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St Andrews, par., on E. side of Pomona, Orkney, 12,830 ac., pop. 1695; includes the islands of Copinshay and Kirkholm, and since 1845 has been ecclesiastically divided into St Andrews and Durness; the church of St Andrews is 6 miles SE. of Kirkwall.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Orkney County |
| Place: | St Andrews |
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