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Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 1 - Parish of Birsay, OS1/23/1

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[page] 57A

1'' M.S. [Manuscript] Plan of Orkney No 119 A

O.P. [Orkney Plans?]
I do not think this cluster of houses should be called Birsay which is the name of the district. The bay is called the Bay of Birsay and the brough the Brough of Birsay but the houses are called either Boardhouse or the Barony from the Earls Palace standing in the cluster of houses, in fact the cluster is composed of the Earls Palace the Manse the Established Kirk and a few cottages.

[signed] Francis Day
Captain R.E. [Royal Engineers]

For O N B [Orkney Name Books]
[initialled] GM

Transcriber's notes

Note in pencil with line linking it to Manse: no Space

Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 1 - Parish of Birsay, OS1/23/1

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Birsay.

Ordnance Survey - Orkney county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Orkney, which is in the north of Scotland.

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