Brae

Brae

Infobox UK place
official_name= Brae
country= Scotland
population= 660 [cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title =Comparative Population Profile: Brae Locality | url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=brae&mainLevel=Locality | date = 2001-04-29| accessdate =2008-08-31 ] (2001 census)
est. 690 [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data] (2006)
os_grid_reference= HU359681
latitude= 60.395717
longitude= -1.350230
post_town= SHETLAND
postcode_area= ZE
postcode_district= ZE2
dial_code= 01806
constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland
civil_parish=
unitary_scotland= Shetland
lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland
constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland

:"Brae" is also the Lowland Scots language word for hill."

Brae is a settlement on the mainland of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located at the northeast end of Busta Voe, on the narrow isthmus that separates the mainland from Northmavine. Traditionally a fishing village, with the construction of the nearby Sullom Voe Oil Terminal in the 1970s Brae grew rapidly, merging with the nearby village of Northbrae. The village also stages its own Up Helly Aa.

The village is also responsible for supplying the Islands' successful football team with eight players.

The A970 which connects Lerwick to Northmavine forms the main street of Brae. Brae's police and fire stations, schools, and NHS clinic service much of the northern part of the mainland.

Etymology

"Brae" is the Lowland Scots word for hill. The word 'Brae' in Shetland dialect has a different meaning; it may come from the Old Norse word "breiðr" meaning broad. The village may take its name from the broad isthmus between Sullom Voe and Busta Voe as opposed to the narrower one a little further north at Mavis Grind. [ [http://shetlopedia.com/Brae "Brae"] Shetlopedia. Retrieved 30 July 2008.] Alternatively the name may mean "a slope to the sea".

Traditional

There is a traditional folk song called "The Rocks of Brae".

References

External links

* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/brae/ Brae article] at Undiscovered Scotland
* [http://www.panphotos.co.uk/shetland/north_main.asp Photo of the Brae area]
* [http://www.braehotel.co.uk/ Brae Hotel]


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