Photographic census of Hoy 2011-2013 by Pearl Sinclair
Pearl Sinclair created a fascinating photographic census of Hoy parish. This wonderful body of work gives us a picture of Hoy here and now (or there and then as it is already nearly a decade old) – archiving the present. Pearl extended the census to include the frequent visitors who come to Hoy regularly, keeping crofts in Hoy and renewing familial ties.
People hand-wrote their own histories around the images, an intimate portrait. Come by Hoy Kirk and look through the folder ‘Photographic Census of Hoy’, Pearl’s precursor to the book, a very important part of our archive.
The hard copy of the book of the project can be ordered through Blurb here.
Or you can download a free PDF below.
Hoy Heritage Centre HOY KIRK ORKNEY 
is the island of hoy protected????? doing some research for my geography assignment
Hello Kiah, hope your project goes well. You might want to check out Scottish National Heritage
http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/national-designations/nsa/
and you might also want to check out RSPB reserves. Happy researching and please consider putting the results of your project in to the Hoy Heritage Centre for other people to see.