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Title: A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom, containing every city, town, village, hamlet, parish, district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the small islands dependent
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Subjects: Great Britain
Publisher: London G.B. Whittaker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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inistration of jus-tice ; as well as a custom-house, with pro-per officers. Here are two towns, viz.Lerwick, and Scalloway. Near the latterof these are the remains of the large cas-tle of the earls of Orkney and Shetland,bearing the date 1600. Near Lerwick isFort-Charlotte, garrisoned by a company ofinvalids. The whole county is dividedinto 12 parishes, and, together with theOrkneys, contain 53,124 inhab. It has beena matter of dispute from whence the firstinhabitants of these islands came : but itis the general opinion that they werefirst inhabited by the Norwegians. Theseislands were tributary to the crown of Nor-way till the end of the 12th century, atwhich time they were again annexed to theScottish crown, together with the Orkneys,being a dowry with the princess of Den-mark, who married king James I. of GreatBritain. Shetland unites with Orkney informing a stewartry, which sends 1 mem-ber to parliament; but the Shetland free-holders do not put themselves to the tro»- PhircJOJlf.
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SKY SCOTLAND SLA ble of taking the oaths necessary to qua-lify them for electors. Shettlestown, a village in Lanark-shire, in the barony parish of Glasgow,and a suburb of that city. Shi el-loch, a lake in Inverness-shire,about 10 miles long, and two broad, lyingin the parish of Ardnamurchan. It has asmall beautiful island, called Island Finan. Shin-loch, a lake in the county of Su-therland, about20 miles long, from N.W.to S.E., and from 1 to 2 wide. Shinnel, a romantic and picturesquestream in Dumfries-shire, in the parish ofPenpont, which rises in the stewartry ofKirkcudbright, and joins its waters to theScare at Capenock. Shira, a small river in Argyle-shire,which, after forming a small deep lake,called Loch-Dubb, falls into Loch-Fyne,near the town of Inverary. Shotts, a parish in Lanark-shire, 14 m.from Glasgow, and 28 from Edinburgh;containing 608 houses and 3397 inhabi-tants. It is watered by the rivers Northand South Calder; and the Cramond andAvon have their sources in it. Coal

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