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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| DISHES | Dishes | Mr. John Forbes Schoolmaster Stronsay Mr. David Peace Upper Dishes Mr. George Miller Gesty Stronsay | 098 | This name applies to a small district of well cultivated land and a number of Small farms situated about 1 & 3/4 miles South of the Post office It is bounded on the West by a large Bay known as Rousholm Bay or Hollands Bay and extends in an Easterly direction from a point about one fourth of a mile South-west of Gesty along a dyke known as Hollands dyke to the South Female and Infant Schol where it turns in a Northerly direction and runs along the public road within a short distance South of Boondatown Then it turns along a drain in a South-westerly dirction passing a little North of Upper Dishes and enters Rousholm of Hollands Bay close to Lower Dishes It is the property of Colonel Balfour Island of Shapinshay |
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Orkney Parish of StronsaySigned: James Boyle C/A
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