Old Photographs Finstown Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Finstown, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Formerly called Toon o' Firth, the origin of the 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 girl 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.

Old photograph of Finstown, Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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