LERWICK

lûrˈwĭk, lĕrˈĭk, island town (1991 est. pop. 7,336), Shetland Islands, extreme N Scotland. Lerwick is the northernmost town in Great Britain. Located on the southeastern coast of Mainland island, it has fishing and hosiery industries. It is the central market town of the Shetlands, dealing in produce, knitwear, cattle, and sheep. It also has become an important service town for the North Sea oil industry, with the development of associated engineering works. Lerwick grew up around a Dutch trading post in the 17th cent. Oliver Cromwell built a fort there, named Fort Charlotte under George III, that is now a coast guard station. A Norse festival to celebrate the new year is held annually at the end of January.

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books on: Lerwick  - 149 results

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Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish Ethnology
Book by Heather Holmes, Fiona MacDonald; Tuckwell, 2003
Subjects: Scotland--Civilization, Scotland--History, Scotland--Social Life And Customs
...1967. Guy, Peter. The Island of Yell. Lerwick: Shetland Times, 1996. Hansen, Steffen...Tom. Shetland from old photographs. Lerwick: Shetland Library and Museum, 1978...Shetland: Shetland in picture postcards. Lerwick: Shetland Times, 1992. Hudson, Norman...
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The Northern and Western Islands of Scotland: Their Economy and Society in the Seventeenth Century
Book by Frances J. Shaw; John Donald, 2003
Subjects: Hebrides (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Hebrides (Scotland)--Social Conditions, Orkney (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Orkney (Scotland)--Social Conditions, Shetland (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Shetland (Scotland)--Social Conditions, Western Isles (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Western Isles (Scotland)--Social Conditions
...responsible for the growth of the town of Lerwick on the mainland side of Bressay Sound...that houses were again being built at Lerwick, and this time the settlement must have...Undoubtedly, however, the main development of Lerwick came after the burning of the fort lately...
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The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928
Book by Elizabeth Crawford; UCL Press, 1999
Subjects: Suffragists--Great Britain--Biography--Dictionaries, Women--Suffrage--Great Britain--History--Encyclopedias
...turn of the century the family moved to Lerwick. Christina Jamieson contributed articles...as a lecture to a packed meeting of the Lerwick Literary and Debating Society. A radical...Christina Jamieson invited Ethel SNOWDEN to Lerwick to persuade Shetlanders of the justness...
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A History of Scottish Architecture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day
Book by Miles Glendinning, Ranald MacInnes, Aonghus MacKechnie; Edinburgh University Press, 1996
Subjects: Architecture, Modern--Scotland
...C d. 1989 of E Heddells Pk and Annsbrae hs, Lerwick, 1956-9; Leog hs, Lerwick, 1958-60; Fraserburgh General Maternity Hosp...hs, North Berwick, f 1962; Greenfield hs, Lerwick, s 1963; Kveldsro hs, Lerwick, 1965; Ptarmigan...
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The North Atlantic Front: Orkney, Shetland, Faroe, and Iceland at War
Book by James Miller; Birlinn, 2003
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--North Atlantic Ocean, World War, 1914-1918--Faroe Islands, World War, 1914-1918--Iceland, World War, 1914-1918--Naval Operations, World War, 1914-1918--Scotland, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--North Atlantic Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--Faroe Islands, World War, 1939-1945--Iceland, World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, World War, 1939-1945--Scotland
...r 9 r.?-a I 8, Edinburgh, zooo Irvine,JW. Lerwick, Lerwick, 1985 s lrvine, j.W. The Wavc s Arc Free: .S/:c/7?H?/ Norway Lirtks r y4o-1945, Lerwick, 1988 Irvine, j.W. The C<!//? YM...
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Once More . . . with Feeling: Reenactment in Contemporary Art and Culture
Journal article by Robert Blackson; Art Journal, Vol. 66, 2007
Subjects: Physical fitness, Political systems, Simulation, Truces & cease fires
...custom with few Christian influences. Lerwick, meaning "mud bay" in Norse, is the...Bill." Posted in the town square of Lerwick, the public bill is a derogatory summation...galley "moored" in the park outside Lerwick town hall. Every year a new longboat...
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Floatplanes, Flying Boats and Oceanic Warfare, 1939-1945
Journal article by Arnold D. Harvey; Air Power History, Vol. 57, 2010
Subjects: Naval art and science--Analysis, Naval vessels--Analysis, Naval warfare--Analysis, Warships--Analysis, World War II, 1939-1945
...take off from water was the Saunders Roe Lerwick, which performed so poorly on water that...scrapped, and that was a flying boat. The Lerwick also had problems in flight. Whereas...engined (and more economical) Saunders Roe Lerwick flying boat but the latter proved to be...
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How It Was That Exam Results Became the Talk of the Steamie
Journal article by Jenny Mckay; Education, Vol. 43, 2001
Subjects: Deloitte and Touche L.L.P.--Reports, Education--Philosophy, Examinations--Scoring, Galbraith, Sam--Social policy, Gallagher, Tom--Attitudes, High schools--Standards, McConnell, Jack--Social policy, O'Hagan, Andrew--Attitudes, Scotland--Social policy, Scottish Widow's Fund and Life Assurance Society--Social policy
...never have so many cries been wailed or teeth gnashed as there were in August last year in Scotland. From Kirkcudbright to Lerwick, teenagers opened their result letters -- if they were among those lucky enough to receive them. What some candidates found...
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Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments
Journal article by John B. Smith; Folklore, Vol. 115, 2004
Subjects: Folk literature--Research, Folklore--Research
...Krankheitserklarung. Helsinki, 1959. Jacobsen, Jakob. The Dialect and Place Names of Shetland. Two Popular Lectures. Lerwick, 1897. Jacobsen, M. A., and C. Matras. Foroysk-Donsk Ordabok/Faerosk-Dansk Ordbog. 2nd ed. Torshavn, 1961...
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History in the 'Political Sagas
Journal article by Judith Jesch; Medium Aevum, Vol. 62, 1993
Subjects: Historiography--Iceland, Iceland--Literature, Literature and history--Iceland, Sagas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...in fishing-clothes", in Essays in Shetland History: Heidursrit to T. M. Y. Manson, ed. by Barbara E. Crawford (Lerwick, 1984), pp. 82-98 (p. 97); and Ole Bruhns forthcoming article, Earl Rognvald and the rise of saga literature, in...
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magazine articles on: Lerwick  - 22 results

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Go Offline for Some Humanity
Magazine article by Tom Morton; New Statesman, Vol. 129, May 29, 2000
Subjects: Electronic commerce--Social aspects, Mail-order industry--Social aspects, Shetland--Social aspects
...least, limited. The 40-mile trip to Lerwick, Queen of the Zetlandic Archipelago...does a special shipping service to the Lerwick docks. In every case, though, you can...quality. Nothing like this is available in Lerwick. So I turned to Edinburgh Bicycle. Now...
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Fresh in FROM Far Out
Magazine article by Tom Morton Shetland; New Statesman, Vol. 128, December 20, 1999
Subjects: Fisheries--Scotland, Fishers (Persons)--Safety and security measures
...seems a task of insane danger. At a fatal accident inquiry in Lerwick, Sheriff Colin Scott Mackenzie agreed with the procurator...doorstep. Thus expensive flotation suits are used extensively on Lerwick-registered vessels. But in the end, the sea can make such...
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Make Mine a McPuffin to Go
Magazine article by Tom Morton; New Statesman, Vol. 128, July 5, 1999
Subjects: Autonomy--Scotland, Self-determination, National--Scotland, Shetland--Politics and government
...vengeance against exploitative merchants in the island capital, Lerwick. Now, it is a rigidly controlled, all-male parade of sentimental...summer, the Norwegian coastal steamers began regular trips to Lerwick, and the towns flagstoned streets were awash with tourists...
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Agenda: This Week's Best Talks and Lectures
Magazine article; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 139, July 19, 2010
Subjects: Book talks--Calendars, Lectures and lecturing--Calendars, Lectures--Calendars
...Great Britain Trust, brings the longest-serving captain of the ship to life. Shetland Museum and Archives, Hays Dock, Lerwick. 7.30pm. Free. 01595 695 057. shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk For more of this weeks talks and lectures go to newstatesman...
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Round & About: September 2009
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 59, September 2009
Subjects: Exhibitions, Museums--Services
...Falklands to Iraq and Afghanistan. Gunnister Man: A Life Reconstructed September 12th-November 1st Shetland Museum and Archives Lerwick Telephone: 015 9569 5057 www.shetland-museum.org.uk Clothes and personal items belonging to a man whose body, dated...
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newspaper articles on: Lerwick  - 485 results

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CHEFLAND ISLES; TV Heart-Throb Jets out of LA to Do Cookery Demo in Lerwick
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 4, 2008
Subjects: Cookery, Cooking
...Throb Jets out of LA to Do Cookery Demo in Lerwick. Byline: By Graham Keal CELEBRITY chef...Shetland Food Festival. He arrived in Lerwick yesterday after flying back from California...Theatre in the Clickimin Leisure Complex, Lerwick. HOT STUFF: Novelli will cook up a storm...
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Warning: We Switched to Berlin Cime and to and Lerwick It Was a Catastrophe; Portuguese Say Change Damaged Schooling - and Made People Ill
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 28, 2010
Warning: We Switched to Berlin Cime and to and Lerwick It Was a Catastrophe; Portuguese Say Change Damaged Schooling - and Made People Ill. Byline: Martin Delgado, Tom Worden BRITAIN...
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ISLES BETTER; BACK TO NATURE IN SHETLANDS Arriving at the Shetland Isles by Sea Is One of the Last Great British Travel Experiences. KEITH GREGSON Sets Sail in Search of His Ancestors and Finds It's Not All Gale Force Winds as Suggested by the Shipping Forecasts
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), July 6, 2008
...Hjaltland, which runs from Aberdeen to Lerwick, is a fine vessel, with my cabin accommodation...morning sun. Soon after, we were in Lerwick, a fascinating place that is all nooks...the local pubs. Take any road out of Lerwick and the island is your oyster. The main...
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Football: Chris Makes a Killen with Super Show; Pounds 50,000 FANTASY FOOTBALL in Association with FOOTBALL POOLS
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 22, 2006
...Chalmers Bhoy Free Zone Two third. Robert, from Lerwick, has atotal of five teams in the top 10...LEADER BOARD 1 Toffee Devils 200 Robert Wright, Lerwick 2 Second Chance 196 Robert Wright, Lerwick 3 Bhoy Free Zone Two 195 David Chalmers, Glasgow...
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New Push to Deport Klondykers
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 14, 1996
...board a klondyker fish factory ship in Lerwick last year and say they will be persecuted...the inhumane. The mens interpreter, Lerwick-based Derick Herning, said the pair...board a klondyker fish factory ship in Lerwick last year and say they will be persecuted...
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encyclopedia articles on: Lerwick  - 3 results

 
 
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Lerwick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LERWICK lur wik, ler ik, island town (1991 est...Shetland Islands, extreme N Scotland. Lerwick is the northernmost town in Great Britain...development of associated engineering works. Lerwick grew up around a Dutch trading post in...
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Mainland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...excavated Stone Age village. 2 Island, 375 sq mi (971 sq km), extreme N Scotland. It is the largest of the Shetland Islands . Lerwick , located in the southeastern part of Mainland, is the principal town of the islands. Remains of a prehistoric village at...
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Shetland Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which fewer than one fourth are inhabited. Mainland , Yell, Unst, Fetlar, Whalsey, and Bressay are the largest islands. Lerwick , on Mainland, is the principal town of the Shetland Islands. The surface of the islands is generally low and rocky, with...


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