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General History, Life, People & Places There are 92 products.
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St Magnus Cathedral Memories and Meanings
An Orkney Heritage Society Oral History Project. Tom Rendall, Annie Thuesen and Spencer Rosie. Foreword by Lord Wallace. Paperback.
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How To Knit a Bathroom
The Story of the Isle of Sanday Knitters. By Sandra Towrie. Paperback.
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Kirkwall: A History
Kirkwall evolved after the invading Norse established an earldom in Orkney... This fascinating insight has been gleaned from the Norse Sagas, and first-hand accounts preserved among the records of the Royal Burgh. Enjoy tales of an eccentric Sheriff, a riotous election, earls and bishops, smugglers and shop-keepers, slavers, ministers, pirates and much...
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A-Z of Orkney Placenames - Hardback
This book attempts to trace the origin of the placenames of Orkney - hills, coastal forms, farms, cottages and fields. By Gregor Lamb. Hardback. Paperback available here.
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A-Z of Orkney Placenames - Paperback
This book attempts to trace the origin of the placenames of Orkney - hills, coastal forms, farms, cottages and fields. By Gregor Lamb. Paperback. Hardback available here.
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In The Furious Grip of an Orkney Gale
Stronsay tales of shipwrecks and strandings. By Ian Cooper. Paperback.
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The Strawplaiters of Orkney
In the first half of the 19th century, thousands of women and girls were employed throughout Orkney plaiting straw. 'The Strawplaiters of Orkney' reveals the forgotten history of the working lives of women and girls in the islands. By Fiona Grahame. Paperback.
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Rebel Orkney
Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history. By Fiona Grahame & Martin Laird. Illustrated hardback.
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Kirkjuvagr To Kirkwall
The Early History of a Danish/Norwegian and Scottish Royal Burgh, and a Study of its Royal Charters. By Spencer J, Rosie. Paperback.
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The Elusive Captain William Cromarty
A biography of Captain Cromarty (hailing from South Ronaldsay, Orkney), and his extraordinary life as mariner, pioneer settler, farmer, harbour pilot, navigator and explorer and respected citizen in colonial New South Wales. By Leslie Kilmartin. Paperback.
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