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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BACKASKAILL Bacaskail
Bacaskeal
Backaskail
Backaskail
Backaskaill
Rev. Matthew Fisher of Cross & Burness
John Paul Bacaskail
John Hay Waterhall
North Sea Pilot
Johnston's Map of the Orkneys
Stat. Account Peace's Orkney & Shetland Guide, Directory & Almanac (1877)
081 A large farm house and steading situated at the head of the north western extremity of Bacaskail Bay. and one mile and a half east of "Kettletoft". This and the foregoing names are the property of the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland.
LONNIE Lonnie Rev. Matthew Fisher of Cross & Burness
James Custard Purgatory
John Hay Waterhall
081 A small farm house and steading situated one quarter of a mile south of "Knowes" and one half mile east of "Bacaskail".
PURGATORY Purgatory
Purgatory
Purgatory
Rev. Matthew Fisher of Cross & Burness
James Custard Purgatory
John Hay Waterhall
081 A small farm house situated one quarter of a mile N. east of "Skelbister" and one half mile south east of the "Parish Church of Cross & Burness."

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