Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place	Type of entry	Source
Northmaven	a parish	Groome

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

Place	Type of entry	Source
Burravoe	small bay	Bartholomew
Burravoe	a small bay	Groome
Colla Firth	bay and hamlet	Bartholomew
Colla Firth	a bay and a hamlet	Groome
Doreholm	an islet	Groome
Drongs	a curious insulated rock	Groome
Eagleshay or Egilshay	an island	Groome
Esha Ness		Bartholomew
Gluss Isle	peninsula	Bartholomew
Gunnister Island	island	Bartholomew
Hamar Voe	sea-loch	Bartholomew
Hamna Voe	sea-loch	Bartholomew
Hillswick	seaport village	Bartholomew
Hillswick	a seaport village and a voe or hay	Groome
Lamba	an island	Groome
Lamba Island	island	Bartholomew
Nibon	island	Bartholomew
North Roe	district	Bartholomew
Ollaberry	a village	Groome
Ollaberry	village	Bartholomew
Ronas Hill		Bartholomew
Sullam (or Sullom)	hamlet	Bartholomew
Tangwick	school	Bartholomew
Urafirth	school	Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Delting	0	2
Yell	0	3
Burravoe	0	2
Lunna	0	2
Brindister	0	2
Papa Stour	0	2
Nesting	0	2
Mainland	0	1
Sandsting	0	2
Whalsey	0	2
Fetlar	0	3
Walls	0	2
Hoove	0	2
Tingwall	0	2
Unst	0	2
Buness	0	2
Scalloway	0	2
Lerwick	0	3
Bressay	0	1
Quarff	0	2