• Thurso and North West Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following...
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    County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great Britain. From a latitudinal standpoint, Thurso is located further north than the...
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    number of ward management areas was less than the number of wards. The corporate management areas were named as (1) Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross...
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    Britain. The Far North railway line links Wick railway station with southern Scotland and with Thurso, the other burgh of Caithness. Wick Airport is on...
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    in Caithness, but was gradually overtaken by Scots and then English. Norn had probably become extinct in Caithness by the 15th century. The Caith element...
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    Invergordon, and Tain. 2005–2024: The Highland Council wards of Alness and Ardross, Brora, Caithness Central, Caithness North East, Caithness North West, Caithness...
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    North, West and Central Sutherland; Thurso and North West Caithness; Wick and East Caithness; East Sutherland and Edderton; Cromarty Firth; Tain and Easter...
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    and so declared Ross and Caithness to be separate shires. The boundary used for the shire of Caithness created in 1504 was the diocese of Caithness,...
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    the main settlement, and within the historic county of Caithness. The A836 links the village with Thurso and Tongue in the west and with John o' Groats...
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    Reay (category Populated places in Caithness)
    the landowner. The village is within the Thurso and Northwest Caithness ward of the Highland Council. The ward elects four councillors by the single transferable...
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  • William and Ardnamurchan; Nairn and Cawdor and Thurso and North West Caithness. The boundaries in Eilean a' Cheò (Scottish Gaelic for 'Isle of Skye') and North...
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    Highland (council area) (category Highlands and Islands of Scotland)
    constituencies: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross; Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire; Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey; and Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber...
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  • SNP 2012-2017 Change: New ward * = Sitting Councillors for Landward Caithness Ward. + = Sitting Councillors for Thurso Ward. 2017: 2 Independent, 1 Conservative...
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    Arthur St. Clair (category People from Thurso)
    Scottish-born American military officer and politician. Born in Thurso, Caithness, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in...
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    to expand, reaching Wick and Thurso in the north and Kyle of Lochalsh in the west, eventually serving the counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross & Cromarty...
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    base in Thurso, Caithness. Meanwhile a Scottish king, David I, exercised control of both areas through promotion of the Scottish Church and other indirect...
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    districts, called Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh and Sutherland. Further local government...
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    Orkney (category Highlands and Islands of Scotland)
    Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island...
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    Jock Campbell (British Army officer) (category People from Thurso)
    in Thurso and educated at Sedbergh School. At the beginning of the First World War in August 1914 he joined the Honourable Artillery Company, and, after...
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    in 21 wards, 11 wards returning 4 members and 10 wards returning 3 members. The wards are numbered as well as named. The Caithness, Sutherland and Easter...
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    12. There are five wards in the Badenoch and Strathspey area: † Area Convener (or Area Chairman) There are 10 wards in the Caithness area: † Area Convener...
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    Inverness (category Port cities and towns of the North Sea)
    Orkney) Portree (Park Road) (t/a Stagecoach in Skye) Thurso (Janet Street) (t/a Stagecoach in Caithness) There are various outstations over the division area...
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    area. The wards are numbered as well as named. The Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross corporate management area consists of seven wards represented...
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    of defence and security issues. On 1 April 1964, the Air Ministry was incorporated into the newly created united Ministry of Defence, and the position...
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  • and Easter Ross Cllr Alan Torrance became a member of the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent On 3 April 2008, Landward Caithness...
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    Orkney and Shetland to the rest of Scotland, the main routes being Scrabster harbour, Thurso to Stromness and Aberdeen to Lerwick, both operated by NorthLink...
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    management area: There were 10 wards related to the Caithness management area: The management area included Loch Ness, Strathglass and the former royal burgh...
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    five wards: The Caithness management area consisted of eight wards: The Inverness management area included Loch Ness, Strathglass and the town of Inverness...
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    Robertson. "Ward 4 Result May 2013". highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. "By-election Ward 4 (Landward Caithness) 2013". highland...
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    Viscount Thurso, Lord Lieutenant of Caithness The Lord Hastings, bearing the Golden Spurs The Lord de Mauley, Master of the Horse The Lord and Lady Cavendish...
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