Burra (Shetland)
Burra is the collective name of the two Scottish Shetland islands West Burra and East Burra , the latter with Houss Ness . The two islands together have a land area of 12.71 km² and 852 inhabitants as of the census of March 27, 2011. The main island is West Burra with 7.43 km² and 776 inhabitants.
The name Burra, formerly also Burray , also stands for a former civil parish of the Scottish Shetland Islands . This was incorporated in 1891 with two other Civil parishes (Quarff and Culberwick) in the Civil parish Lerwick (capital of the Shetland Islands) after it had meanwhile belonged to the Civil parish Bressay , Burra, and Quarff . Burra also stands for an existing Quoad sacra parish of the Church of Scotland . In addition to the two main islands mentioned above, West Burra and East Burra, this area comprised or includes some smaller, currently uninhabited islands such as South Havra (0.59 km²) andLittle Havra (0.12 km²) in the south and Papa (with West Head of Papa , 0.60 km²) in the north. Together with Trondra , which belongs to the Civil parish Tingwall , Burra forms the Communicty council area Burra and Trondra . The islands mentioned and other islands belong to the group of Scalloway Islands in the southwestern area of the Shetland Islands.
The total area of the former Civil parish was 14.02 km².
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brechin - Byth (New) In: gazetteer of Scotland, 1803-1901 , British History Online
- ↑ a b Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, page 1057 Papa 148 '4 or Little Havra 29' 4 acres. British History Online 1901