Finstown
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| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] HY359138] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ORKNEY |
| Postcode district | KW17 |
| Dialling code | 01856 |
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| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Finstown (Page Module:IPA/styles.css has no content.locally /ˈfɪnstʊn/) is a village in the parish of Firth[2] on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands.
According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for.[3] This settlement is situated along the Bay of Firth, whose fringe is a shallow intertidal mudflat.[4] The village is situated at the junction of the A965 and the A966.[citation needed] In 2011 it has a population of 440.[5]
History
Prehistoric finds have been made in the form of ancient cists, somewhat west of the primary school.[6] Further east towards Kirkwall is the Rennibister Earth House, estimated to be 3000 years old.
Formerly called "Toon o' Firth", the origin of the Finstown name is thought to come from an Irishman named David Phin who came to the area in 1811. A soldier with the 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, he married a Kirkwall woman in 1813. In 1820, he opened an ale-house which was called the Toddy Hole by arrangement with John Miller of Millquoy. Four years later they quarrelled and Phin left for Aberdeen, but his name remained. The ale-house building is now the site of the Pomona Inn hostelry, after an old name for Mainland Orkney.
The former Liberal Party leader Jo Grimond is buried in Finstown.
Community
Finstown has a post office, Firth Primary School, a pub called the Pomona Inn, a shop and a garage. Most of these buildings are situated on the main Stromness to Kirkwall road.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Details of Finstown". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Linklater, Eric (1965). Orkney and Shetland: an historical, geographical, social, and scenic survey. p. 122.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hogan, C. Michael (2007). "HY3613 : Beach and mudflats at Finstown Centre waterfront, Mainland Orkney". Geograph Britain and Ireland/United Kingdom Ordnance Survey.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Finstown". City population. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 1981. p. 58.
External links
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