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The definition of "clearance" (as it relates to the Highland Clearances) is debatable. The term was not in common use during much of the clearances; landowners, their factors and other estate staff tended, until the 1840s, to use the word "removal" to refer to the eviction of tenants. However, by 1843, "clearance" had become a general (and ...
This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet and settlements in Scotland, that were cleared during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of the Highland Clearances. The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over more than a hundred years. [1]
Pages in category "Highland Clearances" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Crofting (Scottish Gaelic: croitearachd) is a form of land tenure [1] and small-scale food production peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. [2] Within the 19th-century townships , individual crofts were established on the better land, and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground was ...
In 1846, the Highland Potato Famine caused a crisis in the Highlands and the islands of Western Scotland, an area already struggling with overpopulation [2] [3] [4] and the upheavals of the Highland Clearances. The deaths from starvation were so high that, in 1848–1849, the government delivered shipments of oatmeal to locations along the ...
Security clearances can be issued by many United States of America government agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of State (DOS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Energy (DoE), the Department of Justice (DoJ), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The act requires Illinois employers to allow all employees off five days each year. ... “Highland is a bit of an anomaly in that we have all these services under the city umbrella rather than ...
Highland Clearances This page was last edited on 28 October 2024, at 17:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...