Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Birsay. You may be able to find further references to Birsay in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Birsay and Harray	a united parish	Groome
Birsay and Harray	a united parish	Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Birsay.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Hundland	place with school	Bartholomew
Marwick Head	headland	Bartholomew
Swannay	hamlet	Bartholomew
Twatt		Bartholomew
Twatt	a post office	Groome

Travel writing

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Sandwick	0	2
Eynhallow	0	3
Evie	0	3
Rousay	0	2
Stenness	0	2
Mainland	0	2
Rousay	0	1
Firth	0	2
Finstown	0	2
Stromness	0	2
Gairsay	0	2
Graemsay	0	2
Egilsay	0	2
Orphir	0	2
Kirkwall	1	4
Hoy	0	3
Shapinsay	0	2
Westray	0	3
Pierowall	0	1
Ladykirk	0	2