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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ST ANDREWS St. Andrews Johnstons Map of Orkney
Peaces' map of Orkney
Andersons Guide to the Highlands
Peaces Orkney County Directory
The Orkney & Shetland Guide & Directory
Oliver & Boyds, Edinburgh Almanac.
Stat [Statutory] a/c [Account] of Scotland
Imp [Imperial] Gazetteer of Scotland
103; 108; 109; 115 The parish of St Andrews is situated on the east coast of the mainland of Orkney. It is bounded on the north by Shapinsay Sound, on the east by Deer Sound, on the South east by the German Ocean. on the north west by Inganess Bay on the South west by the parish of Holm. It is also separated from Deerness by a narrow isthmus called Sandy Sound. There is no detached part of this parish locally situated within the boundary of any other parish nor is there any detached part of any other parish locally situated within the boundary of this one. It contains about 8389 statute Acres.

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St Andrews Ph [Parish] -- Orkney

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