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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

Colla Firth [Note] Kollr, a top, summit or Kolla, fem, [feminine] a hummel cow or hind Kolli, is also a man's name Kolla-fjörđr = Kolli's Firth or Cow's Firth (There is another in Northmaven & a Cullivoe in Yell)

Camperdown [Note] probably originally Kambar - tún the "town" or farm of the comb or hill-ridge.

North Lee [Note] Norđ - hliđ = North hillside or slope (the form lea or meadow is quite inapplicable in Shetland where Lee always means a slope)

Transcriber's notes

Situation has been changed to 030 as Map 030.03 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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