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  • 11John Firth (Orcadian) — John Firth (1838 1922) was a Scottish folklorist. He born in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney. He wrote Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish …

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  • 12John Spence (Orcadian) — John Spence (1857 1933) was a native of Birsay on Mainland, Orkney. He was an authority on local flora, local history and genealogy, and on the old Orkney dialect, the Norn.He was a member of the Orkney Antiquarian Society …

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  • 13Orkney — This article is about the islands in northern Scotland. For other places of the same name, see Orkney (disambiguation). Orkney Arcaibh …

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  • 14Northern Isles — This article is about the large group of Scottish islands including Orkney and Shetland. For the northern islands of Shetland, see North Isles. The Northern Isles of Scotland. The Northern Isles (Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Scots Gaelic: Na h Eileanan …

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  • 15HMS Vanguard (1907) — Die HMS Vanguard Dienstzeit …

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  • 16Shapinsay — Infobox Scottish island | GridReference=HY505179 celtic name= norse name=Hjálpandisey meaning of name= Old Norse for helpful island or judge s island area=2,948 hectares area rank=29 highest elevation=Ward Hill 64 metres Population=300 population …

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  • 17Prehistoric Orkney — refers to a period in the human occupation of the Orkney archipelago of Scotland that was the latter part of these islands prehistory. The period of prehistory prior to occupation by the genus Homo is part of the geology of Scotland. Although… …

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  • 18Mainland, Orkney — Location OS grid reference …

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  • 19Old Red Sandstone — Stratigraphic range: Late Silurian to earliest Carboniferous Cross section showing quartz and chert pebbles in a sample from central England (scale bar is 10 mm). Type Geological formation …

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  • 20Henry Blagrove — Infobox Military Person name= Henry Blagrove lived= 26 April, 1887 ndash; 14 October, 1939 placeofbirth= Harbledown, Kent placeofdeath= Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands caption= Henry Blagrove nickname= allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United… …

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