Volume contents
- 1 - Stronsay , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Stronsay , page 10
- 20 - Stronsay , page 20
- 30 - Stronsay , page 30
- 40 - Stronsay , page 40
- 50 - Stronsay , page 50
- 60 - Stronsay , page 60
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- 90 - Stronsay , page 90
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- 170 - Stronsay , page 170
- 177 - Stronsay , page 177 (end)
- 178 - Stronsay , title page
- 179 - Stronsay , index
Continued entries/extra info
Orkney Island of Stronsay
Odin Geo Geo Eden, or Geo Odin,
Mr. Hume, Farmer, Hunton. Mr. Forbes Schoolmaster Stronsay Mr. A. Learmonth, farmer, New Millfield
This name applies to a little creek or Geo, of which Sir Walter Scott makes mention in the "Pirate", as having a superior kind of Dulce, or Dilish, which taken together with the waters of a well called "Kildengue" on the north end of this island were supposed to have great medicinal qualities, The Dulce of the Geo, or the waters of Kildengue are rarely if ever used at the present day, and so little intrest is now attached to either one, or the other, of these places, that they are rarely visited except by strangers, There is only one man on the island who knows the Geo and he is not Certain about its position. property of Col. [Colonel] Balfour Shapinshay.
Initialed J.Y.
Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 24 - Parish of Stronsay, OS1/23/24
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Stronsay.
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.