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The Isle of Wight is an island and county three miles off the south coast of England in the English Channel. Its geology is complex, with a chalk downland ridge running east to west through its centre and important fossil beds from the Lower Cretaceous to the Lower Tertiary around the coast. [ 1 ]
The Vikings arrived in the British Isles from the late 700s, and in the Northern Isles and Western Isles of Scotland they named places as part of their conquest. [2] Documents from several centuries ago show the Isle of Harris being referred to as Haray or Harray, Here or Herre, Herrie, and the plural Harreis; as well as possibly related place names such as Harris on the isle of Rum; Herries ...
Holmes's Bank was set up by three brothers; John, Henry and James Holmes [1] [2] the bank's premises being situated on South Quay, Douglas.The brothers' Holmes were involved in various business ventures, ostensibly establishing themselves in the running of passenger and cargo shipping, banking being merely a subsidiary activity of what was virtually a general trading concern.
[3] [note 1] The island rises to a height of 93 metres (305 feet) at Beinn Orasaigh and is linked to Colonsay by a tidal causeway called An Tràigh (The Strand) consisting of sands and mud flats . In the 2001 census Oronsay was recorded as having a population of five people, who lived at the farm adjacent to Oronsay Priory .
The Tower of Refuge, on St Mary's Isle. The treacherous St Mary's Isle was a notorious hazard to shipping. The rock had been in the ownership of the Quane family for many years and in 1832 Captain John Quane, Attorney General of the Isle of Man, presented the rock to Sir William Hillary in his capacity as President of the Isle of Man District of what was then referred to as the National ...
There’s no shame in asking for Wordle assistance now and again. Before diving into the hints and solutions for the Thursday, Feb. 6 puzzle, though, let’s go over the basics of Wordle.
Haraldr Óláfsson (born 1223 or 1224; died 1248) was a thirteenth-century King of Mann and the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. [note 1] He was one of several sons of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles, although the identity of his mother is uncertain.
The excavated hoard undergoing cleaning and investigation. Jewellery can be seen protruding from the mass of coins. The Grouville Hoard (Le Câtillon II) is a hoard of an estimated 70,000 late Iron Age and Roman coins reported in June 2012.