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A836 road
The A836 is a major road entirely within the Highland area of Scotland.
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A9 road (Scotland)
The A9 is a major road 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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Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Alaska
Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.
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Andrew Geddes Bain
Andrew Geddes Bain (baptised 11 June 1797 – 20 October 1864), was a South African geologist, road engineer, palaeontologist and explorer.
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Anne McKevitt
Anne McKevitt (born in 1967, in Caithness, United Kingdom) is an entrepreneur, TV personality, author and philanthropist.
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Arthur St. Clair
Arthur St.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.
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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.
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Brilon
Brilon is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that belongs to the Hochsauerlandkreis.
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British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitised archives of British newspapers.
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Bryan Gunn
Bryan James Gunn (born 22 December 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager.
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BT Group
BT Group plc (trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company with head offices in London, United Kingdom.
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Burgh
A burgh was an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland and Northern England, usually a 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, Caitnes; Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
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Caithness Crushers
The Caithness Crushers are a Scottish rugby league team based in Thurso.
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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 is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament.
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Caledonia Regional League
The Caledonia Regional League (currently named the BT 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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Cambridge County Geographies
Cambridge County Geographies is a book series published by Cambridge University Press.
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Canisbay
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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.
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Central Belt
The Central Belt of Scotland is the area of highest population density within Scotland.
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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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Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.
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Community council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
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County town
A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.
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David II of Scotland
David II (Medieval Gaelic: Daibhidh a Briuis, Modern Gaelic: Dàibhidh Bruis; Norman French: Dauid de Brus, Early Scots: Dauid Brus; 5 March 132422 February 1371) was King of Scots for over 41 years, 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 (1848 - 24 November 1924) was born in Thurso in Scotland, and was a senior police officer in the Metropolitan Police in London during the notorious Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.
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Dounreay
Dounreay (Dùnrath) (Ordnance Survey) is on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland and west of the town of Thurso.
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Dunnet
Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland.
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Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head (Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland.
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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.
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (Føroyar; Færøerne), sometimes called the Faeroe Islands, is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, north-northwest of Scotland.
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Ferry
A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.
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First-past-the-post voting
A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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Gary Mackay-Steven
Gary Mackay-Steven (born 31 August 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.
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George Finlayson
George Finlayson (1790–1823), was a Scottish naturalist and traveller.
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Halkirk
Halkirk (Hacraig) is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of 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.
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HighBeam Research
HighBeam Research is a paid search engine and full text online archive owned by Gale, a subsidiary Cengage, for thousands of newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines, and encyclopedias in English.
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Highland (council area)
Highland (A' Ghàidhealtachd;, Heilan) 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 election, 2017
The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Highland Council.
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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.
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Hoy
Hoy (from Norse Háey meaning high island) is an island in Orkney, Scotland measuring — ranked largest in the archipelago after the Mainland.
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Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay (Inuktitut: Kangiqsualuk ilua, baie d'Hudson) (sometimes called Hudson's Bay, usually historically) is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.
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Ian Pearson
Ian Phares Pearson (born 5 April 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who was a member of parliament (MP) from 1994 until 2010, representing Dudley West from 1994 until 1997, and then Dudley South from 1997 until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
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Inverness
Inverness (from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness", Inerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands.
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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 a Scottish 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.
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John Finlaison
John Finlaison (1783–1860) was a Scottish civil servant, government actuary and the first president of the Institute of Actuaries.
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John o' Groats
John o' Groats (Taigh Iain Ghròt) is a village NE of the village of Canisbay, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland.
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Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau (Tlingit: Dzánti K'ihéeni), commonly known as Juneau, is the capital city of Alaska.
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Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water.
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List of A9 roads
This is a list of roads designated A9.
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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 (1973–1996)
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 is organised through 32 unitary authorities designated as Councils which consist of councillors elected every five years by registered voters in each of the council areas.
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.
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Martin Carr
Martin Carr was born 29 November 1968 in Thurso, Scotland, but raised in Wallasey on the Wirral.
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Martin Rennie
Martin Rennie is a Scottish football manager who currently manages for Indy Eleven of the United Soccer League (USL).
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Met Office
The Met Office (officially the Meteorological Office) is the United Kingdom's national weather service.
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Museum
A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.
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Museums Galleries Scotland
Museums Galleries Scotland, formerly the Scottish Museums Council, is the National Development Body for the museum sector in Scotland.
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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 Orkney.
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Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Norman and Beard
Norman and Beard were a pipe organ manufacturer based in Norwich from 1887 to 1916.
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Norse activity in the British Isles
Norse activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Medieval period when members of the Norse populations of Scandinavia travelled to Britain and Ireland to settle, trade or raid.
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Norsemen
Norsemen are a group of Germanic people who inhabited Scandinavia and spoke what is now called the Old Norse language between 800 AD and c. 1300 AD.
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North Caledonian Football League
The North Caledonian Football Association is a football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a Recognised Body of the SFA and as such has its senior football competitions officially registered with the Scottish Football Association.
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North Highland College
North Highland College 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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Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant or nuclear power station is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.
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Old Man of Hoy
The Old Man of Hoy is a 449-foot (137m) sea stack on the island of Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
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Old St Peter's Church, Thurso
Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
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Olrig
Olrig is a parish in Caithness, Scotland.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.
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Oscar Paterson
Oscar Paterson (1863??) was a Scottish artist, based in Glasgow, who specialised in stained glass.
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Parish
A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.
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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.
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Perth, Scotland
Perth (Peairt) is a city in central Scotland, located on the banks of the River Tay.
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Politics of the Highland council area
The politics of the Highland council area in Scotland are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the Highland Council, in elections to the council, and in elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) and the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).
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Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845
The Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 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.
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
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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.
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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.
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Robert Dick
Robert Dick (January 1811 – 24 December 1866), Scottish geologist and botanist was born at Tullibody, in Clackmannanshire.
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Robin Harper
Robin Charles Moreton Harper, (born 4 August 1940) is a Scottish politician, and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011).
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Roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, 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 charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the UK, 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 the most important of several major Mòds that are held annually, mostly in Scotland.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field.
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Rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Great Barn of Ostaig) is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle (the Islay Columba Centre).
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.
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Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Scotland Rugby League
The Scotland Rugby League is the governing body for rugby league football in Scotland.
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Scots language
Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).
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Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservatives (Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba), officially the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, is the part of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom that operates in Scotland.
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.
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Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party (SNP; Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots Naitional Pairtie) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland.
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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.
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Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).
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Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
The Rt Hon Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet MP FRS FRSE FLS LLD (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835) was a Scottish politician, a writer on both finance and agriculture, and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, 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 and Iceland; previously, it also served Norway and the United Kingdom.
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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 plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams and express coaches.
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Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.
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Stromness
Stromness is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland.
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Subdivisions of Scotland
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".
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Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.
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Sutherland and Caithness Railway
The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was a railway worked by, and later absorbed by the Highland Railway running through Sutherland and Caithness, Scotland.
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Tesco
Tesco plc, trading as Tesco, is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer with headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Thor
In Norse mythology, Thor (from Þórr) is the hammer-wielding god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, in addition to hallowing, and fertility.
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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.
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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.
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Thurso F.C.
Thurso Football Club are a senior football club from Thurso in Caithness, Scotland.
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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 serving the town of Thurso, Highland and port of Scrabster (for Northlink Ferries to Stromness), in the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland.
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Tommy McGee
Tommy McGee (born 9 July 1979 in Thurso, Scotland) is a rugby union player for Leeds Tykes.
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Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is a UK government research organisation responsible for the development of nuclear fusion power.
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United Kingdom census, 2011
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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University of the Highlands and Islands
The University of the Highlands and Islands (Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean) is a tertiary university composed of Academic Partners which are the 13 colleges and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland delivering higher education.
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W. D. Ross
Sir William David Ross KBE FBA (15 April 1877 – 5 May 1971), known as David Ross but usually cited as W. D. Ross, was a Scottish philosopher who is known for his work in ethics.
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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.
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Wick, Caithness
Wick (Inbhir Ùige, Week) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland.
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William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade)
Sir William Alexander Smith (27 October 1854 – 14 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, and pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style.
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William Henderson (physician)
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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 RNLI between 1956 and 1991.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurso
