Crofters on the march – my rather dramatic title for a short talk I did in recently as part of the mini All About that Place online event. My talk focused on crofters from North Walls and Brims, Orkney, Scotland, and their applications for a fair rent following the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886.. The | more…
My father grew up next door to his paternal grandfather John Ross; consequently he knew a good deal about his grand-uncles and grand-aunts, siblings of that grandfather. My father would recount how the oldest brother, Walter, and his three sons were all lost at sea. Apart from Walter himself the details were rather sparse and, | more…
I’ve been experimenting with the MapChart website to produce maps showing the birth county of people in North Walls and Brims in two censuses, 1861 and 1921. What do you think? And here’s 1921, a much smaller population, 401 rather than 597, but a wider spread of birthplaces partly due to the Naval base at | more…
