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Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 21 - Parish of Walls and Sandness, OS1/31/21

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[Page] 182
Parish of Walls -- Shetland
[signed] George Calder C/a [Civilian assistant]

Lady [note] (Norse Leiti, a hill shutting out the view: probably from the hill west of it: a common Shetland name)
Anniefiord [note] a fancy termination "Firth" here means hillock with a view from it.
Footabrough [note] I think this name applies to the District but have not got authorities

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 21 - Parish of Walls and Sandness, OS1/31/21

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Walls and Sandness.

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.

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