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Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 7 - Parishes of Cunningsburgh, Sandwick, Dunrossness and Burra, OS1/31/7

Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Cunningsburgh -- Shetland
[Page] 23

[Entry Scored Out]
Cancelled Moor of the Loch

[Various modes of Spelling - Glasharules]
Glasher-Houlls - Re-submitted to 3 local authorities at Fladdabister
[note] Houlls = hillocks or hills: horse hóll
This name is an instance of the difficulty of dealing with these Shetland
names: the Examiner's form is a natural enough form for him to adopt
hearing the name pronounced only: but the termination he gives is meaningless &
quite wrong -

[Signed] R. Hawkins S. R. E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Shetland county, OS Name Books - Shetland county - Volume 7 - Parishes of Cunningsburgh, Sandwick, Dunrossness and Burra, OS1/31/7

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Cunningsburgh, Sandwick, Dunrossness, and Burra.

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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