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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "PAPA WESTRAY":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Habrahelia	Orkney	Habrahelia , cavern, in the Mull of Papa, N. extremity of Papa Westray island, Orkney.	Bartholomew
  Habrahelia	Orkney	Papa-Westray island, Orkney. With a width of from 48 to 60 feet, it rises, in a manner resembling an archway	Groome
  Holland	Orkney	Holland, an estate, with a mansion, in Papa Westray, Orkney, 20 miles N of Kirkwall.	Groome
  Holland House	Orkney	Holland House , seat, Papa Westray island, Orkney, 20 miles N. of Kirkwall.	Bartholomew
  Ladykirk (or Northkirk)	Orkney	Ladykirk (or Northkirk ), ancient par., now in Westray and Papa-Westray par., in N. of Westray island, Orkney.	Bartholomew
  Ladykirk or Northkirk	Orkney	Westray island, Orkney. It comprises the northern part of the island; is bounded on the SE by Westkirk, on all other sides by the sea; contains the village of Pierwall; and now forms part of the united parish of Westray and Papa	Groome
  Mull Head	Orkney	Mull Head , N. extremity of Papa Westray island, Orkney.	Bartholomew
  North Isles	Orkney	Westray and Papa, with the quoad sacra parishes of Eday and North Ronaldshay. Pop. (1871) 9312, (1881) 9373, of whom	Groome
  Orkney	Orkney	Westray - which includes Westray, Papa Westray, Holm of Papa, Wart Holm, and Rusk Holm; Cross and Burness-which includes the W part	Groome
  Orkney	Orkney	Westray, Papa Westray, Eday, Stronsay, Sanday, and North Ronaldshay. Except on the S. and W. sides, where the cliffs are bold	Bartholomew
  Papa Sound	Orkney	Papa Sound , between Westray and Papa Westray Islands, Orkney.	Bartholomew
  Papa Westray	Orkney	Papa Westray , island, Westray and Papa Westray par., Orkney, 1½ mile E. of Westray island and 25 miles N. of Kirkwall	Bartholomew
  Papa Westray	Orkney	Papa Westray, an island of Westray parish, Orkney, 1¼ mile E of the northern part of Westray island, and 22¼ miles	Groome
  Pierowall	Orkney	Pierowall , vil., in NE., of Westray island, Westray And Papa Westray par., Orkney, on the Bay of Pierowall.	Bartholomew
  Ronaldshay, North	Orkney	Papa Westray. Divided from Sanday by North Ronaldshay Firth, very dangerous to navigation, it measures 3 miles in extreme length	Groome
  Westray	Orkney	Westray , island, Westray and Papa Westray par., Orkney, separated from Rousay island by Westray Firth, 23 miles by sea N. of Kirkwall	Bartholomew
  Westray	Orkney	Westray, West Westray, and North Westray or Ladykirk; but all these, together with the island of Papa-Westray, now form	Groome
  Westray and Papa Westray	Orkney	Westray and Papa Westray , par., Orkney, 13,585 ac., pop. 2545; the church stands in the centre of Westray island	Bartholomew

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