Marrister is a settlement on the west coast of Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It looks across Linga Sound to the island of West Linga.
| Marrister | |
|---|---|
 Marrister, Whalsay. The two storey white building is the auld manse. | |
  Marrister Location within Shetland | |
| OS grid reference | HU542640 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Dialling code | 01806 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
History
editMarrister was occupied in Viking times and a gold Viking ring was unearthed there.[1] In the 19th century and early 20th century it was associated with the Smith family.[2][3] A large flat rock off Marrister is known as the Skate of Marrister. In the 1870s, Robert Cowie mentioned the "neat manse and still neater church" of Marrister, which had been recently built.[4]
References
edit- ^ Scientific Research Fund of 1919; Videnskapelige forskningsfond av 1919 (1940). Viking antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland. H. Aschehoug. p. 141. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bulloch, John; Henderson, John Alexander (1933). Scottish Notes and Queries. D. Wyllie and son. p. 7. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caitness and Sutherland. Viking Club. 1907. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Cowie, Robert (1879). Shetland: descriptive and historical; and topographical description of that country. Smith. p. 105. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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