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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CARNESS | Carness Carness Carness |
William Flett, farmer, Carness Thomas Marwick, farmer, Work Peter Peace, farmer, Castlegreen |
102 | A farmhouse with offices attached one story high and situated 3/4 mile North west of Work and 1/2 mile north of Castlegreen. The property of the Revd. J.R. Omand of Carness. |
ICELAND SKERRY | Iceland Skerry | William Flett, farmer, Carness Thomas Marwick, farmer, Work Peter Peace, farmer, Castlegreen | 102 | A low water rock lying a few chains out from the coast at a small promontory situated about half way between Carness and Castlegreen |
THIEVES' HOLM | Thieves' Holm Thieves' Holm Thieves' Holm |
Peter Peace, farmer, Castlegreen Thomas Marwick, farmer, work Robert Marwick farmer's son, Work Handbook to the Orkneys Admiralty Chart |
102 | A name given to a small island in the parish of Kirkwall & St Ola situated half a mile north of the farm house of Carness and nearly the same distance west of Head of Carness. the property of Revd. J.R. Omand of Carness. |
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