Edge Rewrite
everything Source code View original
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

// request.cf · coarse context

A page that knows where it met you.

Only coarse request metadata is shown. This demo does not display or persist visitor IP addresses.

Country
US
Cloudflare location
CMH
Connection
HTTP/2
Language
Not provided

Ray ID: a24162169acc4f87

Jump to content

// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Quholm home?

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quholm farmhouse was the birthplace of the father of Washington Irving.

Quholm (grid reference HY5221)[1] is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland.[2]

Historical sites

[edit]

Slightly to the south along Shapinsay's northwest coast are located the coastal ayres of Lairo Water and the Ouse situated within Veantro Bay. There are significant archaeological sites not distant from Quholm, including Odin's Stone, Burroughston Broch, Linton Chapel, Castle Bloody and Mor Stein.

[edit]

William Irving, the father of Washington Irving, noted American author, was born in Quholm. Innsker Beach is situated very close by at the northwest edge of Quholm.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey Landranger Map, Orkney Mainland, 1:50,000 scale, 2002.
  2. ↑ Gazetteer for Scotland: Shapinsay (2007) Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  3. ↑ Shapinsay Online Guidebook buyorkney.com. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
[edit]

59°04′24″N 2°50′20″W / 59.0732°N 2.8390°W / 59.0732; -2.8390


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quholm&oldid=1276449580"