Firth, Orkney

For other uses, see Firth (disambiguation).

One of the few woods in Orkney at Finstown. The house in the background is Binscarth

Firth (Fjörðr^[1] meaning a firth or fjord) is a civil parish mainly in Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. It is in the west of the mainland island, lying south of the parish of Rendall, east of Harray and Stenness, north of Orphir and west of St Ola.^[2]

It is not to be confused with the numerous Firths that surround Orkney.

The main village is Finstown.^[3]

References

↑ Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
↑ "Scrol Analyser". General Register Office for Scotland. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
↑ Muir, Tom "The West Mainland" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 Page 192.

Orkney

List of Orkney islands

Inhabited islands	Mainland Auskerry Burray Eday Egilsay Flotta Gairsay Graemsay Holm of Grimbister Hoy Inner Holm North Ronaldsay Papa Stronsay Papa Westray Rousay Sanday Shapinsay South Ronaldsay South Walls Stronsay Westray Wyre

Other islands	Eynhallow Helliar Holm Lamb Holm Switha Swona North West islands North East islands South West islands South East islands

Towns and villages	Kirkwall Balfour Dounby Finstown Houton Longhope Lyness Pierowall St Margaret's Hope Stromness Whitehall

Mainland parishes	Birsay Deerness Evie Firth Harray Holm Kirkwall Orphir Rendall St Andrews St Ola Sandwick Stenness Stromness

Topics	Prehistory History Geology Scapa Flow

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