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Stornoway Primary School

Stornoway
Stornoway from Cuddy Point.jpg
Stornoway is located in Outer Hebrides
Stornoway
Stornoway
Stornoway shown within the Outer Hebrides
Population 8,038 
Language English
Scottish Gaelic
OS grid reference NB426340
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STORNOWAY
Postcode district HS1
Dialling code 01851
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
58°12′32″N 6°23′13″W / 58.209°N 6.387°W / 58.209; -6.387Coordinates: 58°12′32″N 6°23′13″W / 58.209°N 6.387°W / 58.209; -6.387

Stornoway (/ˈstɔːrnəw/; Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.

The town's population is around 6,200, making it by far the largest town in the Hebrides. The traditional civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages, has a combined population of just over 8,000.

Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis now more closely resembles Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.

The town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr. The settlement grew up around a sheltered natural harbour near the centre of the island; people travelled to Stornoway from all over the island, either by family boat or by horse-drawn coach, for onward travel to and trade with the rest of Scotland and further afield.

At some point in the mid 1500s, the already ancient MacLeod castle in Stornoway 'fell victim to the cannons of the Duke of Argyle'. By the early 1600s rumbling trade wars came to a head, and all further government attempts to curtail traditional shipping rights were firmly resisted by the islanders, as was an attempt by James VI, King of Scotland, to establish on the island the Scottish trading company known as the Fife Adventurers around 1598.; as a result, in 1610, James VI transferred Lewis to the MacKenzies of Seaforth.


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