Date: Pre-1929
Boundary: District designations as they appear in early census records
Date: 1930-1975
Boundary: Landward districts were created as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929. They were formed by grouping parishes outside of Burghs (areas known as Landward) into districts with elected councils.
Date: 1975-1996
Boundary: Region and district designations as a result of the 1973 Local Government (Scotland) Act, with OPR parishes that fell into each district. The changes took effect on 15 May 1975, and were in place until 1996.
All Shetland parishes fell into the Shetland Island Area.
Date: Changes made as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Changes went into effect on 15 May 1891.
Summary: Changes to parishes of Fetlar, Yell, Lerwick, and Bressay.
Details:
Orders made by the Boundary Commissioners for Scotland under Section 49 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Orders shall come into operation for the purposes of School Board elections on the 1st day of February 1891, and for all other purposes on the 15th day of May 1891.
Affected Parishes:
Bressay, Burra & Quarff
Fetlar & North Yell
Lerwick & Gulberwick
Mid & South Yell
Parishes of Bressay, Burra & Quarff and Lerwick & Gulberwick, county of Zetland (Shetland)
The parish of Bressay, Burra & Quarff was a combined parish consisting of the three ancient parishes of Bressay, Burra, and Quarff. The ancient parish of Bressay consisted of the island of Bressay, with surrounded islets situated on the east side of the mainland. The ancient parish of Quarff was situated on the mainland, being bounded on the north by the parish of Tingwall, on the north-east by the parish of Gulberwick, and on the south by the parish of Cunningsburgh. The ancient parish of Burra consisted of islands contiguous to Quarff and Cunningsburgh on the west side of the mainland. Thus Quarff and Burra were separated from Bressay not only by the sea, but also by the parish of Lerwick & Gulberwick.
The ancient parishes of Quarff and Burra were disjoined from the parish of Bressay, Burra & Quarff, and annexed to the parish of Lerwick & Gulberwick. In this case also it seemed desirable to simplify the names of the reconstructed parishes, and accordingly they are to be known respectively as the parish of Bressay and the parish of Lerwick.
Here, again, it is unnecessary to specify individually the lands affected, since the boundaries of the parishes, as altered in area, follow lines which are either natural, or well known and defined.
The parish of Bressay consists of the following islands:
(1.) Bressay
(2.) Isle of Noss
(3.) Inner and Outer Score
The parish of Lerwick consists of the following districts:
(1.) The ancient parish of Lerwick (entirely mainland)
(2.) The ancient parish of Gulberwick (entirely mainland)
(3.) The ancient parish of Quarff (entirely mainland)
(4.) The ancient parish of Burra, consisting of the following islands:
(a) Papa
(b) West Burra
(c) East Burra
(d) Houss Ness
(e) South Havra
(f) Little Havra
Parishes of Fetlar & North Yell and Mid & South Yell, county of Zetland (Shetland)
The parish of Fetlar & North Yell was a combined parish, formed by the union of the two ancient parishes of Fetlar and North Yell, which were separated from each other by the sea. The former consisted of the island of Fetlar, with surrounding islets, and the latter consisted of the most northerly of the three parts into which the island of Yell was anciently divided for eccelsiastical purposes.
The ancient parish of North Yell was disjoined from the parish of Fetlar & North Yell, and annexed to the parish of Mid & South Yell. Under this arrangement and with an accompanying simplification in nomenclature, the island of Fetlar, with dependent islands, becomes the parish of Fetlar, and the island of Yell, with dependent islands, parish of Yell.
As these reconstructed parishes possess clearly defined natural boundaries, it is unnecessary to specify the lands individually affected. It is sufficient to enumerate the islands which are now included within the parish of Fetlar and the parish of Yell respectively.
The parish of Fetlar consists of the following islands:
(1.) Fetlar
(2.) Urie Lingey
(3.) Daaey
The parish of Yell consists of the following islands:
(1) Yell
(2.) Gloup Holm
(3.) Linga
(4.) Hascosay
(5.) Uynarey
(6.) Orfasay
The island of Bigga, belongs in common to the parishes of Yell and Delting.
Lerwick
Burgh of Barony: 1818
Small Burgh: 1929
Parish: Lerwick & Gulberwick
Region (Before 1975): Shetland
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