Nesting is a parish in the
Shetland Islands,
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
. It includes a part of the east
Shetland Mainland, measuring about , along the seaboard from
Gletness to
Lunna Ness, and also the island of
Whalsay and the
Out Skerries
The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries.
Geography
The Out Skerries lie about northeast of ...
. The coast is deeply indented by
voes and headlands. The arable land comprises only about , the remainder being mostly open moorland. The total area is given as . This includes the ancient parish of
Lunnasting in the North and the island parish of
Whalsay to the east, which were added to Nesting in 1891. Before that, the ancient parishes of North Nesting and South Nesting were merged.
The parish church, St Ola's Kirk, stands approximately north of Lerwick near the war memorial at
Brettabister.
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Shetlopedia. Retrieved 9 Feb 2013."Brettabister, St Ola's Kirk including Memorial Enclosure"
Canmore. Retrieved 9 Feb 2013.
Nesting is divided into a north and south districts. The population in 1958 was 1549.[
Settlements in Nesting include:
* Benston (South Nesting)
* ]Billister
Billister is a settlement in the parish of Nesting, on the island of Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. It is on Lax Firth.
Billister was formerly the terminal for the ferry to Whalsay, although this has now moved to Laxo
Laxo is a small set ...
(North Nesting)
* Brettabister (North Nesting)
* Catfirth (South Nesting)
* Dury (North Nesting)
* Freester (South Nesting)
* Gletness (South Nesting), including North and South Isles of Gletness
* Kirkabister (North Nesting)
* Laxfirth (North Nesting)
* Skellister (South Nesting)
The main village of Whalsay is Symbister and there are several notable Neolithic sites on the island, including Benie Hoose, the Standing Stones of Yoxie, and the Pettigarths Field Cairns.
Notable residents
*James Stout Angus
James Stout Angus (20 September 1830 – 26 December 1923) was a writer from Shetland, Scotland.
Life
Angus was born at Catfirth Haa in the parish of Nesting. His grandfather William Angus is recorded first at Burraness in Delting, but the lands ...
was from Nesting.
*Alexander Levie
Alexander ("Alsie") Levie FRSE FRCVS (1865–1955) was a Scottish veterinary surgeon.
Life
He was born on 31 August 1865 in the manse at Nesting, Shetland the son of Rev William Levie of Aberdeen (1831–1901) and his wife Eliza Greig Pole (1835 ...
born and raised here.
References
This article incorporates text from - Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone
External links
Nesting & Lunnasting Community Council
Parishes of Shetland
Thing (assembly)
Whalsay
Mainland, Shetland
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