Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Scalloway

Scalloway, seaport vil., Tingwall par., on W. coast of Mainland, Shetland, 6 miles SW. of Lerwick, pop. 648; P.O., T.O.; has extensive fisheries. The ruin of Scalloway Castle (1600) is in vicinity.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport village"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Tingwall ScoP       Shetland ScoCnty
Place: Scalloway

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.