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EDAY SOUND Eday Sound
Eday Sound
Eday Sound
Rev Matthew Fisher of Cross and Burness John Sinclair Quarryhouse Peter Sinclair North Mire 081 A large navigable strait washing the western shore of the Island of "Sanday" and the east shore of "Eday". Its length is from four and a half to to five miles and an average width of one mile & a quarter. The Bays "Braes Wick" and "Pool" on the west of "Sanday" runs east from this Sound and Calf Sound penetrates west from it. The north going tide in this strait runs at the rate of ten "Knots" an hour.
NORTH MIRE North Mire Rev Matthew Fisher of Cross and Burness John Sinclair Quarryhouse Peter Sinclair North Mire 081 A large farm house and steading one half mile west of "Warsetter". and one half east of "Lamaness". The occupier holds a "Grocery" licence. These last two names are the property of "Colonel Balfour of Balfour and Trenabie".
POOL Pool Rev Matthew Fisher of Cross and Burness John Sinclair Quarryhouse Peter Sinclair North Mire 081 A small cluster of houses situated at the south east head of the Bay of its own name (Pool) and one eighth of a mile west of "North Mire".

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