Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Deerness

Deerness, quoad sacra par., St Andrews par., Orkney, pop. 867; P.O.; includes E. peninsula of Mainland and some islets.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "quoad sacra parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Orkney County
Place: Deerness

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