We could not match "NOSS" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 14 possible matches we have found for you:

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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 "NOSS":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Bressay	Shetland	Noss island and the Shetland mainland; is, in its central part, exactly opposite Lerwick; has a post office under Lerwick	Groome
  BRISTOL CHANNEL	Somerset	Noss Point, from 13 to 15 fathoms; and in the open part between Bideford and Carmarthen bays, from 30 to 40 fathoms	Imperial
  Caithness	Caithness	Noss Head (115), at the point where the E coast begins to trend to the SW. Other headlands are Brims	Groome
  Castles Girnigoe and Sinclair	Caithness	Noss Head, and 3¼ miles NNE of Wick town. Built mainly at a time unknown to record, and partly	Groome
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	Noss-Mayo, Pennycross, Plymouth-St. Andrew's Chapel, Plymouth-St. James, Plymouth-St. Peter, Plymouth-Trinity, Plymouth-Christchurch, Plymouth-Charles	Imperial
  Holm of Noss	Shetland	Holm of Noss *, small rocky islet, Bressay par., Shetland; once connected with Noss island by a rope cradle bridge. See NOSS.	Bartholomew
  Noss	Shetland	Noss, an island of Bressay parish, Shetland, 1 furlong E of Bressay island, from which it is separated by a narrow	Groome
  Noss	Shetland	Noss Head is a lighthouse 68 ft. high, with a revolving light (Noss Head) 175 ft. above high water and seen	Bartholomew
  Noss Head	Caithness	Noss Head. a lighthouse, built in 1849 at a cost of £12,149, stands on Noss Head, with its lantern	Groome
  NOSS-MAYO	Devon	NOSS-MAYO , a village and a chapelry in Revelstoke parish, Devon. The village stands on a creek of the Yealm	Imperial
  Noup of Noss	Shetland	Noup of Noss , Shetland. See NOSS.	Bartholomew
  REVELSTOKE	Devon	Noss-Mayo; and its post town is Newton-Ferrers, under Ivybridge. Acres, 1, 478. Real property, £2, 221. Pop., 505. Houses	Imperial
  Shetland	Shetland	Noss from Bressay by Noss Sound (200 yards); Mousa from the main island by Mousa Sound (½ mile at narrowest	Groome
  Wick	Caithness	Noss Head-on the SE of Sinclair Baysouthward are a number of narrow creeks with steep rocky sides, and locally	Groome

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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