- West Sandwick
West Sandwick is a settlement on the
Isle of Yell ,Shetland Islands . It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island.
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Sandwick and Cunningsburgh — SANDWICK and CUNNINGSBURGH, a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Dunrossness, county of Orkney and Shetland, 9 miles (S. by W.) from Lerwick; containing 2167 inhabitants. This place comprises the ancient parishes of Sandwick and… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Sandwick — may refer to * a settlement on the east coast of Shetland, 15 miles south of Lerwick * Sandwick, Orkney: a parish on the west of Orkney * Sandabhaig, an area of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis * Sandvík in the Faroe IslandsSee also Sandwich … Wikipedia
Sandwick, Orkney — Sandwick (Old Norse: Sandvík Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)] , meaning Sand Bay ) is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, OrkneyWilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882)… … Wikipedia
Sandwick — 1) SANDWICK, a parish, in the county of Orkney, 14 miles (W. N. W.) from Kirkwall; containing 1033 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the sandy bay whereon it is situated, was originally included in that of Stromness; it is… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Yell, Shetland — Infobox Scottish island | GridReference=HU492935 celtic name= norse name=Jala meaning of name=Possibly of Pictish origin or from Old Norse for barren area=21,211 ha area rank=11 highest elevation=Hill of Arisdale 210 m Population=957 population… … Wikipedia
List of Shetland islands — This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. The Shetland… … Wikipedia
Список Шетландских островов — Шетландский архипелаг … Википедия
List of places in Shetland — This is a list of towns, villages and smaller settlements on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.Source: [http://www.shetlopedia.com/Shetland Settlements www.shetlopedia.com/Shetland Settlements] compactTOC NOTOC A*Aith, Aithsetter, AywickB*Baliasta,… … Wikipedia
Muness Castle — lies in the south east corner of Unst, Shetland; Scotland s most northerly inhabited island, not far from the rocky headland of Mu Ness. It is the most northerly fortalice in Britain.[1] … Wikipedia
Shetland, or Zetland, Islands — SHETLAND, or ZETLAND, ISLANDS, forming, with Orkney, a maritime county, in the northern extremity of Scotland, bounded on the north by the North Sea, on the east by the German Ocean, and on the west by the Atlantic. They lie between 59° 51 and … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
