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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Stornoway like this:
Stornoway, seaport, police burgh, and par., Lewin island, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire, on Stornoway Harbour, 51 miles NW. of Ullapool and 180 miles from Oban - par., 67,652 ac., pop. 10,389; police burgh, pop. 2627; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks; is.a head port, and has a good harbour. Stornoway is also the centre of the greatest of the Scottish fishery districts, comprising the whole of the Outer Hebrides. ...
Fish is largely exported, chiefly to Baltic ports. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Steamers ply regularly to and from Ullapool, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Stornoway was made a burgh of barony by James VI. Stornoway Lighthouse, on Arnish Point, is 45 ft. high, with revolving light 56 ft. above high water and seen 13 miles.
Stornoway is now part of NA H EILEANAN AN IAR Council. Click here for graphs and data of how NA H EILEANAN AN IAR has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stornoway itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stornoway, in Na H Eileanan An Iar and Ross and Cromarty | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17083
Date accessed: 10th April 2026
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