A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Forss, a stream and an estate of NW Caithness. Forss Water, issuing from Loch Shurrery (321 feet), winds 12½ miles northward, through or along the borders of Reay, Halkirk, and Thurso parishes, till it falls into the North Sea at Crosskirk Bay. It is subject to great freshets, doing much injury to the lands near its banks; and is well frequented by sea-trout and grilse. Forss House, near the right bank of the stream, 5½ miles W of Thurso town, is the seat of Charles Wemyss Sinclair, Esq. (b. 1862; suc. 1876), who owns 12, 700 acres in the county valued at £5610 per annum. There is a post office of Forss under Thurso.—Ord. Sur., sh. 115, 1878.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a stream" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
| Administrative units: | Caithness ScoCnty |
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