Firth, Orkney

Firth, Orkney

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Firth ("Fjörðr"Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) "Orkneyjar ok Katanes" (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)] meaning a firth or fjord) is a parish mainly in Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. It is in the west of the island and lies south of the parish of Rendall and west of St Ola.

It is not to be confused with the numerous Firths that surround Orkney.

The main village is Finstown. [Muir, Tom "The West Mainland" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) "The Orkney Book". Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 Page 192.]

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