Place:St. Margaret's Hope, Orkney, Scotland

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NameSt. Margaret's Hope
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates58.817°N 2.95°W
Located inOrkney, Scotland
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St. Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as "The Hope" or "The Hup". With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.

St. Margaret's Hope is the main settlement of the island of South Ronaldsay. Situated off Water Sound at the head of a calm bay on the island's northern coast, it is connected to the Orkney Mainland by the A961 road running across the Churchill Barriers.

St. Margaret's Hope is believed to have been named after either Margaret, Maid of Norway (born 1283), who died in Orkney and possibly in this location in 1290, or St. Margaret of Scotland (c.1045-1093), the wife of Malcolm III.

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