Burra (Old Norse: Barrey) is the collective name for two of the Shetland Islands, West (pop. 753) and East Burra (pop. 66), which are connected by bridge...
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West Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of 743...
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Burra (Old Norse: Barrey) is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by a bridge to West Burra....
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Electoral district of Burra Burra {1902–1938} Burra, Shetland, the collective name for two of the Shetland Islands West Burra East Burra Burra, New South Wales...
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the residents. Shetland comprises the following communities, all of which have community councils operating as at 2024: Bressay Burra and Trondra Delting...
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Burra Voe may refer to: Burra Voe, a bay on the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands Burravoe, a village on Yell in the Shetland Islands This disambiguation...
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the Shetland Mainland by bridges, East Burra, West Burra, Trondra, and Muckle Roe. There is also a bridge from Housay to Bruray. Nowhere in Shetland is...
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Shetland Islands of Scotland have long had their own distinct animal breeds, due to the remoteness of the archipelago. Below is a list of Shetland's domesticated...
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little has come of it. Shetland Islands Several Shetland islands are joined to the Shetland Mainland: West Burra and East Burra (via Trondra) Muckle Roe...
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Harry Horse (category People associated with Shetland)
Richard Horne (9 May 1960, Coventry – c.10 January 2007, Papil, West Burra), better known by the pen name Harry Horse, was an English author, illustrator...
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Shetland Islands, Scotland. The final section, "Seven Burra Poems", is inspired specifically by Burra, the collective name of two islands (East Burra...
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North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a usually resident population of 966. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland...
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Northern Isles (redirect from Orkney & Shetland)
influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 36 inhabited islands, with the fertile...
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Voe (redirect from Voe, Shetland)
Northmavine, Shetland Burra Voe, a voe on Yell, Shetland Burravoe, a settlement on Burra Voe Ronas Voe, a voe in Northmavine, Shetland Sullom Voe, a...
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Lerwick (redirect from Lerwick, Shetland)
Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents...
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640926; -0.982976 Burra Ness Broch is an iron-age broch located on the east coast of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. Burra Ness Broch (grid reference...
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their names are influenced by the Norse, Gaelic and English languages. In Shetland, where there are over 100 stacks, the names are often from Norn, a local...
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Scalloway Islands (category Landforms of Shetland)
Scalloway Islands are in Shetland opposite Scalloway on south west of the Mainland. They form a mini-archipelago and include: Burra (two islands linked by...
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Lake Nipissing, Ontario Canada Burnt Windy Lake, Ontario Canada Burra Shetland Islands Scotland Burray Orkney Islands Scotland Burrit Lake Nipissing...
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Kettla Ness (category Islands of Shetland)
tied island and headland in Shetland. It is connected by the tombolo Minn beach (Banna Minn), to the south end of West Burra, part of the Scalloway Islands...
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Papa, Scotland (section Shetland)
Papa, Shetland, one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra and east of Oxna West Head of Papa, a tidal island off Papa, Shetland Papa Little...
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Scalloway (category Villages in Mainland, Shetland)
capital of the Shetland Islands (now Lerwick, on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland). It contains one of the two castles built in Shetland; this one was...
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places in Shetland compiled from this list The List of places in Shetland is a list for any island, town, village or hamlet in the Shetland Islands council...
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Green Holm (category Uninhabited islands of Shetland)
metres north of Burra Ness at the north end of the island of Burra and on the west side of the main shipping lane into Scalloway, in Shetland. 60°7′29″N 1°18′49″W...
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George Robesten (category People from Shetland)
During his teenage years, Robesten played for Shetland Football League team TSB (Trondra, Scalloway & Burra). It was while playing for TSB, he caught the...
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Hamnavoe Several towns, villages or hamlets in the Shetland Islands: Hamnavoe, West Burra, in West Burra Hamnavoe, Eshaness, in Eshaness Hamnavoe, Papa Stour...
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Thomas Fraser (singer) (category People from Shetland)
Country and Western and rhythm and blues musician from Shetland. Fraser was born in on the isle of Burra. He never released any recordings during his lifetime...
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island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in...
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Burrafirth (category Shetland geography stubs)
strip of land with a few houses on the island of Unst, Shetland, Scotland. It separates the fjord Burra Firth from the Loch of Cliff. Burrafirth is said to...
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Postmistress, Hamnavoe Post Office. For services to the community in Burra, Shetland Isles. Ms Rebecca Hartshorn, Design and Sustainability Manager, Bowmer...
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