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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

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Parish of Burra -- Shetland
[signed] R. Hawkins S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

St. Laurence's Church [note ]
"Kirk Island (now called West Burra) has a church within a mile of the South end near the Sound-side of Burray Isle, called St. Laurence Church, built by the midmost of the 3 Norwegian sisters (of whom the eldest built Tingwall & the youngest Ireland churches) whose steeple is 5 or 6 stories high altho' [although] a little church: its quire yet remains" - Sir R Sibbald 1711 old people still remember the old church: the present one is built on its site.

Scorifield Noust [note] Scorifield perhaps Skari-fell: Gull's-hill or from a man's name Skari Noust, a boat-house, or in Shetland a place for drawing up boats on the beach Norse Naust, a boat-shed or dock.

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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