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Stromness, market and seaport town, police burgh, and par., in SW. of Pomona, Orkney, 14 miles W. of Kirkwall - par., 7618 ac., pop. 2410; town and burgh, pop. 1705; P.O., T.O.,3 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. The town stands on an excellent natural harbour, carries on fishing, and has a distillery, ropeworks, and shipbuilding yards.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market and seaport town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Stromness Burgh Orkney County |
| Place: | Stromness |
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