usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as...

and Clark Graebner, and their tennis match at Forest Hills in 1968. The Crofter and the Laird 1970 New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0-374-13192-9...

The Crofters' Party was the parliamentary arm of the Highland Land League. It gained five MPs in the 1885 general election and a sixth the following year...

definitions of crofting parish and crofter, granted security of land tenure to crofters and produced the first Crofters Commission, a land court which ruled...

and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock. In the 21st century, crofting...

were expected to work in other industries such as kelping and fishing. Crofters came to rely substantially on seasonal migrant work, particularly in the...

Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean na Croitearachd) took the place of the Crofters Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean nan Croitearan) on 1 April 2012...

Biography. 84 (1): 100–102. JSTOR 4248011. Devine, T M (1994). Clanship to Crofters' War: The social transformation of the Scottish Highlands (2013 ed.). Manchester...

Condition of Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands was a royal commission and public inquiry into the condition of crofters and cottars in...

called the Scottish Crofting Foundation (also formerly called the Scottish Crofters Union), is an organization of crofting communities in the highlands and...

as Professor Jordan Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret, the crofter's wife John Laurie as John, the crofter Helen Haye as Mrs. Louisa Jordan, the professor's wife...

Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch [1941] UKHL 2 is a landmark UK labour law case on the right to take part in collective bargaining. However...

The envoy was named Force 138 and the operation was called "Operation Crofter". Led by Oberst Arne D. Dahl: A military mission responsible for creating...

quarrying or the kelp industry. Their reduction in status from farmer to crofter was one of the causes of resentment.: 212  The second phase involved overcrowded...

(née Smith; 1867–1963) and Malcolm MacLeod (1866–1954). Her father was a crofter, fisherman and compulsory officer at Mary's school. English was her second...

night, their boat wrecked. The brothers went ashore, where they met a crofter. They stayed on the croft for one winter, during which the couple separately...

Lerwick Rothesay Stornoway Stromness Agencies Community Energy Scotland Crofters Commission Highlands and Islands Enterprise Scottish Islands Federation...

(ed.). Language in Geographic Context. Devine, T. M. (1994). Clanship to Crofters' War: The social transformation of the Scottish Highlands (2013 ed.). Manchester...

land and the serving of eviction notices. The incident involved numerous crofters and about 50 police officers. This event was instrumental in the creation...

It was known also as the Highland Land Law Reform Association and the Crofters' Party. It was consciously modelled on the Irish Land League. The Highland...

– via Google Books. Cameron, David Kerr (3 March 2016). Willie Gavin, Crofter Man: A Portrait of a Vanished Lifestyle. Birlinn. ISBN 9780857903297 –...

Hollywood's great-great-great-grandfather, Donald MacKenzie, had been a crofter in Poolewe, Wester Ross. Donald had also been the post-runner between Poolewe...

Paycock, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock next cast him as John the Crofter in 1935's The 39 Steps, a breakthrough role for Laurie in just his third...

MacMillan, who founded Macmillan Publishers, was the son of a Scottish crofter from the Isle of Arran. Macmillan considered himself a Scot. Macmillan...

Dorothy, who left a comfortable existence in Edinburgh for life as a solo crofter in the Easter Ross village of Ardgay (then known locally as "High Wind")...

votes led to the formation of the Crofters' Party and Highland Land League, and eventually the passage of the Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886, which...

With the passing of the Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 the Liberal prime minister William Gladstone emancipated crofters from the rule of the landlords...

University Press. ISBN 978-0300217162. Devine, T. M. (1994). Clanship to Crofters' War: The Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands. Manchester University...

fishing – first for whitefish, then lobster. Today, most islanders are crofters with income from sheep farming and birdwatching tourism. The island retains...

ensuring good fortune. Many crofters left patches of land untilled to ensure that their livelihood would thrive. If a crofter was to cultivate this land...