Scotland > 1882-1915 - Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland > 1903, Part 1 - Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland ... (Royal National Directory of Scotland.) With ... map, etc

1348 TINGWALL.
THE SHETLAND ISLES.
[slater's
Whiteness and Weisdale form a quoad
sacra parish. The population in 1901 was
771.
Post Office, Tingwall; George Henry, post-
master. Letters through Lerwick. Scal-
loway is the nearest money order & tele-
graph office. 5 miles distant
P03t Office, Whiteness; Archibald Aber-
nethy, postmaster. Letters through Ler*
wick. Postal Orders are issued & paid
here. Tresta is the nearest money order
office. Weisdale is the nearest telegraph
office, 4 miles distant
Post & T. 0. Weisdale; James Hunter,
postmaster. Letters through Lerwick.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
Tresta is the nearest money order office
Deliveries & dispatches, four times weekly
in summer & three times in winter
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Rev. Alexander Bayne
Clerk, David Eeatton
Registrars of Bxths, Deaths & Marriages,
Tingwall, David Beatton, Scalloway;
Whiteness & Weisdale, Archibald Aber-
nethy, Whiteness
District Sanitary Inspector, John Hutchison,
Scalloway
Inspector of Poor, David Beatton, Scallowj
Collector, David Beatton, Scalloway
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Churches: —
Tingwall, Rev. Alexander Bayne
Whiteness, Rev. William Neil
United Free Church, Weisdale, Rev. Alex.
Paterson
Congregational, Whiteness (vacant)
SCHOOL BOARD.
Tingwall, Whiteness & Weisdale, Robert
Inkster, clerk, Scalloway
Board Schools: —
Whiteness, John Cowie M.A. master
Weisdale, Miss Mary Middleton, mistress
G-irlsta, Miss Mary Nicolson, mistress
G-ott, Miss Eliza J. Peterson, mistress
Trondra, Miss Inkster, mistress
TingrwalL
Bayne Rev. Alexander J.P. (Established),
The Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Arthur Charles, miller& lime burner, Girlsta
Irvine Joseph, stone mason, Gott
Whiteness.
Neil Rev. William (Established Church)
COM ME RCIAL.
Abernethy Archd. grocer & postmaster &
registrar of births, deaths & marriages
for Whiteness & Weisdale
Leask Robert, grocer, Cova
Mouatt Henry, grocer, Hellister
Taylor William, cattle dealer, Wormidale
"Weisdale.
Paterson Rev. Alexander (F. C)
COMMERCIAL.
Hunter James, joiner & postmaster
Hunter John H. grocer & spirit dealer
Laurenson Francis, miller
Robertson Magnus, joiner, Setter
Robertson Gilbert, iSandwater hotel &
grocer
Smith James & Son, lime burners
FARMERS.
Anderson John & Sons, Skurron, Weisdale
Halcrow John, Uradale
IngUs David, Kergord, Weisdale
Leslie George, jun. Laxfirth
Low John, Asta
Manson A. & J. Veensgarth
Robertson Lawrence, Kergord, Weisdale &
Berry Scalloway
TJNST, the most northerly of the large
islands, and separated from that of Tell by
the Blue Mull Sound, is also a parish which
includes the islands of Balta, Muckle Flugga
and Uyea, and is in the small debt court
district of Lerwick and the poor combina-
tion of Zetland; the extent of the larger
island is 13 miles from north to south by 6
broad. At Cowiefield the juridical assem-
blies or folkthings were once held; but
these were afterwards removed to Tingwall
on Mainland. Balta Sound, about the
middle of the island, is, after Lerwick, the
second chief station of the herring fishing
in these islands ; at the head of the Sound
is the House of Buness, the residence of
Laurence Edmonston esq.; here, in 1817-8,
Jean Baptiste Biot, the French chemist
and philosopher, and Capt. Henry Eater
carried out their experiments in order to
determine the variations in the length of
the seconds pendulum, and there still exists
in the grounds of Buness two stones used
by Biot in his measurements. A rock on
the coast has a natural arch or tunnel
nearly 300 feet long, through which boats
can pass. Haroldswick is a village a little
north of Balta Sound. In 1817 chromate
of iron was found in the vicinity of Buness.
The island is well stocked with wild fowl.
The area comprises 24,498 acres; rateable
value, £5,173 ; the population of the en-
tire parish was, in 1891, 2,280, and in
1901, 1,946, smaller islands having only
6 inhabitants in 1901.
Post, T-, M. O., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Baltasound; William
G. Sandison, sub-postmaster. Letters
received from Lerwick by steamer, three
times a week, & dispatched according
to the arrival of the mails, & twice a
week in winter
Post Office, Haroldswick; Daniel Suther-
land, sub-postmaster. Letters received
from Lerwick. Postal Orders are issued
& paid here. Baltasound is the nearest
money order & telegraph office, 3 miles
distant
Post, M. 0. & T. O., T. M. 0., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Uyeasound; John
Sutherland, sub-postmaster. Letters
through Lerwick
Four mails are received & dispatched in
summer & three mails received & three
dispatched weekly in winter; times by
the arrival & dispatch of steamers
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Laurence Edmondston J.P
Clerk, Andrew Anderson
Medical Officer, Thomas E. Saxby L.R.C.P.
& S.Edin. Baltasound
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
& Inspector of Poor, Andrew Anderson,
Baltasound
Sanitary Inspector, Edward P. Barclay,
Uyeasound
Deputy Receivers of Wreck, North Unst,
Andrew Anderson; South Unst, Thomas
J. Sandison
Police Station, Uyeasound, Edward P. Bar-
clay, constable
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Baltasound, Rev. Wm.
Smith & Rev. John Dalziel Dykes
United Free Churches: —
Baltasound, Rev. David Deans
Uyeasound, Rev. William H. Glover
Wesleyan, Haroldswick, Rev. David B.
Stothard
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, Zachary M. Hamilton
Clerk, Alexander L. Williamson
Board Schools : —
Baltasound, for 80 children; average at-
tendance, 33; David J. Henderson, mastr
Haroldswick, for 80 children; average at-
tendance, 45; Miss Stevens, mistress
Westing, James Gifford, master
Uyeasound, Miss Penny, mistress
Lighthouse, Burrafiirth, John Brown,
principal
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To Lerwick, the steamer "Earl of Zet-
land,'' from Baltasound & Uyeasound,
twice a week
Unst,
Fraser Daniel, grocer, Westing
Spence John, grocer, Snarravoe
FARMERS.
Craigie John, Ordale
Edmondston Lawrence, Buness
Hamilton Zachary M. Wadbister
Henderson John, Gunnister
Jamieson Andrew, Cliff
McKay Hugh, Mailand
Sandison A. & J. Houlland & Collaster
Sandison Alexander & Sous, Outer & Inner
Skaw & Hammer
Williamson James Gilbert, Greenfield
Baltasound.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Deans Rev. David (U. F. C)
Dykes Rev. John Dalziel (Established)
Edmondston Lawrence J.P. Buness
Sandison Charles Gilbert Duncan J.P.
Springfield
Saxby Thomas Edmondston, Halvgarth
Smith Rev. William (Established)
Tait Laurence, Marypark
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson Andrew, grocer & steam boat
agent & registrar of births, deaths & mar-
riages & inspector of poor & deputy re-
ceiver of wreck
Davidson David, cooper & joiner
Dickson John, fish curer
Duthie James, Queen's hotel
Hunter Henry & Son, joiners
Hunter Mrs. apartments, Ernsdale
Johnston Thomas, cooper & joiner
McConnachie & Co. fish curers
Mowat A. & J. blacksmiths
Mouat William, joiner
Ogilvy Thomas, butcher
Paterson Peter R. fish curer
Robertson William, blacksmith
Sandison A. & Sons, grocers
Saxby Thomas Edmondston L.R.C.P. & S.
Edin., L.F.P. & S.Glas. surgeon, paro-
chial medical officer for Unst & county
medical officer for North Isles district,
Halvgarth
Tait John & Co. grocers & general dealers
Thomson Joseph P. boot maker
Williamson Arthur, grocer
Haroldswick,
Stothard Rev. David B. (Wesleyan)
COMMERCIAL.
Brown John, principal of lighthouse, Bur-
rafirth
Isbister Lawrence, boat builder
Nicolson Robert, boat -builder
Sandison A. & 'Sons, grocers & spirit dlrs.
& fish curers
Spence John, boot maker
Sutherland Daniel, grocer & postmaster
Uyeasound.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Glover Rev. William H. (U. F. C)
Hamilton Zachary M., J.P. Belmont
Sandison John P. Maundeville
Sandison Samuel, Ernahoul
COMMERCIAL.
Barclay Edward P. police constable & sani-
tary inspector
Brown William, grocer
Nisbet John Blair, steam boat agent
Sandison A. & Sons, grocers & spirit dlrs.
& fish curers
Sandison Thos. J. deputy receiver of wreck
-Spence Robert, joiner
Sutherland P. & J. fish curers
Williamson Henry, cooper & joiner
UYEASOUND, see UNST.
VOE, see Delting.
WALLS is a parish comprising the islands
of Foula, Linga, Papa Stour and Vaila and
the districts of Walls and Sandness on
Mainland, the distance from Walls to
Lerwick being 24 miles by road. The
parish is in the small debt court district
of Lerwick and poor combination of Zet-
land, and occupies the western extremity
of Mainland to the south of St. Magnus
Bay, the southern part of the parish con-
taining the village or kirktown of Walls.
Foula Island, in this parish, lies 27 miles
west from Scalloway. Papa Stour Island
lies about 2 miles off the north coast of
the parish, and is noted for its granite
precipices and caves, in which seals are
found at certain seasons. This island was
visited by the Irish missionaries, who also
settled at Iona. The area of the entire
parish comprises 29,856 acres ; that of
Foula, 3,299, and Papa Stour, 2,107 acres;
total rateable value, £1,818: the popula-
tion of the parish in 1901 was 1,995, which
included 222 in Foula Island and 272 on
Papa Stour Island and 33 on the smaller
islands.
Post, T., M. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Walls; Alexander
Tulloch, postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick
Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., P. P., S. B.
& A. & I. 0. Sandness; Robert Jamie-
son, postmaster. Letters through Lerwick
Deliveries & dispatches, four times weekly
in summer & three in winter, for Walls
& Sandness
Post Office, Foula; Peter Peterson, sub-
postmaster. Letters through Lerwick.
Delivery & dispatch, weekly in summer;
once a fortnight in winter. Postal Orders
are issued & paid here. The nearest
telegraph & money order office is at
Walls, 18 miles distant by sea
Post Office, Papa Stour; Duncan Irvine
Robertson, postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick. Deliveries & dispatches, four