Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Delting

Delting, par., Shetland, 36,964 ac., pop. 1654; includes Muckle Roe island, several uninhabited islands, and that part of Mainland between Yell Sound and St Magnus Bay.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Delting ScoP       Shetland ScoCnty
Place: Delting

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