OS1/23/12/57

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Orkney OS Name Books, 1879-1880
  4. Orkney, Volume 12
  5. OS1/23/12/57
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ROMAN COIN FOUND [cathedral, Kirkwall] Roman Coin found hereabouts (Roman)
A.D. 140		 Mr George Petrie, Kirkwall
Dr Loggie, Kirkwall
Mr Bruce Kirkwall		 108 A small Roman coin about the size of a silver sixpenny piece but much thicker and bearing the date 140. was said to have been found a few years ago hereabouts in the Graveyard attached to the Cathedral of St Magnus. The coin had the name of Sabina the wife of the Emperor Hadrian on it.

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Kirkwall And St Ola Parish, Orkney County

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Orkney, Sheet Cviii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Orkney, Sheet Cviii