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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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[Page] 98
Shetland -- Parish of Delting
[Initialled] J.B.

Sandgarth [Note] Vestr = wester, Skarđ, a nick or hollow between 2 hills. Skarđ, Shetland Scord is a very common term in Shetland for what in the Highlands is called Bealach, a pass between hills.
Sandgarth [Note] = Sand field or sandy farm

Westerscord [Note] Westerscord Re-submitted

Transcriber's notes

Situation has been changed to 030 as 030.05 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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