Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sandsting

Sandsting, par., in middle of Mainland, Shetland, 39,870 ac., pop. 2702; comprises Vementry and Papa Little islands; the church is 13 miles NW. of Lerwick.


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

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

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