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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ROUSAY AND EGILSAY	Preferred	English			1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
ROUSAY AND EGILSHAY	Alternate	English			1861 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the numbers of Families; of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; of Males, Females, and Both Sexes; of Children at School the first week of April 1861; of all in the receipt of Education; of Rooms with Windows; and of the Temporarily Absent and Temporarily Present. The Parishes arranged alphabetically under each County'.
ROUSAY EGILSHAY AND VEIRA	Alternate	English			1911 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Population of Civil Parishes'.

Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ORKNEY	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND	Scottish County			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ORKNEY	Scottish Poor Law Combination			Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse

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