Ollaberry
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ollaberry |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Dialling code | 01806 |
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| Police | Scotland |
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Ollaberry (Old Norse: Olafrsberg, meaning Olaf's Hill) is a village on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland on the west shore of Yell Sound, 10.9 miles (17.5 km) north by road from Brae. Ollaberry Churchyard contains a Listed B monument, sculpted by John Forbes in 1754. Ollaberry Primary School was established in 1873.
Geography
Ollaberry is situated within the parish of Northmaven in the Northmavine area of the Mainland of the Shetland Islands. Ollaberry was formerly a separate parish but united with Northmaven in the 16th century.[1] By road, Ollaberry is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) north of Brae and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) east-northeast of Hillswick. It lies on Ollaberry Bay on the west shore of Yell Sound, with the island of Lamba about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the east. There is a small beach and pier at Ollaberry, and a steep cliff falling to the sea to the northeast of the settlement.[2]
Landmarks
The village contains Ollaberry Kirk. In the churchyard is a large memorial with Corinthian-like columns, the work of sculptor John Forbes in 1754. Known as Ollaberry Kirkyard Monument, it was designated a Historic Scotland Category B listed monument on 18 October 1977.[3]
Education
Following the 1872 Act, a school board was formed in the Shetland Islands the following year, establishing schools in Ollaberry, North Roe, Collafirth, Eshaness, Urafirth, and Sullom. Ollaberry Primary School had been formed, and all of the schools were completed by 1880. Education Authority of Shetland gained authority of the schools in 1919.[4] In 2014 it was proposed to close both North Roe and Urafirth schools and merge with Ollaberry. the merge proposal would save a projected £156,000 a year in costs.[5]
Notable people
Andrew Cheyne, the father of Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet the famous surgeon was from here.[6] Sir William himself was born at sea off Tasmania.
Andrew Rodger Waterston FRSE (1912–1996) was born and raised in Ollaberry, the son of Rev James Waterston minister of the United Free Church of Scotland.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hew Scott; Donald Farquhar Macdonald (1928). "Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Volume 7". Oliver and Boyd. p. 312-14.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ollaberry, Ollaberry Kirkyard Monument". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.James R. Coull (1885). The County of Shetland. Scottish Academic Press. p. 131.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reprieve for closure-threatened schools". The Shetland Times. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cheyne, Sir William Watson (1852 - 1932)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
External links
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