
Castletown (Baile a' Chaisteil) is a village on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, situated near Dunnet Bay. Thurso and Castletown, Highland are Populated places in Caithness.
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Celtic F.C.
The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic, is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland.
Central Belt
The Central Belt of Scotland is the area of highest population density within Scotland. Depending on the definition used, it has a population of between 2.4 and 4.2 million (the country's total was around 5.4 million in 2019), including multiple Scottish cities; Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife.
Christina Keith
Christina Keith (12 January 1889 - 1963) was a pioneering Scottish academic and author who travelled to France towards the end of the First World War as a lecturer to the troops.
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Sir Colin Ian Birss (born December 1964 in Thurso) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
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County town
In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.
David II of Scotland
David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371.
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David O. Calder
David Orson Calder (June 18, 1823 – July 3, 1884) was a prominent early pioneer settler in Utah.
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Donald Swanson
Chief Inspector Donald Sutherland Swanson (12 August 1848 - 24 November 1924) was a senior police officer in the Metropolitan Police in London during the notorious Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.
Dounreay
Dounreay (Dùnrath) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland.
Dunnet
Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. Thurso and Dunnet are Parishes in Caithness and Populated places in Caithness.
Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head (Ceann Dùnaid) is a headland in Highland, on the north coast of Scotland.
Far North Line
The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Ferry
A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.
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First-past-the-post voting
First-preference plurality (FPP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner system of positional voting where voters mark one candidate as their favorite, and the candidate with the largest number of points (a '''''plurality''''' of points) is elected.
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Gary Mackay-Steven
Gary Sean Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Kilmarnock.
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George Finlayson
George Finlayson (1790–1823) was a Scottish naturalist and traveller.
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Halkirk
Halkirk (Hàcraig) is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Thurso and Halkirk are Parishes in Caithness and Populated places in Caithness.
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Helmsdale
Helmsdale (Helmsdal, Bun Ilidh) is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Highland (council area)
Highland (Gàidhealtachd,; Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.
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Highland Council
The Highland Council (Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd) is the local authority for Highland, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
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Highland Council wards created in 2007
The third set of Highland Council wards, 22 in number, became effective for election purposes in 2007, for the fourth general election of the Highland Council.
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Highland Railway
The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain.
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Holborn Head
Holborn Head is a headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland.
Hoy, Orkney
Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland.
Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Inverness
Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. Thurso and Inverness are Populated coastal places in Scotland, Port cities and towns in Scotland, Ports and harbours of Scotland and towns in Highland (council area).
Jock Campbell (British Army officer)
Major-General John Charles Campbell, (10 January 1894 – 26 February 1942), known as Jock Campbell, was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Jock Macdonald
Jock Macdonald --> James Williamson Galloway Macdonald (31 May 1897 – 3 December 1960), commonly known in his professional life as Jock Macdonald, was a member of Painters Eleven (Painters 11, or P11), whose goal was to promote abstract art in Canada.
John Finlaison
John Finlaison (1783–1860) was a Scottish civil servant, government actuary and the first president of the Institute of Actuaries.
John o' Groats
John o' Groats (Taigh Iain Ghròta) is a village 2.5 mi (4 km) north-east of Canisbay, in the historic county of Caithness, Scotland. Thurso and John o' Groats are Populated places in Caithness.
Juneau, Alaska
Juneau (Dzánti K'ihéeni), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle.
Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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List of towns in England
This is a list of towns in England.
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List of towns in the United Kingdom
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town traditionally was a settlement which had a charter to hold a market or fair and therefore became a "market town".
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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.
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Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996)
The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.
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Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
The Local Government etc.
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Local government in Scotland
Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities, commonly referred to as councils.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR.
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M90 motorway
The M90 is a motorway in Scotland.
Martin Carr
Martin Carr (born 29 November 1968) is an English musician and writer who was the chief songwriter and lead guitarist with the band The Boo Radleys.
Martin Rennie is a Scottish football coach, who was most recently the manager of Scottish League One side Falkirk.
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Met Office
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.
MV Hamnavoe
MV Hamnavoe is a car and passenger ferry, built in 2002 and operated by NorthLink Ferries across the Pentland Firth from the mainland of Scotland to the Orkney Islands.
Network Rail
Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.
Norman and Beard
Norman and Beard were a pipe organ manufacturer based in Norwich from 1887 to 1916.
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Norsemen
The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic linguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language.
The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competitions officially registered with the SFA.
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North Highland College
North Highland College (Colaiste na Gàidhealtachd a Tuath) provides further education and higher education in the north of Scotland through a network of learning centres and by distance learning.
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NorthLink Ferries
NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland.
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Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant (NPP) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Old Man of Hoy
The Old Man of Hoy is a sea stack on Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
Old St Peter's Church, Thurso
Auld St Peter's Kirk is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
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Olrig
Olrig is a parish in Caithness, Scotland. Thurso and Olrig are Parishes in Caithness.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
Oscar Paterson
Oscar Paterson (1863 – 1934) was a Scottish artist based in Glasgow, who specialised in stained glass.
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.
Pentland Firth
The Pentland Firth (An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland.
Percy Portsmouth
Percival ("Percy") Herbert Portsmouth RSA FRSBS (1874–1953) was a 20th-century British sculptor.
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Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English:; Peairt) is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay. Thurso and Perth, Scotland are Port cities and towns in Scotland and Ports and harbours of Scotland.
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Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845
The Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 83) was an Act of Parliament that reformed the Poor Law system of Scotland.
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Poor relief
In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI.
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Reay
Reay (Ràth) is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Thurso and Reay are Parishes in Caithness, Populated places in Caithness and Viking Age populated places.
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River Thurso
The River Thurso (Abhainn Theòrsa) has Loch Rumsdale in Caithness as its source, about 26 kilometres south and 14 kilometres west of the burgh of Thurso, Caithness, and about 2 kilometres south of the railway line linking the burghs of Thurso and Wick with Inverness.
Robert Dick
Robert Dick (January 1811 – 24 December 1866), was a Scottish geologist and botanist.
Robin Harper
Robin Charles Moreton Harper, (born 4 August 1940) is a Scottish politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011).
Roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.
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Royal National Mòd
The Royal National Mòd (Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail) is an Eisteddfod-inspired international Celtic festival focusing upon Scottish Gaelic literature, traditional music, and culture which is held annually in Scotland.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, Scotland with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Scotland Rugby League
The Scotland Rugby League is the governing body for rugby league football in Scotland.
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Scots language
ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.
Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty, often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories) is part of the UK Conservative Party active in Scotland.
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats (Pàrtaidh Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba; Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, part of UK Liberal Democrats.
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Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scots National Pairty, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party.
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Scottish poorhouse
The Scottish poorhouse, occasionally referred to as a workhouse, provided accommodation for the destitute and poor in Scotland.
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Scrabster
Scrabster (Scraibster, Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal) is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. Thurso and Scrabster are Populated places in Caithness.
Sea surface temperature
Sea surface temperature (or ocean surface temperature) is the temperature of ocean water close to the surface.
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Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV), sometimes mistakenly conflated with proportional ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot.
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Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835), was a Scottish politician, military officer and writer who was one of the first people to use the word "statistics" in the English language in his pioneering work, Statistical Accounts of Scotland, which was published in 21 volumes.
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Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet
Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (8 November 1825 – 30 September 1912) was a Scottish landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1885.
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Smyril Line
Smyril Line is a Faroese shipping company, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands and Lithuania.
St Peter's and St Andrew's Church, Thurso
St Peter's and St Andrew's Church is located on Princes Street in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
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Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group is a transport group based in Perth, Scotland.
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Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, a stage in the process of legislation.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.
Stromness
Stromness (Straumnes; Stromnes) is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland. Thurso and Stromness are Ports and harbours of Scotland.
Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.
Sutherland and Caithness Railway
The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was a Scottish railway company that built a line from Helmsdale, the terminus of the Duke of Sutherland's Railway to Wick and Thurso in Caithness, giving the northern towns access to Inverness.
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Tesco
Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.
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Thor
Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.
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Thurso and North West Caithness (ward)
Thurso and North West Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council.
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Thurso Bay
Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay of Atlantic water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland.
Thurso Castle
Thurso Castle (alternatively, Castrum De Thorsa, Castle of Ormly, and Castle of Ormlie) is a ruined 19th-century castle, located in Thurso, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands.
Thurso F.C.
Thurso Football Club are a senior football club from Thurso in Caithness, Scotland.
Thurso High School
Thurso High School in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, is the most northerly secondary school on mainland Great Britain.
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Thurso railway station
Thurso railway station is a railway station located in Thurso, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland.
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Thurso Town Hall
Thurso Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Thurso, in the Highland area of Scotland.
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Tommy McGee
Tommy McGee (born 9 July 1979 in Thurso, Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union footballer for Leeds Tykes.
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national government.
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is a UK government research organisation responsible for the development of fusion energy.
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University of the Highlands and Islands
The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) (Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean) is an integrated, tertiary institution encompassing both further and higher education.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.
Viking activity in the British Isles
Viking activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries CE, when Scandinavians travelled to the British Isles to raid, conquer, settle and trade.
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Viscount Thurso
Viscount Thurso, of Ulbster in the County of Caithness, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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W. D. Ross
Sir William David Ross (15 April 18775 May 1971), known as David Ross but usually cited as W. D. Ross, was a Scottish Aristotelian philosopher, translator, WWI veteran, civil servant, and university administrator.
Walter Ross Taylor
Walter Ross Taylor (1805–1896) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly 1884/85.
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Walter Ross Taylor (1838–1907)
Walter Ross Taylor (1838–1907) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in the critical year of Union in 1900.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Watten, Highland
Watten is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road (A882-A9) between the burgh of Wick and the town of Thurso, about twelve kilometres (eight miles) west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten. Thurso and Watten, Highland are Parishes in Caithness and Populated places in Caithness.
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Wick, Caithness
Wick (Inbhir Ùige; Week) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. Thurso and Wick, Caithness are Parishes in Caithness, Populated coastal places in Scotland, Populated places in Caithness, Ports and harbours of Scotland, towns in Highland (council area) and Viking Age populated places.
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William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade)
Sir William Alexander Smith (27 October 1854 – 10 May 1914), the founder of the Boys' Brigade, was born in Pennyland House, Thurso, Scotland.
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William Burn
William Burn (20 December 1789 – 15 February 1870) was a Scottish architect.
William Henderson (physician)
William Henderson (10 January 1810 – 1 April 1872) was a conventionally trained Scottish physician who became an influential advocate for homeopathy in Great Britain.
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2017 Highland Council election
The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of the Highland Council.
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47ft Watson-class lifeboat
The 47 ft Watson-class was a class of non self-righting displacement hull lifeboat built from 1955 to 1963 and operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution between 1956 and 1991.
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See also
Parishes in Caithness
Port cities and towns in Scotland
- Aberdeen
- Buckhaven
- Dundee
- Dunoon
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Gourock
- Hunters Quay
- Inverness
- Kirkwall
- Lerwick
- Mallaig
- Oban
- Perth, Scotland
- Rosyth
- Stornoway
- Thurso
- Troon
- Ullapool
Towns in Highland (council area)
- Alness
- Aviemore
- Cromarty
- Dingwall
- Dornoch
- Fort William, Scotland
- Fortrose
- Grantown-on-Spey
- Invergordon
- Inverness
- Kingussie
- List of places in Highland (council area)
- List of towns and villages in the Scottish Highlands
- Mallaig
- Nairn
- Nethy Bridge
- Portree
- Tain
- Thurso
- Wick, Caithness
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurso
Also known as Parish of Thurso, Thurso parish, Thurso, Highland, Thurso, Scotland.
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