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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HOY | Hoy(Island) | John A Bruce Esq Sheriff Clerk, Kirkwall Andersons Guide to the Highlands Peaces Map of Orkney Peaces Directory of Orkney The Orkney & Shetland Guide & Directory Philip's County Atlas Oliver & Boyds Edinburgh Almanac Stat. a/c of Scotland Ad[miralty] Chart North Sea Pilot Johnstons Map of Orkney |
118; 119; 122; 123 | Hoy, one of the Orkney islands it lies at the south west of the Orkney group and is bounded on the north by Hoy Sound, on the south by the Pentland Firth., on west & south west by the Atlantic Ocean and is washed on the east by the waters of Scapa Flow & Long Hope. It is the property of J.G. Moodie Heddle Esq, Melsetter, Walls, By Kirkwall |
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