SABAID MOR WICK
The Wick riot which took place in August 1859 between Lewis fishermen and East coast fishermen was a ‘free for all’ that lasted a whole week. Although perhaps relations between East Coast fishermen and Hebridean fishermen may not have been too good, it was a dispute between two lads over an apple, [...]
From an article in Tional by Cathie Lockie
Three and a half years old and about to have my first remembered memory of our annual holiday on the Hebridean island of Lewis, isle of the heather and ‘land of my fathers’.
Three o’clock in the morning with myself seated on our cabin trunk, wearing my new [...]
In these days when village shops are all but gone it is hard to imagine that even a small village could have half a dozen shops in the early 1900’s
Buth Dhomhnull a Gharraidh (Donald Macleod) 1 Garyvard.
After the first world war Domhnull a Gharaidh set up a shoemaking business in an extension to Seoc a [...]
Kershader is a village of 12 crofts on the south shore of Loch Erisort, opposite the village of Laxay in Kinloch. The name of the village is of Norse origin, possibly referring to “shieling of the marsh or thicket”. Shader is Norse for shieling, a shed at some distance from the main farm and at [...]
A woman known locally as ‘Lady Habost’ or ‘A Bhan Tighearna‘ existed and lived in a fine house where croft 13 Habost is now. She was not an officially titled lady, but the grand-daughter of John Macleod (lain Mhic Thorcuill), tacksman of Hacklete in Bernera, Lewis.
John Macleod had a son by the name of Donald [...]
Habost is said to be one of the oldest settlements in Park. The name is Scandinavian, the suffix “Bost” meaning a homestead or farm in Norwegian. Under the Highland clan system Habost was a tack and the various tacksmen surrounded themselves with small-holders on a year by year tenancy.
It is difficult to trace the names [...]
‘The village of Calbost in Pairc, Isle of Lewis, comprises 14 crofts. Local tradition maintains that some of the Calbost settlers such as Norman Mackenzie, Tormod Buidhe (1780-1864) came to Calbost towards the end of the 18th century. Both Kenneth Macleod and Norman Mackenzie, who settled at 3 Calbost, were among the first seven crofters [...]
Habost
Habost is said to be one of the oldest settlements in Park. The name is Scandinavian, the suffix “Bost” meaning a homestead or farm in Norse. Under the Highland clan system Habost was a tack and the various tacksmen surrounded themselves with small-holders on a year by year tenancy.
Kershader
Kershader is a village of 12 crofts [...]
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Hebridean Connections is a project launched by the Comainn Eachdraidh in Uig, Bernera, Kinloch and Pairc, to digitise, manage and publish online their vast collections of cultural and social history, collected from the local community over several decades. Software and systems were developed and the database was launched, now with over 70,000 records online and [...]
The following is a short history of the Pairc District, South Lochs, written by Donald Mackay in 1958.
Boundaries and Physical Features
South Lochs is a peninsula formed by two arms of the sea, Loch Seaforth and Loch Erisort, and it is joined to North Lochs by an isthmus which is approximately three quarters of a mile [...]
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