My Little Town of Cromarty The History of a Northern Scottish Town |
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| Author:
| Alston, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84158-527-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Birlinn, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.95 |
Book Description:
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Cromarty is first recorded in the thirteenth century as both a royal burgh and a small sheriffdom. The town's varied history has included periods of marked prosperity in the early 1700s, based on a thriving trade in grain and salt fish; in the 1760s and '70s under an improving laird who, among other innovations, built Britain's largest hemp factory here; and especially from the 1790s to the 1830s, when some believed that it might replace Inverness as the principal commercial centre of...
More DescriptionCromarty is first recorded in the thirteenth century as both a royal burgh and a small sheriffdom. The town's varied history has included periods of marked prosperity in the early 1700s, based on a thriving trade in grain and salt fish; in the 1760s and '70s under an improving laird who, among other innovations, built Britain's largest hemp factory here; and especially from the 1790s to the 1830s, when some believed that it might replace Inverness as the principal commercial centre of the Highlands.