Delting, parish

Grid reference

HU 380 680 (general (5km))

Six-figure easting & northing

438000 116800

Latitude

60.39469913857733

Longitude

-1.3104183384399766

Nearby places

Olnafirth, former parish Delting (3.11 miles)

Lady Knowe, Delting (Shetland) (3.21 miles)

Laxavoe, former parish, Delting (4.84 miles)

Lunnasting, former parish, Nesting (Shetland) (6.25 miles)

John's Head (7.22 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Relationships with other parishes

Contains Laxavoe, former parish, Delting

Contains Olnafirth, former parish Delting

Relationships with other places

Contains Lady Knowe, Delting (Shetland)

Contains St Magnus Bay, Shetland

Parish details

Delting including Olnafirth OFX & Laxavoe LVX.

Parish TLA

DTG

County

Shetland

Medieval diocese

Orkney

Parish notes

United with Olnafirth OFX & Laxavoe LVX in the 16th c, the bishop of Orkney possessed half the corn teind of the parsonage, the residual teinds being the vicar’s (PSAS xliv, 307). No changes noted in Shennan 1892.