Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Walls

Walls, par. and hamlet, in W. of the Mainland of Shetland - par., 24,499 ac., pop. 2262; comprises the mainland districts of Walls and Sandness, and the inhabited islands of Papa-Stour, Vaila, Linga, and Foula; hamlet, on Vaila Sound, 24 miles NW. of Lerwick; P.O., T.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Walls and Sandness ScoP       Shetland ScoCnty
Place: Walls

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