Old Photograph Crofters Cottages Stronsay Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages on Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The island of Stronsay is now agricultural, but during the 18th and 19th centuries, kelp collection, fishing and herring curing employed up to five thousand people. The population, which is high for a Scottish island, was over a thousand for the entire 19th century through the mid 20th century, with the 1891 census recording a population of 1275 people, excluding seasonal itinerants involved in the herring industry.



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