Bernera Riot occurred in 1874, on the island of Great Bernera, in Scotland in response to the Highland Clearances. The use of the term 'Bernera Riot'...
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Great Bernera (/ˈbɜːrnərə/; Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh Mòr), often known just as Bernera (Scottish Gaelic: Beàrnaraigh), is an island and community in...
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parcel of land. The township was however re-settled in 1878 following the Bernera Riot four years earlier using exactly the same division boundaries set out...
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History of the Outer Hebrides (section Great Bernera)
now buried is sited nearby. The island was also the location of the Bernera Riot, where crofters resisted the Highland clearances. The Isle of Lewis has...
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Scotland in 1874 with the successful legal case of the Bernera Riot on the island of Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides. The crofters wanted recognition...
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Aignish Riot of January 1888. This took place in the aftermath of land agitation following the groundbreaking legal victory of the Bernera Riot of 1874...
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the appointment of ministers to the Church of Scotland. Bernera Riot: Islanders of Great Bernera successfully resist Clearances. Coulburn Lobnitz & Company...
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several other islands are linked by smaller causeways or bridges. Great Bernera and Scalpay have bridge connections to Lewis and Harris respectively, with...
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Independent Highland Companies for the Government cause. The 7th baronet died in Bernera, in 1746, and was buried at Kilmore, in Sleat. He was succeeded by his...
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