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Mainland (Orkney)

The largest of the Orkney islands divided into the parishes of Harray and Birsay, Sandwick, Stromness, Evie and Rendal, Firth, Orphir, Kirkwall and St Ola, and Holm. The island also included the burgh of Kirkwall. It was sometimes referred to (but not by Orcadians) as Pomona.

Mainland (Shetland)

The largest of the Shetland islands divided into the parishes of Northmaven, Delting, Nesting, Tinwald, Sandsting, Walls and Sandness, Lerwick, and Dunrossness.