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The North West Wing of the Earl's Palace, ,With the Spire of St Magnus Cathedral in the Distance NEWSLETTER OFSIBTHE ORKNEY FAMIFOLKLY HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSISSUE 39 SEPTEMBER 2006 The north west wing of the Earl’s Palace, ,with the spire of St Magnus Cathedral in the distance. 2 NEWSLETTER OF THE ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Issue No 39 September 06 ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER Issue No 39 September 2006 CONTENTS From the chair FRONT PAGE ,Another summer nearly gone and what a fine The Earls Palace, spell of weather we have had. It has been great Kirkwall for the visitors and more and more of them PAGE 2 found their way to our offices in Junction Road. From the Chair. A big vote of thanks is due to all the volunteers PAGES 3 & 4 who give so freely of their time to help them Our outing to discover more about their Orkney roots. Sanday cemeteries in Deerness, Firth, Stenness, PAGE 4 I am glad to see that more and more Our colleague members are discovering the benefits Holm, Sandwick, St Mary’s and Irene Miller of giving us advance warning of their Flaws. These are fairly comprehensive PAGES 5,6,7,8 visits. This, coupled with as much publications with graveyard plan, Vedder. family information as they have surname index and transcript of Conclusion available, enables us to try to fit in some inscriptions. More on our website at PAGE 9 preliminary research in time for their <www.orkneyfhs.co.uk> which is packed James Nicholson of Shapinsay visit. with useful information and links. Overseas members who have booked Once again I have to thank the Vintage PAGE 10 & 11 I dream of Jeannie for the 2007 Homecoming event should Club for letting us have a table at the with the light brown bear this in mind and give us as much annual Vintage Rally. Despite the rather hair advance information as soon as possible. disappointing weather it was a busy day PAGES 12,13 & 14 While on the subject of the Homecoming for our volunteers who thought it well George Inkster we are still keen to hear from members worth the effort. DCM with local knowledge who would be Our next monthly meeting will take place PAGES 15 & 16 prepared to spend a little time with our on the 14th September at Orkney College Bob Sanders traces his Sinclairs back to visitors and perhaps help them find when Tom Rendall will be speaking on 1245 distant relatives or discover more about ‘Aspects of Orkney Dialect’. Joyce Peace will be our speaker at the October 12th PAGE 17 the areas their forbears came from. The Tinch Speaking of local members I notice that meeting and both of these events will be Family there has been a marked increase in the reported in our December Newsletter. PAGES 18 & 19 number calling in at our office Our annual dinner is scheduled for the Stanley Cursiter and this is very encouraging. In many 9th November and the venue for this has PAGES 20 cases we learn as much from them as they still to be announced. Scottish Census. do from us. Finally, can I echo the plea from our James Irvine. Washing Day at Our monumental inscription research editor to keep the articles coming for Sib Upper Biggan. is progressing well and work is almost Folk News—there is always space for more. PAGE 21 finished recording the St Olaf Cemetery The Family of on the outskirts of Kirkwall. This has Dr. John Rae, the Arctic explorer, been a major undertaking and my by James Irvine heartfelt thanks go to everyone involved. A booklet will be printed in due course PAGE 22 Anne RendallCHAIRMAN Poor Laws to add to those already available for and In Laws by Anne Cormack PAGE 23 Can you help Anthea from Adelaide PAGE 24 Membership Details Issue No 39 September 06 NEWSLETTER OF THE ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY 3 HOLMS OF IRE our outing to the 'jewel of the isles' TOFTS OTTERSWICK BAY OF LOPNESS Cover Picture This view of the north Cross Kirk TRESNESS west corner of the Earl’s sanday KETTLETOFT PIER QUOYNESS BACKASKAILL BAY Palace shows the private STOVE WASSO by nan scott, member no 8 BROCH quarters of the hated LOTH Earl Patrick Stewart. Black Patie, as he was wenty OFHS members met at chance of a ride in a carriage and also tea in known in Orkney, was a the North Isles ferry terminal in the new tearooms. prolific builder of palaces Kirkwall on the morning of June The next stop was for lunch at the Kettletoft and castles, using local T slave labour. 4th 2006. Although there was some fog Hotel but on the way the guides pointed out In the background is St around they were relieved that the strong the model farm of Backaskaill, the highest Magnus Cathedral where winds of previous days had subsided. land on the island, Fea Hill, 216 ft, and the Earl worshipped Their destination this year was to be another good farm, Warsetter. Latterly this while accompanied by Sanday. Both on the outward and inward had been farmed by Hornes but in earlier the 50 musketeers who always attended his journey the Earl Sigurd called at Eday times by the distinguished Sir William person. when memories of last year’s outing were Sinclair. For years Sinclair was the most Eventually his despotic recalled. common name in Sanday. Being on higher ways caught up with The sea was like glass and it was warm ground the site is suitable for radio masts him and he was ordered enough to stand outside and watch the for transmission etc. The very old watermill by James VI to attend the Privy Council behaviour of the sea birds. There were at Boloquoy was mentioned and Bea Loch and answer charges ducks, guillemots including puffins, gulls, where Sanday’s water supply comes from including extortion and fulmars, a few terns, gannets and a great was pointed out. It is said to contain big the making of laws for skua that appeared to be harassing one of trout but didn’t appear on the menu that his own benefit. the gannets. day! Food was firmly in the mind now Even while the tyrant was incarcerated in On reaching the terminal at Loth the when passing Castlehill where Ernie Dumbarton Castle most noticeable features were the three Groundwater used to rear ostriches that he foolishly sent his windmills, although the blades could be found their way on to the table in Kirkwall’s illegitimate son Robert seen turning half-heartedly in the fog only Hotels. to Orkney, not once but when right at the pier! After soup and sandwiches in the Kettletoft twice, with instructions to collect the rents and A warm welcome awaited the party from the party explored the area reminiscing skats and attempt to two local members Anita Thomson and about the pier and the activities around it. recover the various Tommy Garrioch, who were there to act as The near-hand Sanday bakeries had a good palaces and castles; all guides, and also the two bus drivers Jim reputation. Many of the party found their contrary to Privy Council Harcus and Bernie Flett. way into the shop as well. orders. Robert was soon The first stop on the tour of Sanday was Having driven up through Cross in the betrayed in Orkney and to the large dilapidated farmhouse and morning the afternoon was spent exploring was taken prisoner to buildings of Stove. Jim and Marion the remaining two parishes of Lady and Edinburgh. The father, Patrick was Cursiter were Burness. Up the road was another big members of the group and as Jim was born tried and found guilt and farm, Beafield, where Anita and her beheaded in Edinburgh there it was a bonus to hear him reminisce husband, John Thomson, had farmed. The in 1615. It is said that on what it used to be like. The house is longest straight road in Sanday was past the execution was occupied by an artist who makes good use the Golf Links on the Plain of Fidge. A delayed so that he could have time to learn the of the garden and also of the plants that stop was made at the Hearsie Hoose and still survive from when the very sheltered Lord’s Prayer. the horse drawn hearse was pulled out and The son, Robert, was garden was in its hey day. photographed. On returning to the buses also tried in Edinburgh, The party returned to the buses and a head count proved no one had been left found guilty and hanged quite soon they stopped again at behind! A run around the most northerly in the same year—1615. And so ended the hated Braeswick to see an amazing collection part of the island went past Tofts ,Cleat of railway memorabilia. The UK’s most rule of the Stewarts in and Galilee. There was no time to visit the Orkney. northerly passenger carrying railway was Start Point Lighthouse but the reason for unfortunately tucked up in its shed as siting it there was soon obvious when all the owner was out of the island that day. left the buses to walk a bit on the shore of However a return visit could give one a Lopness Bay and see the remains of 4 NEWSLETTER OF THE ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORYSOCIETY Issue No 39 September 06 Sanday had many wrecks over the years probably stop was at Marygarth where Mrs Bernie Flett had due to the irregularity of its coastline. prepared a lovely tea with scones and cakes.
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