We could not match "EVIE" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 18 possible matches we have found for you:

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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  EVIE	Scottish Parish	ORKNEY AND SHETLAND (Scottish County)

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find units with names similar to your search term:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "EVIE":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Birsay and Harray	Orkney	Evie, Rendall, and Firth, S by Stenness, and SW by Sandwick. Its greatest length, from NNW to SSE, is 11 miles	Groome
  Burgar	Orkney	Burgar, an estate, with a modern mansion, in Evie and Rendall parish, Orkney, 11 miles from Kirkwall.	Groome
  Burgar	Orkney	Burgar , seat, in Evie and Rendall par., Orkney, 11 miles from Kirkwall.	Bartholomew
  Costa	Orkney	Evie and Birsay parishes. Projecting to a point 4 miles ENE of the Brough of Birsay, it comprises a hill	Groome
  Enhallow	Orkney	Evie district of Pomona. It measures about a mile in circumference, has good soil, and is overlooked by the headlands	Groome
  Evie	Orkney	Evie and Rendall- Evie on the N, Rendall on the S; and it lies near Enhallow island, within a mile	Groome
  Evie	Orkney	Evie , with church and school, 9 m. N. of Finstown; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Evie and Rendall	Orkney	Evie and Rendall , united par., Mainland, Orkney, 14,720 ac., pop. 1351; includes the island of Gairsay.	Bartholomew
  Gairsay	Orkney	island, Evie and Rendall par., Orkney, ¾ mile E. of Mainland and 1½ mile NW. of Shapinshay, pop. 37.	Bartholomew
  Gairsay	Orkney	Evie and Rendall parish, Orkney, 1¼ mile E of the nearest part of Orkney mainland, and 1½ NW of Shapinshay	Groome
  Isbister	Orkney	Isbister, a fine mansion of recent erection in the Rendall portion of Evie parish, Orkney.	Groome
  Isbister	Orkney	Isbister , seat, Evie and Rendall par., Mainland, Orkney, on Bay of Isbister, 6 miles NW. of Kirkwall.	Bartholomew
  Kirkwall	Orkney	Evie and Rendal, Holm, Kirkwall and St Ola, and South Ronaldshay, the quoad sacra parish of Ronaldshay-St Mary's, and the mission	Groome
  Orkney	Orkney	Evie and Rendal, Harray and Birsay, Sandwick, Stromness, Firth and Stenness, and Orphir, all in the western portion of Pomona	Groome
  Pomona or Mainland	Orkney	Evie, Rendall, Harray, Firth, Stenness, Orphir, Kirkwall, St Andrews, Deerness, and Holm; but Birsay and Harray, Evie and Rendall, Firth	Groome
  Rendall	Orkney	Rendall , hamlet, Evie and Rendall par., Pomona, Orkney, 12 miles NW. of Kirkwall; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Rousay	Orkney	Evie parish in Pomona, 4¼ miles SSW of Westray, and 11 N by W of Kirkwall, under which it has a post	Groome

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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