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| Title | Description | Images | Id |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Birmingham is a large city in the Midlands of England, a centre for manufacturing and heavy industry. | 2930 | |
| North America | People whose records are linked to this record are known to have emigrated to, or lived in, or to be otherwise associated with either Canada or the United States, but we do not know which. | 42211 | |
| New Zealand | 1078 | ||
| Laxdale, Lewis | The village of Laxdale lies to the north of Stornoway and at the head of the River Laxdale estuary. Satellite Image | 9089 | |
| Peterhead, Aberdeenshire | 6667 | ||
| Garrabost, Lewis | Garrabost is a village located in the Point area of Lewis. Satellite Image | 13180 | |
| Dundee | Dundee is Scotland's fourth largest city, located in the historical county of Angus (Forfarshire). | 18575 | |
| Liverpool | 3778 | ||
| Fife | The historical county of Fife, sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of Fife, lies to the north of the Firth of Forth on the east side of Scotland. Its capital is Dunfermline, where Robert the Bruce is buried. It is also... | 7703 | |
| Branahuie, Lewis | Branahuie is a village located to the east of Stornoway where the land becomes a narrow isthmus. It was settled mainly with crofters cleared from Pairc and elsewhere around the middle of the 19th century. Satellite... | 15322 | |
| Brunei | Brunei, officially the Sultanate of Brunei, is a country located on the island of Borneo in southeast Asia. | 10703 | |
| Pitlochry, Perthshire | 2958 | ||
| Europe | 9177 | ||
| Durban, South Africa | Durban is a large city in KwaZulu Natal. The port is the busiest in South Africa and the town is a major tourist centre. | 23234 | |
| Melbost, Lewis | Melbost is a village and crofting township on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, lying about two miles east of Stornoway at the western end of the Braigh causeway. Stornoway Airport is adjacent to the village. The... | 12846 | |
| Luachair, Harris | Luachair is a small township at the head of Loch Resort on the border between Uig and Harris; the nearest point on the roadway is Morsgail Lodge in Uig. Luachair is Gaelic for 'rushes'. This small settlement on the... | Yes | 1721 |
| Isle of Scarp, Harris | Scarp is a a small island, without permanent habitation since 1970, situated to the west of Hushinish on Harris. The island, which once supported (albeit precariously) some 200 residents, is over 300 metres high, with... | Yes | 19411 |
| Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire | Cumbernauld in the historical county of Dunbartonshire was the site of a Roman settlement near the Antonine Wall. More recently it became a centre for weaving, mining and quarrying. After these industries declined,... | 15104 | |
| Torostay, Lewis | The hamlet of Torostay is an extension of Caverstay, although it is a couple of miles away. The croft numbers begin at Caverstay where the first 4 crofts are and crofts 5 and 6 are at Torostay. At one time all that land... | 372 | |
| Balmacara, Ross & Cromarty | Balmacara is a village located about about three miles from Kyle of Lochalsh in Ross & Cromarty, near to the Isle of Skye. | 41692 | |
| Angus (Forfarshire) | The historical county of Angus was located on the east coast of Scotland to the south of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire. It covered the same area as the current council area of Angus but with the addition of the city... | 24638 | |
| Fort William, Inverness-shire | Fort William is the largest town in the west Highlands. It lies at the head of Loch Linnhe in Lochaber, within the historical county of Inverness-shire. | 2474 | |
| Sheshader, Lewis | Sheshader is a crofting township on the Eye Peninsula, Isle of Lewis. | 10448 | |
| Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross & Cromarty | Kyle of Lochalsh, within the parish of Kintail, is a small town at the western end of the Kyle railway. Formerly it was the ferry terminal for the short crossing to Skye, but the new Skye Bridge has now replaced the... | 6693 | |
| Mallaig, Inverness-shire | Mallaig is a port in the Lochaber area, on the west coast of Scotland. It lies within the county of Inverness-shire. | 10720 | |
| Upper Bayble, Lewis | 18599 | ||
| Islivig, Lewis | Satellite image | Yes | 1981 |
| Bragar, Lewis | Satellite image | 3811 | |
| Sanndaig, Doune Carloway | Sanndaig was a small tack in Doune Carloway comprising crofts 1 and 2 Doune. This tack was about a quarter of a mile from the main village of Doune and was accessed by a track. | 69053 | |
| Swordale, Point, Lewis | Swordale is a crofting township, south west of the Eye Peninsula, Isle of Lewis. Satellite Image | 24168 |