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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Tingwall | Tingwall | Imp [Imperial] Gazetteers of Scotland Stat a/c [Statistical account] of Scotland Orkney & Shetland Directory Johnston's Map of Shetland |
053 ; 052 ; 056 | A parish a little South of the Centre of the mainland of Shetland. It is bounded on the east by the German Ocean and Gulberwick on the west by Whiteness, Weisdale and the sea on the South by Gulberwick and Cliff Sound and on the north by Nesting. Several small islands belong to it; the chief of which are Oxna, Trondra and Linga all inhabited. This parish is in the presbytery of Lerwick and Synod of Shetland. There is no detached part of this parish locally situated within the boundary of any other nor is there any detached part of any other, locally situated within the boundary of this one. It contains about 16126 statute acres. |
Cunningsburgh | Cunningsburgh | 056 | Authorised and described in 6 in Name Book (Sheet 59) |
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