Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ollaberry, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland)
Grid reference
HU 366 805 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
436600 118050
Latitude
60.507064009969795
Longitude
-1.3335266141966053
County
Shetland
Nearby places
St Ola Kirk, Ollaberry, Northmavine (Shet) (0.09 miles)
Northmavine, parish (Shetland) (3.24 miles)
Laurence Loch, Northmavine (Shetland) (3.36 miles)
Northrew, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland) (5.58 miles)
St Magnus's Chapel, Northmavine (Shetland) (5.81 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Ollaberry Church
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Ollaberry now part of Northmaven NMV
Parish TLA
OLX
Medieval diocese
Orkney
Parish notes
United with Hillswick, Northrew and Northmavine in the sixteenth century. It does not appear in the list of Shetland kirks given at the Reformation (Assumption 660) and must have been included in Northmavine (Northtmavin) in that list.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ollaberry
Head name
Ollaberry
Place
Ollaberry, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formOla Berry Head nameOllaberry PlaceOllaberry, former parish, Northmavine (Shetland) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Orkney & Shetland Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as St Ola Kirk, St Ola Kirk, Ollaberry, Northmavine (Shet)