Uyea, Unst
| Scotsname | Uyea |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | the isle |
| Location | |
  Uyea Uyea shown within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | HU600994 |
| Coordinates | 60°40′00″N0°54′00″W/ 60.6667°N 00.900°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Shetland |
| Area | 205 ha (0.79 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 105= [1] |
| Highest elevation | The Ward 50 m (164 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Shetland Islands |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| References | [2][3][4][5] |
Uyea(Scots:Uyea) is an uninhabitedisland,lying south ofUnstinShetland,Scotland.
Etymology
[edit]TheNornword for an island isøyso Uyea (pronounced "Øya" ) simply means "the isle." This name was given to it by the people of southUnstas it is the largest island near their shores (excludingYell) and they thought of Unst itself as the mainland.[6]
History
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The island was inhabited as early as theBronze Age,and achambered cairncan still be seen. In the twelfth century,Saint Olaf'schapeloverlookingBrei Wickwas built.
In 1745, two girls from Uyea rowed to the small island ofHaaf Gruneyto milk some of the cows grazing here. They were caught in a storm when trying to return, and eventually they found their tiny boat blown toKarmøyin south westNorway.The Uyea girls ended up marrying Karmøy men, and their descendants still live there.[3]
Jack Priest,in his memoir of the isle duringWorld War II,described it as "a beachcomber's dream - washed as it is with a westerlyAtlantictide through Bluemull Sound, fed from the east by waters of theNorwegian basinand finally theNorth Seapressing up from among the isles through the narrow channel betweenYellandFetlarand feeding Colgrave Sound on the south side of Uyea Isle. "[7]
The island was the home of SirBasil Neven-Spence,who was theConservativeMember of ParliamentforOrkney and Shetlandfrom 1935 to 1950.
To the present day, Neven-Spence is the most recent person not from the Liberal Democrats or the Liberal Party to represent the constituency.
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^Area and population ranks: there arec. 300islands over 20 ha in extent and93 permanently inhabited islandswere listed in the2011 census.
- ^National Records of Scotland(15 August 2013)."Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands"(PDF).Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two)(PDF)(Report). SG/2013/126.Retrieved14 August2020.
- ^abHaswell-Smith, Hamish (2004).The Scottish Islands.Edinburgh: Canongate.ISBN978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^Ordnance Survey.OS Maps Online(Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893)Orkneyinga Saga.Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint).ISBN0-901824-25-9
- ^Jakobsen 1897,p. 100.
- ^Priest, JackIsland at War(1994)
References
[edit]- Jakobsen, Jakob(1897). "The old Shetland place-names".The dialect and place names of Shetland; two popular lectures(Lecture). Cornell University Library. Lerwick: Lerwick, T. & J. Manson.LCCN03002186.Retrieved7 October2019– via archive.org.
External links
[edit]- "Brochs and photos from Shetland, UK"Licensed under theGNU Free Documentation License
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