Georgemas is an area in the
countyA county is a land area of local government within a country. A county may have cities and towns within its area. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count .Counts are called earls in post-Celtic Britain, Ireland and France—the term is from Old...
of
CaithnessCaithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is...
, in the
HighlandThe Highland Council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute...
area of
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, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of the
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of
ThursoThurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland...
and about two kilometres (one mile) east of the
villageA village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in...
of
HalkirkHalkirk is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east...
.
The area is served also by the A9,
A882The A882 road is entirely within Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It has a length of about 23 kilometres and runs generally west/northwest from the A99 in the county town of Wick to the A9 in the Georgemas area....
and B874 roads. The A9 has a junction with the A882 in the area and forms a
crossroadsA crossroads is a road junction, where two or more roads meet . Crossroads is also an alternate name for a hamlet located at such a junction...
with the B874.
The name
Georgemas is that of a now historic
St George's DaySt George's Day is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint, including England, Germany, the old kingdoms and counties of the Crown of Aragon in Spain — Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia; Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Serbia,...
agricultural
fairA fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. Activities at fairs vary widely...
which was held in the area, on Sordale Hill.
Georgemas is an area in the
countyA county is a land area of local government within a country. A county may have cities and towns within its area. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count .Counts are called earls in post-Celtic Britain, Ireland and France—the term is from Old...
of
CaithnessCaithness is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic local government area of Scotland. The name was used also for the earldom of Caithness and the Caithness constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Boundaries are not identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area is...
, in the
HighlandThe Highland Council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute...
area of
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of the
townA town is a type of settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition...
of
ThursoThurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland...
and about two kilometres (one mile) east of the
villageA village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in...
of
HalkirkHalkirk is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east...
.
The area is served also by the A9,
A882The A882 road is entirely within Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It has a length of about 23 kilometres and runs generally west/northwest from the A99 in the county town of Wick to the A9 in the Georgemas area....
and B874 roads. The A9 has a junction with the A882 in the area and forms a
crossroadsA crossroads is a road junction, where two or more roads meet . Crossroads is also an alternate name for a hamlet located at such a junction...
with the B874.
The name
Georgemas is that of a now historic
St George's DaySt George's Day is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint, including England, Germany, the old kingdoms and counties of the Crown of Aragon in Spain — Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia; Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Serbia,...
agricultural
fairA fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. Activities at fairs vary widely...
which was held in the area, on Sordale Hill.
Georgemas Junction, the station name, dates from 1874.
Rail transport
Georgemas has no real town or village centre of its own but it does have an unstaffed railway station called
Georgemas JunctionGeorgemas Junction railway station is a railway station serving the village of Halkirk and its surrounding areas in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the county of Caithness....
. The station is on the picturesque
Far North LineThe Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick.- Route :...
and is the junction for the
Wick-People:* Denis Wick , British orchestral trombonist* Douglas Wick , American movie producer* Gian-Carlo Wick , Italian theoretical physicist* Helmut Wick , German Luftwaffe fighter pilot...
and
ThursoThurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland...
lines. It is located east of
ScotscalderScotscalder railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Scotscalder, Olrigmore, Calder, Westerdale and outlying areas. The area falls into the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland.- History :...
, west of
WickWick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, near Wick police station and Caithness General Hospital, within the former county of Caithness.- History :The station was...
and south of
ThursoThurso railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thurso, Highland, in the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network...
. The station is managed by
First ScotRailFirst ScotRail is the FirstGroup train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London. However, the company has now been renamed ScotRail - Scotland's Railway....
.
External links
- Ordnance Survey
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grid referenceThe British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude and longitude....
s:
- For Georgemas Junction:
- For A9-A882 junction:
- For Sordale Hill: