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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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OSMONDWALL | Osmondwall | J G M Heddle Esqr. [Esquire] Melsetter Edward E. Corrigall Esqr. [Esquire] Kirbuster Mr. George Sutherland Post Master Longhope, Johnstons Map of Orkney Handbook to the Orkneys |
123 | This name applies to a large district in the South east end of "South Walls" Bounded on the South by the Pentland Firth, on the east by Cantic Sound and Kirk Hope, on the north and west by the farms Searton, Green, Newbigging, Eastbister, and Snelsetter, The largest farms in South Walls are in this district and the Soil very fertile J G M Heddle Esqr [Esquire] of Melsetter and Mrs Ann Bruce North Ness proprietors |
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