Whitehall (200), a village on the shores of Papa Sound, near the northern extremity of the island of Stronsay. (p. [41.])
SHETLAND
By T. MAINLAND
PREFACE
The author begs to acknowledge his indebtedness to Messrs Peach and Horne (in Tudor’s Shetland) for the notes on Geology in Chapter 5; to Mr John Nicolson author of Arthur Anderson, for the Notes and photograph in Chapter 18; and to Goudie’s Antiquities for historical information.
1. County and Shire.[2] Name and Administration of Shetland
Shetland or Zetland is derived from the Norse Hjaltland, variant spellings being Hieltland, Hietland, Hetland. The Norse word is of doubtful origin.