Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sanday

Sanday, one of the largest of the North Isles of Orkney, comprising the 2 pars, of Lady, and Cross and Burness, pop. 2082; P.O., T.O.; is very irregular in form and very flat, and has a light sandy soil.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "one of the largest of the North Isles of Orkney"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Orkney ScoCnty
Place: Sanday

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