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THURSO , a municipal and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh, and seaport of See also:

CAITHNESS

Caithness, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901), 3723. It is situated at the mouth of the Thurso, on Thurso See also:

BAY

Bay, 21 m. N.W. of See also:

WICK

Wick, and 319 M. N. of See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh by the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British and Highland See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, the most northerly See also:

TOWN

town in Scotland. Coaches run daily to Mey and Wick and every See also:

day a See also:

MAIL

mail-See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car goes to See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

Tongue, in See also:

SUTHERLANDSHIRE

Sutherlandshire, about 40 M. See also:

west. In See also:

Macdonald Square, laid out with ornamental walks, there is a statue of See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

John See also:

Sinclair. A See also:

PROMENADE

promenade along the sands was opened in 1882. The town-See also:

hall contains a public library and museum, which possesses the See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological and botanical specimens of See also:

Robert See also:

Dick (1811-1866), the " Thurso See also:

baker," as well as a large collection of See also:

NORTHERN

northern birds. In the See also:

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

hood are quarries for Caithness flags, which are cut and dressed in the town. They constitute the leading export, but the See also:

trade of the See also:

PORT

port is hindered by the inconvenience of the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

There is, however, communication daily from Scrabster See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, 2 M. north-west, with Scapa and See also:

STROMNESS

Stromness in See also:

Pomona (Orkneys), calling at Hoxa; once a See also:

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week with Wick, See also:

Aberdeen and See also:

LEITH

Leith; and occasionally in summer with See also:

Liverpool. To the See also:

east is Thurso See also:

Castle, the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Ulbster See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Sinclairs, and near it is Harold's See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, built over the See also:

GRAVE

grave of See also:

EARL

Earl Harold, once owner of See also:

HALF

half of Caithness, and half of the Orkneys and Shetlands, who See also:

fell in See also:

BATTLE

battle with Earl Harold the Wicked in 1190. About three-quarters of a mile west stand the ruins of the See also:

bishop's See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, which was destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1222. Thurso was the centre of the Norse See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power on the mainland when at its height under Thorfinn (1014), and afterwards till the battle of See also:

LARGS

Largs (1263). See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Modach, See also:

NEPHEW

nephew of See also:

King See also:

Duncan, quartered his See also:

army for a See also:

time at Thurso and despoiled it till he was surprised and slain by Thorfinn in 1040. In the time of See also:

Malcolm II. Earl Erlend resided in the town. In 1633 it was created a burgh of See also:

BARONY

barony, and was the seat of the See also:

SHERIFF

sheriff courts of the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county till they were removed to Wick in 1828.

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