Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
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| Book Name: | Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland | |
| Author: | Keay, John & Keay Julia | |
| Description: | Encyclopedia on Scottish subject matter. | |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins | |
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Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland is a reference work on Scotland, written by John and Julia Keay. There have been two editions, with the second including a hundred new articles, including one on the Scottish Parliament.
It is not, as such, about Shetland in particularly, but it contains lengthy articles on "Shetland" itself, and "Vikings". The article concerning Zetland notes wrily:
- "Its inclusion, for want of other words beginning with a 'Z', in alphabetical listings of Scottish subject matter,could prolong its currency, as herein."<ref>p994</ref>
Contents |
The following articles in the encyclopedia are specifically about Shetland (titles are given, as they appear in the book):
- Anderson, Arthur
- Bressay
- Burra
- Clickimin
- Fair Isle
- Fetlar
- Foula
- Jarlshof
- Lerwick
- Lunna
- MacDiarmid, Hugh
- Mainland, Shetland
- Mousa
- Muckle Flugga
- Muckle Roe
- Muness Castle, Unst, Shetland
- Norn
- Noss
- Orkney and Shetland Sheep
- Out Skerries
- Papa Stour
- St Ninian's Isle
- Scalloway, Shetland
- Stewart, Patrick, Earl of Orkney
- Stewart, Robert, Earl of Orkney
- Sullom Voe oil terminal
- Sumburgh
- Udal Law
- Unst
- Vaila
- Whalsay
- Yell, Shetland
- Zetland
The following articles may also be of interest to readers of Shetlopedia, but are less directly connected to Shetland (although they may mention Shetland subject matter; again, titles are as given in the book):
- Aberdeen Harbour (and Aberdeen)
- Brochs
- Celtic Church
- Church of Scotland
- Climate
- Clunies-Ross Family
- Crofter's Commission
- Crofter's Holdings Act (Crofter's Act)
- Crofting
- Divers, Black-Throated, Red-Throated and Great Northern
- Dogs
- Fiddle, Traditional Scottish Music and The
- Fishing (Angling)
- Fishing Industry
- Fish Farming
- Geology
- Heather
- Herring
- Hooded Crow
- Horses and Ponies
- James III
- Kelp
- Language, Scots
- Law
- Legal System
- Livestock Farming
- Local Government
- Magnus III of Norway (barelegs)
- Magnus, saint
- Mountain Hare
- Ninian, Saint
- Oil and gas (includes map of the various oil fields)
- Orkney
- Orkneyinga Saga
- Peat
- Picts
- Population
- Presbyterians
- Reformation
- Quarrying and Extraction
- Scottish Parliament (second edition only)
- Seabirds
- Seals
- Seaweed
- Sheep
- Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
- Shipping
- Wool
See also
References
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