Skip to main content

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 10 - Parishes of Dunrossness and Sandwick, OS1/31/10

Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Sandwick -- Shetland
[Page] 15

[Various modes of Spelling - Queen's Geo]
Queeni Geo Re-submitted
Quinni Geo (adopted)

[Various modes of Spelling - under Swart-houll or Swartil]
(It is on high ground & not in a dale JCM [John Cosmo MacPherson])

[Situation - Swart-houll]
Svart hóll = Black hillock

[Authority for Spelling - Burn of Mogill]
Mjó-gil = Little gill or ravine

[List of Names - under Levenwick]
(Marginal)

[Signed] Robert M. Watson C./A. [Civilian Assistant]

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 10 - Parishes of Dunrossness and Sandwick, OS1/31/10

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Dunrossness, and Sandwick.

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Shetland, which is in the north of Scotland.

View more volumes for Ordnance Survey - Shetland county