Places - Keose, Lewis, Scotland

Development of the rural settlement of Keose

School project folder by Kathleen Mackenzie, class 4GE of research on the history and development of the village of Keose including settlement, housing, lazybeds, development, seaweed, and the Iolaire disaster.

Reference code

GB CECL KIN18

Date(s)

  • 1998 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

John Murdo Macdonald discussing the Navy in Keose, Mac an t-Stronaich, the seaweed factory, the first car in the village and the first homes built in Keose. Recorded in 1990.

Interviewed by John Smith. Oral history typescript transcription in English.

Reference code

GB CECL KIN19/5

Date(s)

  • 1996 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Keose Wartime Sketches

Two sketches made of the village of Keose, North Lochs, Lewis during the 1939-1945 World War showing the loch, village and boats by an unknown artist, possibly German.

Reference code

GB CECL KIN12

Date(s)

  • c1939-1945 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Knockiandue School, Lewis

Admission registers 1897-2000; log books 1968-2001; anti school closure campaign records 1984

Reference code

GB CECL KIN5

Date(s)

  • 1879-2001 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Oral history interview transcripts by Elidh Maciver

A series of oral history interviews relating to the Kinloch area transcribed and translated from the original recordings by Eilidh Maciver. Interviews topics include Park and the Deer raids, life in Keose, folk traditions, ceilidh house stories, ...

Reference code

GB CECL KIN19

Date(s)

  • [Mid-late 20th cent.], 1990-2006 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection
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