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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Strathy like this:
Strathy, quoad sacra par. and vil., Farr par., on N. coast of Sutherland - quoad sacra par., pop. 790; vil., at mouth of Strathy Water, 18 miles W. of Thurso; P.O.; Strathy Point, a bold headland, is 3½ miles N. of vil.; Strathy Water issues from Loch Strathy, and flows 14 miles N. to Strathy Bay.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Strathy by doing a full-text search here.
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Strathy within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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Thomas Pennant | Appendix V: Of Caithness, Strathnavern, and Sutherland | 5 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Portskerra | 0 | 1 |
Melvich | 0 | 2 |
Armadale | 0 | 1 |
Kirtomy | 0 | 1 |
Halladale | 0 | 2 |
Sandside | 0 | 1 |
Dalhalvaig | 0 | 1 |
Borve | 0 | 1 |
Reay | 0 | 1 |
Dounreay | 0 | 1 |
Shebster | 0 | 1 |
Coomb Island | 0 | 2 |
Skerray | 0 | 1 |
Naver | 0 | 3 |
Eilean Nan Ron | 0 | 2 |
Brims | 0 | 2 |
Westfield | 0 | 1 |
Farr | 0 | 2 |
Shurrery | 0 | 1 |
Rabbit Islands | 0 | 2 |