Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Birsay and Harray

Birsay and Harray, a united par., in NW. of Mainland, Orkney, 26,743 ac., pop. 2326. Birsay post-office is 20 miles NW. of Kirkwall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a united parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Birsay and Harray ScoP       Orkney ScoCnty
Place: Birsay

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