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61Polwarth — POLWARTH, a parish, in the county of Berwick, 4 miles (S. W.) from Dunse; containing 260 inhabitants, of whom about 160 are in the village, and the remainder in the rural districts. This place once formed part of the estates of the Marchmont… …
62Stronsay and Eday — STRONSAY and EDAY, two ancient parishes, in the county of Orkney, the one 14 miles (N. E. by E.) and the other 15 miles (N. N. E.) from Kirkwall; containing 2279 inhabitants, of whom 1268 are in Stronsay, and 1011 in Eday. These parishes,… …
63Urray — URRAY, a parish, partly in the county of Inverness, but chiefly in the Mainland district of the county of Ross and Cromarty, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Dingwall; containing, with portions of the two late quoad sacra parishes of Carnoch or… …
64Walls and Sandness — WALLS and SANDNESS, a parish, in the county of Shetland, 19 miles (W. N. W.) from Lerwick; containing, with the islands of Foula, Linga, Papa Stour, and Vaila, 2449 inhabitants. This parish, consisting of the four districts of Walls, Sandness …
65Westerkirk — WESTERKIRK, a parish, in the county of Dumfries, 6 miles (N. W.) from Langholm; containing 638 inhabitants. This place is by some writers supposed to have derived its name, originally Wester Ker or Wester Caer, from its situation to the west… …
66hǽðiht — adj heathy …
67mórheald — adj heathy, marshy? …
68heath — noun 1》 chiefly Brit. an area of open uncultivated land, typically on acid sandy soil and covered with heather, gorse, and coarse grasses. 2》 a dwarf shrub with small leathery leaves and small pink or purple flowers, characteristic of heathland… …
69smooth snake — noun a harmless snake which is grey to reddish in colour, typically living in heathy country where it feeds on lizards. [Coronella austriaca.] …
70heathery — a. Heathy …
