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usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a
crofter's dwelling thereon. A
crofter is one who has
tenure and use of the land,
typically as...
- and
Clark Graebner, and
their tennis match at
Forest Hills in 1968. The
Crofter and the
Laird 1970 New York: Farrar,
Straus and
Giroux ISBN 0-374-13192-9...
- The
Crofters'
Party was the
parliamentary arm of the
Highland Land League. It
gained five MPs in the 1885
general election and five in the
election of...
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definitions of
crofting parish and
crofter,
granted security of land
tenure to
crofters and
produced the
first Crofters Commission, a land
court which ruled...
- and a
large area of poorer-quality hill
ground was
shared by all the
crofters of the
township for
grazing of
their livestock. In the 21st century, crofting...
- were
expected to work in
other industries such as
kelping and fishing.
Crofters came to rely
substantially on
seasonal migrant work,
particularly in the...
- Biography. 84 (1): 100–102. JSTOR 4248011. Devine, T M (1994).
Clanship to
Crofters' War: The
social transformation of the
Scottish Highlands (2013 ed.). Manchester...
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Condition of
Crofters and
Cottars in the
Highlands and
Islands was a
royal commission and
public inquiry into the
condition of
crofters and
cottars in...
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called the
Scottish Crofting Foundation (also
formerly called the
Scottish Crofters Union), is an
organization of
crofting communities in the
highlands and...
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fishing –
first for whitefish, then lobster. Today, most
islanders are
crofters with
income from
sheep farming and
birdwatching tourism. The
island retains...
