Unst, modern parish (Shetland)

Grid reference

HP 614 088 (assumed location)

Six-figure easting & northing

461400 120880

Latitude

60.758167427009

Longitude

-0.8731746264705788

County

Shetland

Nearby places

Marypark, Unst (Shetland) (0.5 miles)

Baliasta, former parish, Unst (Shetland) (0.86 miles)

St John's Kirk, Baliasta, Unst (Shetland) (0.86 miles)

Cross Kirk, Unst (Shetland) (3.03 miles)

Cross Geo, Unst (3.03 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for Unst Parish Church, St John's Kirk, as given by NMRS. The three medieval parishes which formed the modern parish of Unst were clearly united, as requiring only one minister, at or shortly after the Reformation (Assumption 660).

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Parish details

Unst containing 3 medieval parishes (Baliasta, Lund and Norwick)

Parish TLA

UNS

County

Shetland

Medieval diocese

Orkney