Volume contents
- 1 - Stromness , page 1 (start)
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- 155 - Stromness , page 155 (end)
- 156 - Stromness , title page
- 157 - Stromness , index
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Stromness Orkney
Stromness (Continued)
narrow in some places, but tolerably maeadamized, Many of the houses between this street and the beach stand within high-water mark and have tiny bulwarks, quays or jetties for the unloading of boats, and for facility of fishing, The bay on which the town stands is a natural harbour, safer and more commodious that the great majority of the harbours in Britain. It extends upwards of a mile from south to north, and is entered by a passage 1/4 of a mile wide, but expands in the interior to a width of half-a-mile, and it has a firm clay bottom, and sufficient depth of water for vessels of 1000 tons burden, and is sheltered from the violence of every wind, The pier has 18 feet of water in spring tides," Ext from Fullerton's Gazetteer.
The street is now paved with flags
Signed Alexander Fraser C/A
Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 22 - Parish of Stromness, OS1/23/22
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Stromness.
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.