The Harbour, Wick

The Harbour, Wick

ID: QZP40_CARD_1702 DESCRIPTION: Postcard showing Wick harbour, full of herring boats. Once one of the main herring ports in the north of Scotland, Wick harbour sheltered hundreds of boats. At times there were fifteen thousand people in Wick including the fishermen and the women cleaning and packing the fish. A Royal Burgh from 1589, the town of Wick has even more ancient origins, as shown by its name which comes from the Norse "Vic", the word for bay. It lies on the north east coast of Scotland 19 miles south of John o' Groats. PLACENAME: Wick OLD COUNTY/PARISH: CAITHNESS: Wick SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 33624 KEYWORDS: