Heimdal Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Worth a look if you like old things A sort of precursor to 'Manson's Shetland Almanac'. I found the names of the old crofts and the trades in each district very interesting.It can be read online or even downloaded to your Kindle http://www.archive.org/details/zetlanddirectory1861dire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Very interesting! Just had a quick look on the Archives collection and see that they have a copy of an earlier edition from 1854 as well. http://www.calmview.eu/ShetlandArchive/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=SA2%2f149&pos=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
june giblin Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Thanks for the tip I am studying history and archaeology at the minute and I could have done with this information for my last essay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
june giblin Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Thanks for the tip I am studying history and archaeology at the minute and I could have done with this information for my last essay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Good book, but I would suspect some croft names listed may be duplicated ie. different spellings of one name. I see one of ours in what appears to be twice anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Note that the second (1861) edition is marred by large numbers of spelling mistakes, due almost certainly to WR Duncan's handwriting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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