1342 DELTING.
COMMERCIAL.
Barron Laurence, blacksmith
Hoseason C. & B. grocers, & post office
Pole, Hoseason & Co. grocers & spirit
dealers & fish curers
Tulloch Basil, joiner
White John, boot maker
FARMERS.
Adie T. M. & Sons, Voe
Hamilton Zachary M. Garth
Inkster James, israe
DTJNROSSN'ESS is a parish, in Zetland
poor combination and Lerwick small debt
court district, and. embraces tft6 quoad
sacra parish of Cunningsburgh with Sand-
wick, also Fair Isle, for which see separate
headings. It forms the southern extremity
of the Shetland Archipelago, and extends
about 20 miles south-south-west from Ler-
wick. Fitful Head, 928 feet, and Sumburgh
Head, 300 feet, are in this parish; the
latter, 25 miles from Lerwick, is sur-
mounted by a lighthouse, erected in 1820,
by George Stevenson, at a cost of nearly
£40,000; this headland is the southernmost
portion of the islands, being about 100
miles north from Caithness-shire. Sum-
burgh House is the seat of John Bruce
esq. J.P. Area, 32,131 acres; rateable
value (including the above quoad sacra
parishes), £4,260; population of the whole
parish of Dunrossness in 1891, 3,752, and
in 1901, population of parish, 3,638, and
of the ecclesiastical district, 1,522.
Fair Island is in the civil parish, and
will be found under a separate heading.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., P. P., S. B.
& A. & I. O. Dunrossness; James P.
Isbister, postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick
Post & T. 0. Sumburgh; Mrs. Robert H.
Isbister, sub-postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick. Postal Orders are issued &
paid here. Dunrossness is the nearest
money order office
Post .Office, Levenwick; Alexander Sinclair,
sub-postmaster. Letters through Lerwick.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
The nearest telegraph & money order
office is at Sandwick, 4 miles distant
Post Office, "Virkie ; Henry Gilberfcson, posi>
master. Letters through Lerwick. De-
liveries & dispatches, four times weekly
in summer & three times in winter.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
Dunrossness is the nearest money order
office & Sumburgh, 2 miles distant, the
nearest telegraph office
Post Office, Scousburgh ; Thomas Hender-
son, sub-postmaster. Letters through
Lerwick, via Dunrossness. Postal Or-
ders are issued & paid here. Dunross-
ness, 3 miles distant, is the nearest
money order & telegraph office
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, John Bruce D.L., J.P
Clerk, Thomas Johnston
Medical Officer (vacant")
Inspector of Poor. Thomas Johnston
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Rev. William Brand M.A
Sanitary Inspector,, William Hay, Sandfield
Lighthouse, Sumburgh Head, Donald
Douglas, principal ; John Budge, asstnt
Deputy Receiver of Wreck, Robert J,
Henderson
Sheriff Officer. Alex. Irvine
Established Chureh.Rev. William Brand M.A
"United Free Church, Rev. Charles Whyte
Baptist, Rev. William Fotheringham
School Board, Dunrossness, Sandwick, Cun-
ningsburgh & Fair Isle, Thomas John
ston, clerk
Board Schools: —
Bigton, Mrs. Jane Ann Hale, mistress
Boddam, JaraeB Shewan M.A. master
Levenwick, Miss Susan Mutch, mistress
Quendale, Miss Ellen M. Henderson, mist
Virkie, Arthur- H. Gear, master
THE SHETLAND ISLES.
CONVEYANCE.
To Lerwick, a mail gig carrying passengers
run3 four times weekly in summer &
thrice in winter
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brand' Rev. William M.A.(Estab.),The Manse
Bruce' John J.P. Sumburgh house
Clark George H., M.B., Ch.B. Virkie
Fotheringham Rev. Wm. (Baptist), Manse
Leslie George, Tolob
Leslie George, jun. Sea View house
Whyte Rev.Chas. United Free Church mnse
COMMERCIAL.
Brand Rev. William M.A.registrar of births,
deaths & marriages
Budge John, assistant lighthouse keeper
Clark George H., M.B., Ch.B. physician &
surgeon
Douglas Donald, lighthouse keeper
Eunson James, boot maker, Tolob
Flaws Robert, boot maker, Garthsbank
Gilbertson Hy. tailor, & post office, Virkie
Goudie John, grocer & general dlr. Tolob
Henderson John, boot & shoe maker,Coubal
Henderson R. & T. grocers, drapers, fish
curers, boarding house proprietors & gig
hirers, Scousburgh. See advert
Henderson Robert.deputy receiver of wreck
Henderson Sinclair, tailor, Coubal
Henderson Thomas, postmaster, Scousburgh
Henry Robert, grocer, Hillwall
IrvineAlexander,joiner& gig hirer, Vatchley
Irvine Alexander, sheriff officer, Vatchley
Irvine G. & M. boot makers, Voe
Isbister & Co. grocers, drapers & fish curers.
Sumburgh & Fair Isle
Isbister Jame3 P. grocer & draper, & post
office, Boddam
Jamieson Robert, tailor, Mewhouse,Bigton
Johnston Geo. joiner & boat bldr.Skelberry
Johnston Thomas, clerk to school board &
inspector of the poor
Leslie George, miller, Quendale
Leslie John, grocer, Scolland
Mail James, boot maker, Estnaboe
Mail Sinclair, grocer, Exnaboe
Mainland James, grocer, Hellock
Mouat Margaret (Mrs.), grocer, Bellevue
Mouat Robert J. blacksmith, Bellevue
Mouat Wm. boot ma. & grocer, Scousburgh
Robertson John,fish cure r,Moull, Levenwick
Sinclair Alex.grocer & postmstr. Levenwick
Smith Magnus, blacksmith, Hays
Williamson John, tailor, Troswick Ness
FAEMERS.
Bruce John, Sumburgh
Budge James,, Bigton
Leslie George, Quendale
Mainland Andrew, Exnaboe
FAIR ISLAND, situated midway
between the Orkney and Shetland IsleB, 26
miles north of North Ronaldshay (Orkney)
and 24 south of Sumburgh Head, the south-
ernmost point of Shetland, has a chapel of
ease in and forms part of the civil parish of
Dunrossness and is in the poor combination
of Zetland and the small debt court district
of Lerwick. Tbe> island is about 4 miles
long and 2 broad, and is the property of
John Bruce esq. D.L., J.P. of Sumburgh.
The area is 1,939 acres; valuation included
in that of Dunrossness; population in 1901
was 147.
The admiral's 6hip of the Spanish Ar-
mada, 1588, is said to have been wrecked
here.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. 0., P. P., S. B.
& A. & I. 0- ; Jerome Stout, post-
master. Letters through Lerwick. De-
liveries & dispatches, once fortnightly
PUBLIO OFFICERS.
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
(Fair Isle), Jerome Stout
Sanitary Inspector, James Anderson
Deputy Receiver of Wreck. Jerome Stout
LIGHTHOUSES.
North, William Tulloch, John Yates &
Thomas Anderson, keepers
[slater's
South, James Gair, Robert Laidlaw &
Kenneth Paterson, keepers
Principal of both Stations, Andrew Wallace
Established Church, D. McLean, catechist
School Board & its clerk (see Dunrossness)
Board School, D. McLean, master
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
A steamer from Sumburgh calls here with
mails once a fortnight
COMMERCIAL,
Anderson James, sanitary inspector &
school board officer
Isbister & Co. grocers .So- .fish curers; &
at Dunrossness
McLean D. catechist & schoolmaster
Peace & Low, grocers
Stout Jerome, postmaster, registrar of
births, deaths & marriages & deputy re-
ceiver of wreck, & superintendent of
lifeboat
Wallace Andrew, principal of the lighthouses
Wilson Robert S. boot maker
Wilson Thomas, joiner
Wilson Thomas &. Son, grocers
FETXjAR is an island and parish, in Zet-
land poor combination and Lerwick small
debt court district, east of Yell and distant
about 34 miles north-north-east of Lerwick.
Under the provisions of the " Local Gov-
ernment (Scotland) Act 1889 " (52 and 53
Vict. c. 50, sections 44 to 50), boundary
order No. 93, Yell Island has been trans-
ferred from this parish to Yell. Brough
Lodge, in this parish, is the residence of Sir
Arthur Thomas Bennet Robert Nicolson
bart. D.L. The area is 9,905 acres; rate-
able value, £814'; population in 1901, 347.
Post & T. 0.; Mrs. Jessie C. Thomason,
sub-postmistress. Letters through Ler-
wick. Deliveries & dispatches, three
times weekly in summer & twice in
winter. Postal Orders are issued & paid
here. Mid Yell is the nearest money
order office, 6 miles by boat
PABISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Sir Arthur T. B. R, Nicolson bart
Clerk, George Garster
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
John Hughson
Inspector of Poor & Collector of Rates,
George Garster
Deputy Receiver of Wreck, John Hughson
Established Church, Rev. James A. Camp-
bell M.A
United Free Church, Rev. Ronald S.
McAffer
School Board, John Hughson, clerk
Board School, Duncan Campbell, master
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To Lerwick, the steamer *' Earl of Zet-
land," twice weekly; every monday at
Brough Lodge, & every friday at Brough
Lodge & Houbie alternately
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Campbell Rev. James A..M.A., J.P. (Estab)
McAtfer Rev. Ronald S. (U. F. C)
Nicolson Sir Arthur Thomas Bennet Robert
bart. D.L. (of Nicolson), Brough lodge
COMMERCIAL.
Campbell Duncan, schoolmaster
Garster George,inspector of poor & collector
of rates
Hughson John, grocer & deputy receiver of
wreck & clerk to the school board &
registrar of births, deaths & marriages,
Houbie
Jamieson James, boot maker
Tulloch & Co. grocers, Tresta
FOTTLA, see Walls.
HAROLDSWICK, see Ukst.
HILLSWICK, see Northmavine.
LERWICK.
LERWICK, the principal town in Shet-
land and the head of a poor combination,
is (by steamer) 272 miles from Edinburgh,
200 from Aberdeen, 165 from Peterhead
(Aberdeenshire), 126 from Wick, and 95
from Kirkwall, and is situated on the east
coast of Mainland, the largest island
of the group. It bears the name
of the bay upon whose margin it
is built ; and that, in its turn,
derives its name from a long, narrow inlet
on the opposite shore of the island cf Bres-
say, called " Lera-voe," and remarkable for
its extensive deposit of clay and mud ;
a projecting point at the entrance to " Lera
voe " 1b called " Lera-nena " ;and the whole
bay, including the roadstead of BreBsay
sound, is named " Lerwick," which signi-
fies the "bay of clay," or "mud" — com-
pounded of Icelandic, leir, Danish, leir
(clay, mud), and the Scandinavian " wick,"
or " vig "(an arm of the sea, an anchorage).
The site of the town, comprising a lunafeed
segment of the sea shore of nearly half a
mile in length, and becoming gradually
more elevated as it recedes from the coast
line, presents the appearance of a perfect
amphitheatre, and, when viewed from the
opposite anchorage, the effect is singularly
picturesque. The principal street extends
through the whole length of the town,
following the curvature of the sea shore,
and numerous lanes and closes, laid oat at
right angles to it, lead to a spacious road
on the eminence above the town. By the
"Lerwick Harbour Improvements Act,