Weisdale

Weisdale
Kergord "Forest", one of the few woods in Shetland
Weisdale
Weisdale shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU394537
Civil parish	Tingwall
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°16′01″N 1°17′10″W / 60.267°N 1.286°W / 60.267; -1.286Coordinates: 60°16′01″N 1°17′10″W / 60.267°N 1.286°W / 60.267; -1.286

Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish in Shetland. The bay opens near the northern extremity of Scalloway Bay, and strikes four and a half miles to the north north east.

The hamlet lies at the bay's head, about twelve miles north west of Lerwick.

Weisdale was the scene of a series of evictions of crofters in favour of large scale sheep farming in the 19th century. Approximately three hundred and eighteen crofters were evicted from the Weisdale valley in what is described as the clearances. Local author John J. Graham wrote two novels on this theme.

There is one church in Weisdale. It is known as the Weisdale Kirk and is part of the Church of Scotland. This kirk was built in 1863 and is now surrounded by a beautiful garden which was created by local volunteers with the assistance of the BBC Scotland Beechgrove Garden team. The garden won a Shetland Environmental Award in 2006

This article incorporates text from - Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone

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