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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Smithfield | Smithfield Smithfield Smithfield |
Catherine Law [Occupant] Mr George Georgeson Foratwatt House Mr James Georgeson Foratwatt House |
046.12 | A small dwelling house with Croft attached situated immediately south of "Foratwatthouse, The property of Master Robert Scott of Melby. |
Walls | Walls Walls Walls Walls Walls Walls Walls Waes [the Parish] Waes [the Parish] |
Mr George Georgeson Foratwatthouse Mr James Georgeson Foratwatthouse Mr Robert Nicolson Merchant &c. Springfield. Valuation Roll. Johnston's Map. Fullerton's Gazetteer. Ainslie's Map. 1789. Sir R. Sibbald's Shetland 1711 J. Brand's Shetland, 1700 |
046.12 | A district situated on the west coast of "Mainland of Shetland comprising an area of 200 acres bounded on the south by "Vaila Sound." It contains an Estd. [Established] Church "Congregational" Chapel & Wesleyan Methodist Chapel" also a number of substantial dwelling houses, with a number of small crofters tenements. Chiefly The Property of Master Scott of Melby. |
Loch of Foratwatt | Loch of Foratwatt Loch of Foratwatt Loch of Foratwatt |
Mr James Georgeson Foratwatthouse Mr James Georgeson Foratwatthouse Mr A. Henry of Bayhall |
046.12 | A small freshwater loch situated immediately east of Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. On The property of Mr A. Henry of Bayhall |
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[Page] 236Parish of Walls -- Shetland,
[signed] James Stuart C/a [Civilian assistant]
Walls [note] (The Name is still in Shetland pronounced Waas, probably from the Norse Vagr, a bay or voe, corrupted into Waa or Way; & "Waa" being Scotch for Wall, the modern name has thus become Walls. The same has occurred in Kirkwall, the capital or Orkney, whose Norse name was Kirkju-vagr, or Church-bay) JTH
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