OS1/31/5/90

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Wadbister Wadbister
Wadbister
Wadbister
Wadbister
Wadbester
Mr Mowat Miller Girlsta
Mr Henderson Registrar Heglibister
Joseph Irvine Kirkagarth Admiralty Chart
Johnston's Map
Ainslie's Map 1789.
048.06 This name is applied to a small district situated to the South West of Wadbister Voe and about 8 1/2 miles from Lerwick by the Public road. There are five or six crofts The dwellings attached to them are all thatched and ni different repair Property of Harry Cheyne Esqr.
Black Loch Black Loch
Black Loch
Black Loch
Mr Mowat
Mr Henderson
Joseph Irvine
048.06 This name is given to a small loch situated at the Extreme South End of Wadbister Voe and a short distance tp the South of the district of Wadbister out of it there flows a a small river which falls into the West End of Wadbister Voe Property of Harry Cheyne Esqr.
Gilsa Burn Gilsa Burn
Gilsa Burn
Gilsa Burn
Mr Mowat
Mr Henderson
Joseph Irvine
048.06 Applies to a large Stream [] a short distance to the north of Loch Hamersland and flows in a N [North] Easterly direction to the public road about 9 1/4 miles to the N [North] of Lerwick and falls into Wadbister Voe at its South West End.

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