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Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 3 - Parishes of Sandsting, Aithsting, Northmavine, Nesting, Delting, South Yell and Lunnasting, OS1/31/3

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Shetland -- Parish of Delting

Fugla Ness [Note] Fugl, sea bird, "fowl" nes, ness. wild-fowls' ness

"Toun" or town in Shetland is applied generally to a cluster of crofts inside a dyke or fence which separates them from the hill pasture. It is applied in the Scotch lowland sense, viz. to a farm or farm buildings

Out-ton [note] 'Ut-tun' = outer town (ton has been adopted in Shetland generally for the forms -town; -toun; -ton written by examiners)

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Situation has been changed to 025 as Map 025.03 unavailable.

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 3 - Parishes of Sandsting, Aithsting, Northmavine, Nesting, Delting, South Yell and Lunnasting, OS1/31/3

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Sandsting, Aithsting, Northmavine, Nesting, Delting, South Yell, and Lunnasting.

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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