Gazetteer of Scotland

YEA
out all the parish there are numerous
remains of old castles, formerly the
§eats of the feudal barons. Popula-
tion in 1801, 1216.
YARROW ; a celebrated pastoral
stream in Selkirkshire, which rises
from St. Mary's loch, in the parishes
of Yarrow and Etterick ; and, after a
course of about 16 miles, through the
ancient district of Etterick forest,
joins its waters to the Ettrick near
the town of Selkirk. Near Newark
Castle, it forms that highly romantic
and picturesque scenery, of which
notice is taken under the article Sel-
kirkshire. The " Braes of Yarrow"
are celebrated in a very beautiful Sco-
tish song.
YEA ; a small river of Dumfries-
shire, tributary to the Nith.
YELL, or ZELL ; one of the most
northerly of the Shetland isles, is a-
bout 20 miles long, and 12 broad.
The coast is bold and rocky, inter-
sected by several bays or <voes, which
form safe harbours : the chief of these
are called Hamna-voe, Burra-voe, and
Mid-Yell-voe. The surface is pretty
level, with several small lakes, which
are the sources of a few rivulets.
The only arable land is on the coast ;
the interior affording a coarse pasture
for sheep. There are several exten-
sive peat mosses, in which are found
large trees, though scarce a shrub is
now to be seen. It is divided into
two parishes, viz. North Yell, united
to the island of Eetlar in forming a
parochial district ; and the united pa-
rishes of Mid and South Yell. Popu-
lation of the parishes of Mid and
South Yell in 1801, 1576.
YELL (NORTH)-, a parish in
Shetland, in the island of Yell, to
which the island of Fetlar is united..
North Yell is 8 miles in length and 6
in breadth ; Feltar is 4 miles long and
3| in breadth. (Fide Yell and Fet-
lar.) Population in 1801, 1389.
YESTER ; a parish in the county
of East-Lothian, about 3 miles long
and 2 broad, without including that
portion which makes part of Lam-
rnermuir, and extends 2 miles farther
to the southward. This latter district
is hilly and covered with heath ; but
the rest of the parish is level, and
mostly arable, with a fertile, but ra-
ti) er shallow soil. About 200 acres
B'T'M
are covered with wood, as elm, eat*,
beech, and fir : amongst which are
some of the largest and most beauti*
ful trees in Scotland. Yester House,
the magnificent residence of the Mar-
quis of Tweeddale, and its extensive
pleasure grounds, greatly beautify
this quarter. About a mile from
Yester House is an old ruin, called
Bothon's Castle, formerly the chief
seat of the Tweeddale family. The
village of Gifford, which gives second
title of Earl to the Marquis of Tweed-
dale, is a borough of barony, contain-
ing about 400 inhabitants. Popula-
tion in 1801, 929.
YETHOLM, or ZETHOLM ; a
parish in Roxburghshire, about 4|
miles long, and 2 broad, bounded on
the S. by the English border, and di-
vided into two nearly equal parts by
the small river Bowmont. The sur-
face is hilly ; but the hills are covered
with verdure, and are pastured by
nearly 5000 sheep, besides 2500 lambs*
There are some considerable haughs
or meadows on the banks of the Bow-
mont, and about 1170 English acres
are under tillage. The soil of the
arable land is good, and adapted for
wheat husbandry, though chiefly used
in raising barley and turnips. Where
this parish marches with that of Mor-
battle, there is a lake of about a mile
in circumference, which abounds with
pike and perch. The town of Yet-
holm is pleasantly situated on the
Bowmont water, which divides it in*
to two parts ; the one on the N. W.
side, called Town-Yetholm, the pro-
perty of Mr. Wauchope of Niddry,-
containing 490 inhabitants ; and the
other on the S. E. side, called Kirk-
Yetholm, belonging to the Marquis
of Tweeddale, and containing 305 in-
habitants. This town has been long
inhabited by tinkers or gypsies. Po-
pulation in 1801, 1011.
YICH-KENNISH ; a small island
of the Hebrides, lying between North
Uist and Benbecula.
YLA. Fide Ilay and Isla.
YOCHIN ; a small river in Dum»
fries-shire, tributary to the Nith.
YOL, LOYAL, or LAOGHAL
(LOCH). Fide Laoghal (Loch).
YTHAN or ITHAN ; a river in
Aberdeenshire, which rises in the
hills of the parish of Forgue, and, af-