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

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 252
Parish of Walls
[signed] William Fraser c/a [Civilian Assistant]

(pronounced Little-yer, and the name mucklure on 46/15 is pronounced similarly Muckle-yer: I think they should therefore be spelt alike, and as Mucklure is very well authorised this name should be spelt Littlure - The origin in both cases is the same, viz Mikl-Eyre = big beach. and Litl-Eyre= little beach: the word Eyrie, Danish "Or, assumes in Shetland both the form - ayre, & the form - ure or - urie - so that Little-ayre is correct, I think it should be assimilated to the other - [signed with initials] --[written under Littleure]

Transcriber's notes

In the continued entry for Littlure: Danish "Or - could be an umlaut on the O

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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