Evie (pronounced ) is a

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and village on

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. The parish is located in the north-west of the Mainland, between Birsay and Rendall, forming the coastline opposite the isle of Rousay.

History

Within the parish are a number of

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features, including Gurness, an

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that overlooks Eynhallow Sound.

Adam Bothwell Adam Bothwell, Lord of Session (c.1527, Edinburgh – 1593, Edinburgh), was a Scottish clergyman, judge, and politician. Overview Adam Bothwell served as Bishop of Orkney (1559), Commendator of Holyrood House (1570), Extraordinary Lord of Sessi ...

Bishop of Orkney The Bishop of Orkney was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Orkney, one of thirteen medieval bishoprics of Scotland. It included both Orkney and Shetland. It was based for almost all of its history at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. The ...

, granted a lease or feu of the lands of Evie to Patrick Bellenden in April 1565. In June 1589, Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, granted Evie to

Lewis Bellenden Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchnole and Broughton (c. 1552 – 27 August 1591) was a Scottish lawyer, who succeeded his father as Lord Justice Clerk on 15 March 1577. Family background He was the eldest son of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnole & Broug ...

Economy

Evie is home to two large dairy farms called Dale and Georth as well as Burgar farm. There are also a few beef farms. This is due to the very good quality of soil contained in this area of Orkney. All three dairy farms contribute milk to the award-winning Orkney cheese as well as Orkney ice cream and other dairy products.

Burgar Hill Wind Farm

The five wind turbines on Burgar Hill in Evie are visible from a large part of the West Mainland. Established in 1983, Burgar Hill Wind Farm was one of the first wind farms in the UK.

People

Evie is the birthplace of the Orcadian writer Ernest Marwick. Very Rev Dr A. J. Campbell DD, minister of Evie and

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week in Edinburgh every year. After chairing the Ass ...

1945/46

Folklore

In folklore, Evie was the home of the farmer, Guidman o' Thorodale who drove away the Finfolk,

shape-shifting In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting is found in the oldest forms of totemism and shamanism, as well as the oldest existen ...

mer-people, from the island of Eynhallow.

References

External links

Visit Scotland - Evie, Orkney
{{Orkney settlements Villages on Mainland, Orkney Parishes of Orkney