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A ferry runs from Kerwick to Kirkwall
A present island in the Thames is Chiswick EyotThe suffix "-ey" in a place name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "eg" which meant "island". Whittlesey was an island in the fens. Bermondsey was a similar island in the marshy land south of the Thames.
Buckingham used to be the county town of Buckinghamshire, where in which county both Chesham Bois and Amersham are, but now the county is run from AylesburyChesham Bois was also once under the jurisdiction of the Amersham Poor Law Union.