Herston, Orkney: Difference between revisions

Herston
Herston
	View along the street where cottages overlook Widewall Bay
OS grid reference	ND420915
Civil parish	South Ronaldsay and Burray;
Council area	Orkney;
Lieutenancy area	Orkney;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORKNEY
Postcode district	KW17
Dialling code	01856
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Orkney;
	List of places UK Scotland

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Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. Herston is historically a fishing village but has no industry to speak of now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.

The video for the Eurythmics song, "Here Comes the Rain Again", was partially filmed in Herston, at the wreck of the WWI-era ship, Monarch.^[1]

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 '''Herston''' is a village on [[South Ronaldsay]], [[Orkney]]. Herston is historically a [[fishing village]] but has no industry to speak of now that [[Herston Hikers Hostel]] is now inactive.
+The video for the [[Eurythmics]] song, "[[Here Comes the Rain Again]]", was partially filmed in Herston, at the wreck of the [[World War I|WWI]]-era ship, ''Monarch''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/other/monarch.php |title= Monarch |publisher=Scapa Flow: Historic Wreck Site |accessdate= 7 December 2014}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External links==
 {{commons category|Herston, Orkney}}
+*[http://www.scapaflow.co/index.php/activities/places1/the_village_of_herston_south_ronaldsay Scapaflow.co - Herston, South Ronaldsay]
+*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/101994/details/unknown+widewall+bay+south+ronaldsay+scapa+flow+orkney/ Canmore - Fishing Vessel site record, Widewall Bay]
 [[Category:Villages in Orkney]]