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One of the few woods in Orkney at Finstown. The house in the background is Binscarth

Firth (Fjörðr meaning a firth or fjord) is a Civil parish ( List of civil parishes in Scotland ) mainly in Mainland, Orkney.

The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. It is in the west of the mainland island, lying south of the parish of Rendall, east of Harray and Stenness, north of Orphir and west of St Ola.

It is not to be confused with the numerous Firths that surround Orkney.

The main village is Finstown.

Etymology - Pomona

The name Mainland is a corruption of the Old Norse Meginland. Formerly the island was also known as Hrossey meaning "Horse Island". The island is sometimes referred to as "Pomona" (or "Pomonia"), a name that stems from a sixteenth-century mis-translation by George Buchanan and which has rarely been used locally, although it is retained in the name of the Pomona Inn at Finstown in the parish of Firth, Orkney (also in List of civil parishes in Scotland ), as well as a local cafe in the capital of Kirkwall also known as the Pomona.

See also

Article on Deerness

References

  1. Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
  2. Visions of Britain. map of Firth Parish. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17137
  3. Muir, Tom "The West Mainland" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 Page 192.
  4. Buchanan, George (1582) ( http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/scothist/ Rerum Scoticarum Historia: The First Book ) The University of California, Irvine. Revised 8 March 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  5. http://www.orkneyjar.com/placenames/pomona.htm "Pomona or Mainland?" Orkneyjar.com. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  6. "Orkney Guide Book - Firth". BuyOrkney. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
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