Ollaberry

Ollaberry
Ollaberry
	The waterfront at Ollaberry
	Ollaberry Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU362804
Civil parish	Northmaven;
Council area	Shetland;
Lieutenancy area	Shetland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Shetland;
	List of places UK Scotland 60°30′25″N 1°20′20″W / 60.507°N 1.339°W

Ollaberry (Old Norse: Olafrsberg, meaning Olaf's Hill) is a settlement on Mainland, Shetland on the west shore of Yell Sound. The land round here is fertile by Shetland standards.

Andrew Cheyne, the father of Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet the famous surgeon was from here.^[1] Sir William himself was born at sea off Tasmania.

References

^ "Cheyne, Sir William Watson (1852 - 1932)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

External links

Northmavine - Ollaberry

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[1] "Cheyne, Sir William Watson (1852 - 1932)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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