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Stromness Academy
Stromness Academy is a secondary school located in the town of Stromness in the Orkney Islands, established in 1875. History Stromness Academy was originally opened in 1875 in the town centre of Stromness. In the 1980s, Stromness Academy was rebuilt in its current location, just outside the Garson Industrial Estate on the east side of Stromness, with the new building officially opening on 11 September 1990. A large extension was added in 2009, which included a music department, and PE and guidance facilities. Intake Stromness Academy accepts pupils from Stromness Primary School Stromness Primary School is a primary school in Stromness, Orkney. The school has around 125 students. History On June 21, 1919, students from both the primary and higher schools were taken to witness the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa ..., Evie Primary School, Firth Primary School, Stenness Community School, Dounby Primary School, Orphir Community School and Rousay Community School, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stromness
Stromness (, ; ) is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the southwestern part of Mainland, Orkney. It is a burgh with a parish around the outside with the town of Stromness as its capital. Etymology The name "Stromness" comes from the Old Norse ''Straumnes''. ''Straumr'' refers to the strong tides that rip past the Point of Ness through Hoy Sound to the south of the town. ''Nes'' means "headland". Stromness thus means "headland protruding into the tidal stream". In Viking times the anchorage where Stromness now stands was called Hamnavoe. Town A long-established seaport, Stromness has a population of approximately 2,500 residents. The old town is clustered along the characterful and winding main street, flanked by houses and shops built from local stone, with narrow lanes and alleys branching off it. First recorded as the site of an inn in the sixteenth century, Stromness became important during the late seventeenth century, when Great Britain was at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orkney
Orkney (), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is also sometimes used, but locals now consider it outdated. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited.Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 336–403. The largest island, the Mainland, Orkney, Mainland, has an area of , making it the List of islands of Scotland, sixth-largest Scottish island and the List of islands of the British Isles, tenth-largest island in the British Isles. Orkney's largest settlement, and also its administrative centre, is Kirkwall. Orkney is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland, council areas of Scotland, as well as a Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency), constituency of the Scottish Parliament, a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area, and an counties of Scotland, historic county. The local council is Orkney I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orkney Islands Council
The Orkney Islands Council, is the local authority for the Orkney Islands, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It was established in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and was largely unaffected by the Scottish local government changes of 1996. It provides services in the areas of environmental health, roads, social work, community development, organisational development, economic development, building standards, trading standards, housing, waste, education, burial grounds, port and harbours and others. The council collects Council Tax. The council is also the harbour authority for Orkney and its marine services division manages the operation of the islands' 29 piers and harbours. History Orkney had been administered by Commissioners of Supply from 1667 and then by Orkney County Council from 1890 to 1975. The county council was abolished in 1975 and replaced by the Orkney Islands Council, which also took over the functions previously exercised by Orkney's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary School
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. There may be other variations in the provision: for example, children in Australia, Hong Kong, and Spain change from the primary to secondary systems a year later at the age of 12, with the ISCED's first year of lower secondary being the last year of primary provision. In the United States, most local secondary education systems have separate Middle school#United States, middle schools and High school in the United States, high schools. Middle schools are usually from grades 6–8 or 7–8, and high schools are typically from grades 9–12. In the United Kingdom, most state schools and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stromness Primary School
Stromness Primary School is a primary school in Stromness, Orkney. The school has around 125 students. History On June 21, 1919, students from both the primary and higher schools were taken to witness the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow. In 1996, a pupil had to commute to Stromness School by ferry after the school on Graemsay, of which he was the only pupil, closed. The cost of keeping the school open had been £54,000 per year. In 2010, Big Brother winner Cameron Stout eschewed a media career to become a teacher at the school. On January 15, 2013, the school relocated to a new building. The new school was officially opened by Anne, Princess Royal on July 4, 2013. A copper sculpture by Anne Bevan and funded by the Orkney Islands Council was installed on the school grounds. The newly developed school won the 2014 Society for Construction and Architecture in Local Authorities "Civil Building of the Year" Award. The previous school building was subsequently taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evie, Orkney
Evie (pronounced ) is a parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The parish is located in the north-west of the Mainland, between Birsay and Rendall, forming the coastline opposite the isle of Rousay. History Within the parish are a number of prehistoric features, including Gurness, an Iron Age broch that overlooks Eynhallow Sound. Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, granted a lease or feu of the lands of Evie to Patrick Bellenden in April 1565. In June 1589, Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, granted Evie to Lewis Bellenden. Economy Evie is home to two large dairy farms called Dale and Georth as well as Burgar farm. There are also a few beef farms. This is due to the very good quality of soil contained in this area of Orkney. All three dairy farms contribute milk to the award-winning Orkney cheese as well as Orkney ice cream and other dairy products. Burgar Hill Wind Farm The five wind turbines on Burgar Hill in Evie are visible from a large part of the West Mainland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firth, Orkney
Firth (Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) meaning a firth or fjord) is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. It is in the west of the mainland island, lying south of the parish of Rendall, east of Harray Harray (pronounced ) (; ) is a parish and a village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It has the unique distinction of being the only parish without a coastline, instead being landlocked and sitting next to a freshwater loch. Harray is surrounded ... and Stenness, north of Orphir and west of St Ola. It is not to be confused with the numerous Firths that surround Orkney. The main village is Finstown.Muir, Tom "The West Mainland" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) ''The Orkney Book''. Edinburgh. Birlinn. Page 192. Buckle's Tower stands on the Hill of Heddle, just outside Finstown. References Parishes of Orkney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenness
Stenness (pronounced ) (; ) is a village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland. It contains several notable prehistoric monuments including the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. Geography Stenness parish adjoins the southern extremity of the Loch of Stenness, and also some notable standing stones. It is bounded on the west by the efflux of the loch, and a branch of Hoy Sound, and has been administratively merged with Firth. History In Old Norse: ''Steinnes''Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) or ''Steinsnes'' means headland/peninsula of the stone. The area has been inhabited for a considerable time. Near the village are several notable prehistoric monuments including the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar, or Ring o' Brodgar) is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dounby
Dounby () is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray (mainly lying in Sandwick). It features an Asda Express petrol station and store, a doctor's surgery, pharmacy, care home, pub, post office, hairdressers, church and a community school that serve the parishes of Birsay, Harray, & Sandwick which until the 1970s each of the three parishes had its own School's. The West Mainland Agricultural Show (commonly called the Dounby Show) occurs here every August on the Thursday before the Orkney County Show in Kirkwall Kirkwall (, , or ; ) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. First mentioned in the ''Orkneyinga saga'', it is today the location of the headquarters of the Orkney Islands Council and a transport hub wi .... The County show is always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphir
Orphir (pronounced , or )Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately southwest of Kirkwall, and comprises a seaboard tract of about , and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton. The coast includes Houton Head, about tall, but all elsewhere is nearly level; and the interior is an assemblage of vales and hills, the latter culminating at about above sea level. A chief residence was the Hall of Clestrain; and chief antiquities include the ruins of Earl Paul's Palace, remains of pre-Reformation chapels, the Round Kirk and several tumuli. The ferry terminal of Houton is located in Orphir. The ferries to Flotta and Hoy (Lyness) depart from this point. Ramsdale Shooting Range is also located in Orphir. Notable people * John Rae (1813–1893), the explorer of Canada's Arctic was born at the Hall of Clestrain in this parish. * Henry Halcro Johnston, botanist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rousay
Rousay (, ; meaning Rolf's Island) is a small, hilly island about north of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It has been nicknamed "Egypt of the north", due to its archaeological diversity and importance. Like its neighbours Egilsay and Wyre, it can be reached by ro-ro ferry from Tingwall. This service is operated by Orkney Ferries, and can take up to 95 passengers (reduced to 50 in winter), and 10 cars. The ferry links the islands of Rousay, Egilsay, and Wyre with each other, and with the mainland of Orkney. Demographics In the 2001 census, Rousay had a population of 212. Most employment is in farming, fishing or fish-farming; craft businesses and seasonal tourism-related work are present. Geography It is separated from mainland Orkney by Eynhallow Sound. One road circles the island, about long, and most arable land lies in the few hundred yards between it and the coastline. With an area of , it is the fifth largest of the Orkney Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoy, Orkney
Hoy (from Old Norse language, Old Norse , meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring – the second largest in the archipelago, after Orkney Mainland, Mainland. A natural causeway, ''the Ayre'', links the island to the smaller South Walls; the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census. Hoy is also the name of a hamlet in the northwest of the island. Geography At in extent, Hoy is the 12th largest of List of islands of Scotland, Scotland's islands. It is also the "highest and wildest and wettest ( of annual rainfall) of all the Orkney islands". The Old Man of Hoy, a sea stack formed from Old Red Sandstone, can be found in the northwest on the Rackwick coast. It is one of the tallest stacks in the United Kingdom at a height of . The Old Man is popular with climbers, and was first climbed in 1966. Created by the erosion of a cliff through hydraulic action sometime after 1750, the stack is no more than a few hundred years old, and a painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
