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Stornoway Estate, Lewis 1923: Estate: Stornoway Trust: £0 28,000 69,200: Gifted by Lord Leverhulme: Macdonald Estate, Skye Apr 1971: Estate 19,452: Clan Donald Lands Trust: 7,871 19,400: NG 6206: The Trust was founded by Clan Donald community members local and worldwide to buyout part of the old Macdonald Estate and preserve the land for ...
The Isle of Lewis [2] (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis (pronounced [ˈʎɔːəs̪] ⓘ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as if they were separate islands.
Stornoway Town Hall. The town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, [8] with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr.The settlement grew up around a sheltered natural harbour and became a hub for people from all over the island, who travelled to Stornoway either by family boat or by horse-drawn coach, for onward travel to and trade with the rest of Scotland and further afield.
In the 9th century, Norsemen dominated the Isle; they eventually converted to Christianity. In the early 13th Century, the Nicholson family, or MacNicols, built Castle Lewis at Stornoway harbour. In 1607, Stornoway became a burgh of barony. In 1844, Sir James Matheson purchased the Island and built Lews Castle between 1847 and 1857.
Coll (Scottish Gaelic: Col) is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, [1] and is also within the parish of Stornoway. [2]
Kenneth Mackenzie, the first Lord Mackenzie of Kintail (c. 1569 – 1611), was a Highland clan chief who secured for himself and his heirs the entirety of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and successfully pursued a bloody feud with the Macdonells of Glengarry.
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Sandwick (Scottish Gaelic: Sanndabhaig, IPA:[ˈs̪aun̴̪t̪əvɪkʲ]) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis and a quasi-suburb of Stornoway. Sandwick is situated within the parish of Stornoway. [2]