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).

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/

Relationships with other parishes

Contains Baliasta, former parish, Unst (Shetland)

Contains Lund, former parish, Unst (Shetland)

Contains Norwick, former parish, Unst (Shetland)

Contains Unst, modern parish (Shetland)

Within Unst, modern parish (Shetland)

Relationships with other places

Contains Cross Geo, Unst

Contains Cross Kirk, Unst (Shetland)

Contains Cross Ness, Unst

Contains Little Cross Geo, Unst

Contains Marypark, Unst (Shetland)

Contains Muckle Cross Geo, Unst

Contains St John's Church, Norwick, Unst

Contains St John's Kirk, Baliasta, Unst (Shetland)

Contains St Olaf's Church, Lund, Unst (Shetland)

Parish details

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

Parish TLA

UNS

County

Shetland

Medieval diocese

Orkney