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Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 26 - Parish of Whalsey, OS1/31/26

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 79.
Whalsey Island, Shetland.
Parish of Whalsey

[Note under the name "Yoxie Geo" reads]
"Ox or Ux an Ox"
(The Shetland dialect generally calls it Yox or Yux)

Transcriber's notes

From different ink used the version of the names "Ballie Geo" & "Yoxie Geo" have been Re-submitted - this annotation being indicated in another name book.
Suspect the spelling of Mr Lisk in the Authorities should be Leask, as shown against the name "Bringers" on page 82..

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 26 - Parish of Whalsey, OS1/31/26

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Whalsey.

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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