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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BRAE OF SMERQUOY Brae of Smerquoy Mr Linklater, Cruan
Rev. Mr Reid, Finstown
Commonty Tracing
108 Applies to a feature partly in Firth Parish & partly in Kirkwall & St Ola Parish. situated aside the old Kirkwall & Stromness road.
HARDHILL Hardhill
Hardhill
Hardhill
Edward Miller Rennibister
John Sinclair Hardhill
George Craigie Rossmire
108 This name applies to a house and croft situated south east of Finstown at a distance of about three miles; the house is thatched and in bad repair Robert Baikie M.D. of Tankerness proprietor
SMERQUOY Smerquoy
Smerquoy
Also In St Ola Ph [parish] (adjoining)
Edward Miller Rennibister
John Sinclair Hardhill
108 This name applies to a small district and two houses south of Hardhill at a distance of between a half and three quarters of a mile, they are both thatched and in fair repair Robert Scarth proprietor

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