Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shawbost or Sheabost

Shawbost or Sheabost, a village in the Carloway portion of Loch parish, Lewis, Ross-shire, near the NW coast, 5¾ miles NE of Carloway. Pop. (1861) 312, (1871) 376, (1881) 322.—Ord. Sur., sh. 105, 1858.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ross Shire ScoCnty
Place names: SHAWBOST     |     SHAWBOST OR SHEABOST     |     SHEABOST
Place: Shawbost

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