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Orphir (pronounced /ɔːrfɪr/, Old Norse:
Jorfjara or Orfjara) is a
parish and
settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is
approximately 9
miles (14...
- The
remains of the
Orphir Round Church (or
Round Kirk), also St Nicholas's Church, are
located in
Orphir Parish on the Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It...
- The Hall of
Clestrain is a
house in the
parish of
Orphir, Orkney, Scotland. The
house was the
birthplace of the
explorer John Rae in 1813.
Currently derelict...
- FRGS Rae in 1862 Born (1813-09-30)30
September 1813 Hall of Clestrain,
Orphir,
Orkney Islands,
Scotland Died 22 July 1893(1893-07-22) (aged 79) Kensington...
- Hoy and
Graemsay Kirkwall and St Ola (included
burgh of Kirkwall) Lady
Orphir Papa
Westray Rousay St
Andrews and
Deerness Sandwick Shapinsay South Ronaldsay...
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island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The
settlement is
within the
parish of
Orphir, and is
situated on a
minor road off the A964. From here, a
ferry sails...
- Lusitania. The
Argonaut Corporation Ltd was
founded and the
salvage ship
Orphir used to
search for the ship.
After three months of
searching the
wreck was...
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Retrieved 9 May 2017. "Ward 1 -
Kirkwall East". "Ward 2 -
Kirkwall West and
Orphir". "Ward 3 -
Stromness and
South Isles". "Ward 4 - West Mainland". "Ward...
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served as a tender,
named Pole Star,
based at Stromness. She was
renamed Orphir in 1931, and then sold to
William Marshall of
Glasgow for
conversion to...
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century a
notorious Orkney pirate, John Gow,
raided Hall of Clestrain, in
Orphir and
abducted two
servant girls.
Reports vary as to
their treatment, with...
