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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Lerwick Lerwick Imp [Imperial] Gazatteer of Scotland
Stat a/c [Statistical account] of Scotland
Orkney & Shetland Directory
Johnston's map of Shetland
Ad [Admiralty] Chart
Corries Shetland
North Sea Pilot
053 ; 056; 057 A parish a little south of the Centre, and on the east Side of the mainland of Shetland. It Contains a post town of its own name & the Capital of Shetland It is bounded on the east by Bressay Sound & the German Ocean, on the South west by Gulberwick and on the North West by Tingwall. The parish is the Seat of a presbytery in the Synod of Shetland. There is no detached part of this parish locally Situated within the boundary of any other parish, nor is there any detached part of any other locally Situated within the boundary of this one. It Contains about 3158 acres.

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Parish of Lerwick -- Shetland

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