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1346 NESTING.
Bound Skerries, Brurie Skerries, G-runa
Skerries and Housie Skerries, as well as
the kirktowns of Lunna and Nesting, which
contain the tw.o churches of the Mainland
portion of the parish.
Whaleay Island lies to the east of Main'
land, from which it is divided by Lunna
Sound, and is about 15 miles north-east from
Lerwick, with which town it has steam
communication three times a week. There
is an Established church on the island.
The SkerrieB Islands (or Out Skerries)
lie a little to the north-east of Whalsay.
On Bound Skerries Island is a light-
house.
Whalsay and Skerries form a quoad sacra
pariBh. The population in 1901 was 1,090.
Vidian is a- hamlet on Mainland, with a
steamer pier and post office, about 24 miles
north from Lerwick, to which town a
steamer sails onoe a week. The total area
of the parish, including Lunnasting, Whal-
say and Out Skerries, is 30,983 acres ; acre-
age of Nesliing proper being 13,623; of
Lunnasting, 11,806, and of Whalsay, 4,881,
and the Skerries, 773 ; rateable value of the
entire parish ia. £2,182.
The population of the entire parish in
1901 was 2,480, being 1,381 in Nesting and
Lunnasting (Mainland. Island), 975 in Whal-
say and 124 in the four Skerries.
Post & T.O.Vidlin (Lunnasting); Laurence
A. Sutherland, postmaster. Letters
through Lerwick. Deliveries & dis-
patches, four times weekly in summer &
three times in winter. Postal Orders are
issued & paid here. The nearest money
order office is at Yoe, 7 miles distant
Post, T., M. 0., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.,
S.' B. & A. & I. 0. Whalsay; John iS.
Nicolson, sub-postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick. Deliveries & dispatches, three
times weekly
Post Office, Skerries; George Mackay, sub-
postmaster. Letters through Lerwick.
Delivery & dispatch, once a week.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
The nearest telegraph & money order
office for Skerries is at Whalsay, 13
miles distant by land & sea
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Rev. Charles Stobie
Clerk, George Irvine
Medical Officer, Edward Burgess L.R.C.P.
& S.Edin. Lunnasting
Registrars of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Nesting, Rev. J. D. Carmichael; Lun-
nasting, Rev. W. Stables Smith; Whal-
say & Skerries, George McKay
Collector of Rates, John S. Nicolson, Sym-
bester, Whalsay
Inspector of Poor, Nesting, Lunnasting,
Whalsay & Skerries, John Spence, Vassa,
[Nesting
Assistant Inspectors, Lunnasting, William
Pottinger ; Whalsay & Skerries, George
Irvine, Symbister, Whalsay
Deputy Receiver of Wreck, John S. Nicol-
son, Symbister
Lighthouse, Skerries, John Edgar, princi-
pal; Robert Thomson & Duncan Mac-
Kenzie, assistants
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Churches: —
Nesting, Rev. James D. Carmichael
Lunna, Rev. W. Stables Smith
Whalsay, Rev. Charles Stobie
Skerries, George Maekay, catechist
Baptist, Lunnasting; Rev. Donald Mackay
Congregational, Nesting (vacant)
SCHOOL BOARDS.
Nesting, Lunnasting, Whalsay & Skerries,
John Irvine, Symbister, Whalsay, clerk
Board Schools : —
Brettabister, William Pottinger, maBter
Laxfirth, Robert Cleland
Vassa, John Spence, maBter
Lunnasting, Vidlin, Alexander G. Mc-
Michen, maBter
Brough (Whalsay), John Lee, master
Livister (Whalsay), James Hill, master
Skerries, George Mackay, master
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To Lerwick (from Vidlin), the steamer
"Earl of Zetland," once a week
To Lerwick (from Symbister, Whalsay), a
steamer three times a wek, & from
Skerries, once a fortnight
Nesting-.
Carmichael Rev. James D. (Established)
COMMERCIAL.
Carmichael Rev. James D. registrar of
births, deaths & marriages
THE SHETLAND ISLES.
Hunter William, grocer, Vassa
Johnson L. & Co. grocers, Friesta
Laurenson John, joiner, Quoya of Catfirth
Pole Lawrence, grocer, Hansabis terrace
Pottinger William, sanitary inspector & as
sistant inspector of poor
Spence James J. grocer, Friesta
Spence John, inspector of poor for Nest-
ing, Lunnasting, Whalsay & Skerries, Vassa
FARMER.
Manson Peter, Lunna
Lunnasting*.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Burgess Edward
Smith Rev. W. Stables (Estab.), Lunna
COMMERCIAL.
Burgess Edward L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. sur-
geon, parochial medical officer & public
vaccinator for Nesting, Whalsay & Lun-
i nasting, & medical officer of health for
Nesting
Jamieron John & 'Son, joiners, East dyke
Kay D. & G. grocers
Manson Peter, cattle dealer, Lunna
Peterson John & Wm. cattle dlrs. Sweeney
Smith Rev. W. Stables, registrar of births,
deaths & marriages, Lunna
Sutherland Laurence A. grocer, fish curer
& cattle dealer, & post office, Vidlin
Whalsay.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Adie Thomas M. Symbister
Stobie Rev. Charles J.P. (Established)
COMMERCIAL.
Adie Thomas & Sons, millers
Anderson William, grocer
Hay & Co. grocers & fish cUrers; & at
Lerwick. See advertisement
Irvine George, joiner, clerk to the school
boards for Nesting, Lunnasting, \vnal-
say & Skerries & sanitary inspector
Lee John, schoolmaster, Brough
Nicolson John S. collector of rates & de-
puty receiver of wreck . & postmaster,
Symbister
Sandison William, grocer, Marister
Out Skerries.
Edgar John* principal of lighthouse
Mackay George, catechist, schoolmaster &
postmaster &. registrar of births, deaths
& marriages
Pole, Hoseaton & Co. grocers & fish curers
East isle
Sutherland Laurence A. fish curer, WeBt
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Established Churches: —
Northmavine, Hillswick, Rev. John Mc-
Donald
Ollaberry (Mission church)
United Free Churches: —
Ollaberry (Mission church)
AshaneBS (Mission), Rev. iS. Wallace M.A
Congregational, Sullom, Rev. G. Davidson
Wesleyan, North Roe, Rev. James H.
Thomson
SCHOOL BOARD.
Clerk, Robert A. Mowatt
Board Schools : —
Ashaness, James Manson, master
North Roe, Robert S. Bremner, master
Ollaberry, Gilbert Ferguson, master
Sullom, Miss Maclean, mistress
Urafirth, Mrs. Calderwood, mistress
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To Scalloway &, Aberdeen, a steamer calls-
at Hillswick once a week
To Lerwick, a steamer from Ollaberry, onqe-
a week
Northmavine.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Davidson Rev. G. (Cong.), Sullom
M'Donald Rev. John (Estab.), The Manse-
Russell Rev. Peter H:, J.P. (TJ. F. C.),
Ollaberry
Wallace Rev. S., M.A. (XT. F. C. Mission),.
Ashaness
NORTHMAVINE is a parish, in Zet-
land poor combination and Lerwick small
debt court district. It comprises the most
northerly portion of Mainland Island, is
about 15 miles in length and from 5 to 10
in breadth. Hillswick, on the west side, is
the principal village. The parish church
is here, and is 36 miles north-north-west by
road from Lerwick. Ollaberry is also a
small vilbige on the east side, about 7 miles
from Hillswick. The area is 49,037 acres;
rateable value, £2,651; population in 1901,
2,014.
Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Hillswick (Sub-
office. Letters should have S.O. Shet-
land added) ; Thomas Anderson, sub-post-
master
Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., P. P., S. B.
& A. & I. 0. Ollaberry; Mrs. C. Gar-
riock, postmistress. Letters through
Lerwick
Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., P. P., S. B.
& A. & I. 0. North Roe; W. Burgess,
sub-postmaster. Letters through Lerwick
Post & T. 0. Heylor; Mrs. Smith, post-
master. Letters through Lerwick. Pos-
tal Orders are issued & paid here. Hills-
wick is the nearest money order office
Post Office, Sullom; James 'Smith, post-
master. Letters through Lerwick. Pos-
tal Orders are issued & paid here. Brae
is the nearest money order & telegraph
office. Deliveries & dispatches four times
weekly in summer & three times a week
in winter
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Thomas Anderson
Clerk, Qharles A. A. Harrison
Medical Officer, P. J. Sharp M.B., CM
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Rev. Peter H. Russell, Ollaberry
Sanitary Inspector & Inspector of Poor,
Arthur Harrison, Swarthoull
Deputy Receiver of Wreck, Magnus John-
son, Hugarth
COMMERCIAL.
Arthur George, grocer, Bardister
Harrison Arthur, inspector of poor &
sanitary inspector, Swarthoull
Hawick Andrew, grocer, Swinister
Hawick Thomas, insurance agent, Nibon
Johnson Magnus, deputy receiver of wreck,.
Hugarth
Nicolson George, blacksmith, Ollaberry
Russell Rev. Peter H. registrar of births^
deaths & marriages, Ollaberry
Smith Andrew, grocer, Heylor
Smith James, grocer & postmaster, Sullom
Hillswick.
Anderson John J.P
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson John & Sons, grocers $ spirit
dealers & fish curers, Post offioe
Brown John, fish curer
Kent George, blacksmith
St. Magnus Hotel (Miss Davie, manageress)
Sandison Alexander, wheelwright & joiner
North Roe.
Thomson Rev. James H. (Wesleyan)
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson & Co. (W. Burgess, manager),.
grocers, Post office
Brown John, fish curer; & Hillswick
Hay & Co. grocers, spirit dealers & fish
curers; & at Lerwick. See advert
Mitchell James, fish curer
Paterson Peter R. fish curer
Robertson Alexander, blacksmith
FARMERS.
Anderson John & Sons, Hillswick
Hawick John, North Roe
NOETH ROE, see Northmavine.
NORTH YELL, see Yell.
PAPA STOUR, see Walls.
QUAEFF, see LERWICK.
REAWICK, see Sandstixg.
SANDNESS, see Walls.
SANDSTING and AITHSTING
form a united parish in Mainland Island,
Zetland poor combination and Lerwick
mall debt court district ; the parish is
about 12 miles long by from 3 to 7 broad.
Reawick, the principal village, being 21
miles west from Lerwick by the main road,
and 5 miles from Scalloway by sea. The
area is 39,370 acres; rateable value, £2,392;
population in 1901, 2,396.
Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., P. P., S. B.
& A. & I. 0. Reawick; William H.
Umphray, sub-postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick
Post & T. 0. Bister; Creighton William-
son, postmaster. Letters through Ler-
wick. Postal Orders issued & paid here.
Walls is the nearest money order office
Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I. 0.
Bridge of Walls ; Gteorge Johnston, post-
master. Letters through Lerwick. Walls
is the nearest telegraph office, 3 miles
distant