1882
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- The Fishery Board of Scotland reported 134,187 barrels of herring cured. Only 19 vessels were fitted out for Faroe and Iceland fishing. The Spring Cod fishing was delayed by high winds until May. Decked boats numbered 227, 150 belonging to Shetland and 77 to incomers from the east coast.
January
- Quendale School opened.
- 24th
Foundation stone of Lerwick Town Hall laid by Duke of Edinburgh.
June
- Levenwick School opened.
November
- 7th
Election of the Lerwick Town Council.
December
- The Lizzie, a sail schooner laden with a cargo of timber, registered in the U.K. drove ashore derelict on Strandburgh Ness, Fetlar.
- 5th
An unidentified vessel reported wrecked on the Hoevdi Grund, Foula.
