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 Caithness&nbsp;includes ten parishes and&nbsp;the two civil districts of Wick and Thurso.&nbsp; It contains the royal burgh of Wick, which is the county town and the seat of the sheriff court, and the town of Thurso, with a few villages.
-The&nbsp;surface of the county is generally level with the exception of some mountainous tracts on the borders of&nbsp;Sutherland, and a few eminences in other parts.&nbsp; The plain of Caithness, extending to the Pentland Firth, comprises about four-fifths of the land.&nbsp; The coast is bold, rocky, and precipitous, indented with numerous&nbsp;bays and marked by lofty&nbsp;promontories.&nbsp; Along the shore of Pentland Firth are caverns in the rocks.&nbsp; The island of Stroma, in the Firth, forms part of the county.&nbsp;
+The&nbsp;surface of the county is generally level with the exception of some mountainous tracts on the borders of&nbsp;Sutherland, and a few eminences in other parts.&nbsp; The plain of Caithness, extending to the Pentland Firth, comprises about four-fifths of the land.&nbsp; The coast is bold, rocky, and precipitous, indented with numerous&nbsp;bays and marked by lofty&nbsp;promontories.&nbsp; Along the shores of the Pentland Firth and the North Sea are caverns in the rocks.&nbsp; The island of Stroma, in the Firth, forms part of the county.&nbsp;
-A little more than a fifth of the land is in cultivation and the remainder is mostly moor.&nbsp; The herring-fishery off the east coast is extensive and lucrative, indeed the most important in Britain.&nbsp; There is a spacious harbour at Wick, besides several other small harbours for the vessels engaged in the fisheries.&nbsp; Considerable quantities of grain, cattle, and wool are shipped.
+A little more than a fifth of the land is in cultivation and the remainder is mostly moor.&nbsp; The herring-fishery off the east coast was once extensive and lucrative, indeed the most important in Britain in the 19th century.&nbsp; There is a spacious harbour at Wick, besides several other small harbours for the vessels engaged in the fisheries.&nbsp; Wick harbour now (2012) has a marina for yachts and other small boats. Few fishing vessels now use the harbour, though occasional cargo ships deliver fertiliser, timber, or parts for wind turbines or undersea pipelines.<br>
 The population in 1851 was 36,343.
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 The library also has a collection of census surname indexes for different places within Caithness-shire. Click [[Caithness Census Surname Index|here]] to see a table listing these other census surname indexes that are available at the library.<br>
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 == Maps<br>  ==
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 == Poorhouse Records  ==
-*There are two workhouses:
+*There are two poorhouses:
 *[http://workhouses.org.uk/Latheron/ Latheron Combination]
 *[http://workhouses.org.uk/Thurso/ Thurso Combination]