Orphir (pronounced /ɔːrfɪr/, Old Norse: Jorfjara/Orfjara) is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres)...
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The remains of the Orphir Round Church (or Round Kirk), also St Nicholas's Church, are located in Orphir Parish on the Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It...
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Hoy and Graemsay Kirkwall and St Ola (included burgh of Kirkwall) Lady Orphir Papa Westray Rousay St Andrews and Deerness Sandwick Shapinsay South Ronaldsay...
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Firth, Holm, Hoy and Graemsay, Kirkwall and St Ola, Lady (on Sanday), Orphir, Papa Westray, Rousay and Egilsay, Sandwick, Shapinsay, South Ronaldsay...
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located to the east of central St Ola, which contains Kirkwall city. Firth, Orphir, Stenness and Harray lie west of Kirkwall and east of the westernmost parishes...
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Lusitania. The Argonaut Corporation Ltd was founded and the salvage ship Orphir used to search for the ship. After three months of searching the wreck was...
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Kirkwall West and Orphir is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Orkney Islands Council. It elects four Councillors. 2022 Orkney Islands Council...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Orphir in Orkney, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX...
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Milestone Community Church, Dounby 2012 Flotta l/w Orphir & Stenness l/w Hoy & Walls 1,566 Flotta Church* Orphir Church* Medieval St Columba's, Longhope, South...
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Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney St Magnus Church, Egilsay, Orkney Orphir Roundchurch, Orphir, Orkney Magnus Cathedral, Faroe Islands This disambiguation page...
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Greenland. It is, for example, found in a runic inscription discovered in Orphir in Orkney, which has been taken to imply that "the rune carver probably...
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The Hall of Clestrain is a house in the parish of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland. The house was the birthplace of the explorer John Rae in 1813. Currently derelict...
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she gave birth to a baby boy while working for the HBC. Gunn was born in Orphir on the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, near the town of...
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island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. From here, a ferry sails...
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served as a tender, named Pole Star, based at Stromness. She was renamed Orphir in 1931, and then sold to William Marshall of Glasgow for conversion to...
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awarded a plaque to commemorate Rae. It can be found at Hall of Clestrain, Orphir, Stromness, Orkney. Hayes, map 129. McGoogan 2002, §§3–4. McGoogan 2002...
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triangular-shaped loch located on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Orphir. It lies 5 mi (8.0 km) southwest of Kirkwall on cultivated land between...
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Preceded by Celynen Collieries' Workingmen's Institute and Memorial Hall – Newbridge "Restorations" on BBC2 2004 Succeeded by Hall of Clestrain – Orphir, Orkney...
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H7. 'Lovely' is listed in the RHS Plant Finder as of June 2021[update]. 'Orphir' is listed as a cultivar of S. lateriflorum var. lateriflorum and is without...
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after his distinguished military career. Henry Halcro Johnston was born at Orphir House, Orkney, Scotland, on 13 September 1856, the fifth son of James Johnston...
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comparable mediaeval buildings can be found in Europe, particularly the Orphir Round Church on Orkney built in Scotland around 1115, and the round churches...
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Newbigging North Dawn North Ronaldsay Northdyke Northtown Nouster Odie Orphir Outertown Overbister Pan Papa Westray Papley Pierowall Quholm Quindry Quoyloo...
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permanently above sea level. It is to the north east of Cava, and south of Orphir. It is also north of Flotta. Formerly known as Carlin Skerry, the rock gained...
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Christmas (c. 1130) Frakökk and Helga were staying on Earl Harald's estate at Orphir prior to a Yule feast to which Harald had invited his half-brother Páll...
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3xIndependent 2012: 3xIndependent 2007-2012 Change: No Change † Kirkwall West and Orphir Independent Cllr Jack Moodie resigned his seat for personal reasons on 9...
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Firth Primary School, Stenness Community School, Dounby Primary School, Orphir Community School and Rousay Community School, as well as pupils from North...
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58.9212; -2.7467 (Newark Bay) Orphir Bay Houton 58°55′09″N 3°09′23″W / 58.9193°N 3.1565°W / 58.9193; -3.1565 (Orphir Bay) Rack Wick Stromness 58°58′06″N...
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and Burray while the boundary between Kirkwall East and Kirkwall West and Orphir was amended by the harbour to make a more identifiable boundary. Council...
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Progressive Conservative Joseph-Octave Latour 10,589 38.12 Social Credit Joseph-Orphir Desjardins 4,095 14.74 Independent Kenneth P. Riley 695 2.50 Unknown...
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Retrieved 9 May 2017. "Ward 1 - Kirkwall East". "Ward 2 - Kirkwall West and Orphir". "Ward 3 - Stromness and South Isles". "Ward 4 - West Mainland". "Ward...
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