Isle of Skye

We do not know why this 10 acre piece of land was so called. The boring and possibly true reason is that the landowner wished to have a prestigious name for his new quarry. The Highlands were in vogue in Victorian times and it is quite logical to choose a famous name.

A second suggestion is that the sky larks live there. True, but not a valid reason for the name. The one we like, but it is most unlikely to be true is that a man with a broad Barnsley accent, where a hole is called an “oil”, complained it was so wet “There must be an oil in’t sky”

The parish bought the land, and that in itself is a complicated story, had the walls built and now the Ile of Skye is a place to walk, stand and stare and contemplate the view.