WICK  , a royal, municipal and See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh, seaport and See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• CAITHNESS

Caithness, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . Pop . (1901) 7911 . It is situated at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of Wick See also:

• BAY

Bay, on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, 327 M . N. of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, by the North See also:

• BRITISH

British and Highland See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . It consists of the old, burgh and Louisburgh, its continuation, on the north See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Wick, and of Pulteneytown, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seat of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . Pulteneytown, laid out in 18o5 by the British See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

Fishery Society, is built on a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan; and Wick proper consists chiefly of the narrow and irregular High See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, with See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge Street, more regularly built, which contains the town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and the county buildings . In Pulteneytown there are an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, a chamber of commerce, a See also:

• NAVAL

naval reserve station and a See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange . Among other buildings are the See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries, the Rhind Charitable Institution and the See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . The See also:

• PORT

port consists of two harbours of See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• SIZE

size, but the entrance is dangerous in stormy See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . The chief exports are fish, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and agricultural produce, and the imports include See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and provisions . Steamers from See also:

• LEITH

Leith and See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen run twice a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week and there is also weekly communication with See also:

• STROMNESS

Stromness, See also:

• KIRKWALL (Norse, Kirkjuvagr, " church bay ")

Kirkwall and See also:

• LERWICK

Lerwick .

It is to its See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries that the town owes its prosperity . For many years it was the chief seat of the See also:

• HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring fishing on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, but its insufficient See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation has hampered its progress, and both See also:

• PETERHEAD

Peterhead and See also:

• FRASERBURGH

Fraserburgh surpass it as fishing ports . See also:

• WOMEN

Women undertake the cleaning and curing, and the See also:

• WORK

work attracts them from all parts . So See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert are they that on the occasion of a heavy catch they are sent as far even as See also:

• YARMOUTH
• YARMOUTH (GREAT YARMOUTH)

Yarmouth to See also:

• DIRECT

direct and assist the See also:

• LOCAL

local hands . See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

Shipbuilding has now been discontinued, but See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building and See also:

• NET

net-making are extensively carried on . There are also See also:

• COOPERAGE (from " cooper," a maker of casks, derived from such forms as Mid. Dutch caper, Ger. Kufer, Lat. cuparius; the same root is seen in various Teut. words for a basket, such as Dutch kuip and Eng. " kipe " and " coop, " but cooper is apparently not
• COOPERAGE, or COPERAGE (Flemish and Dutch kooper, a trader, dealer)

cooperage, the manufacture of fish-See also:

• GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)

guano and fish products, See also:

• FLOUR

flour See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam saw mills, a ropery and a woollen manufactory, a brewery and a distillery . The town, with See also:

• CROMARTY
• CROMARTY, GEORGE MACKENZIE, 1ST EARL OF (1630-1714)

Cromarty, See also:

• DINGWALL

Dingwall, See also:

• DORNOCH

Dornoch, Kirkwall and See also:

• TAIN

Tain, forms the Wick See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary burghs . Wick (Vik or " bay ") is mentioned as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1140 . It was constituted a royal burgh by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James VI. in 1589, its See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior being then See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• SINCLAIR
• SINCLAIR, SIR JOHN, BART

Sinclair, 5th See also:

• EARL

earl of Caithness . By a parliamentary See also:

• BOUNTY (through O. Fr. bontet, from Lat. bonitas, goodness)

bounty in 1768 some impetus was given to the herring-fishery, but its real importance See also:

• DATES

dates from the construction of a harbour in 18o8 .