Talk:1625

Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia

Not that I know anything about history, or much else come to think of it, but is there a specific reason for dropping any reference to old names? I thought it was accepted fact that Lerwick is the new name, and at that time it would have been referred to as Ler Wick, from norse Lervick, or something like that. In fact, was Bressay Sound called Bressay Sound in those days?
If the old names, which in some cases explain where the modern names come from, cannot for some reason be used, fine. But to be accurate, then in the case of an article relating to 1625, the name Lerwick cannot be used either. And the article should be written simply to say that a group of huts, in the area of what is now Lerwick, on the shore of what is now called Bressay Sound, was demolished by order.....
Robbie 01:18, 23 February 2008 (MST)

Ler Wick wasn't an old name for Lerwick. It was the form created by the Ordnance Survey in the 1870s to denote the wick. 'Lerwick' is the form used in the document of 1625. And, yes indeed, Bressay Sound was a commonly used name in the 17th century - used more often than Lerwick at thaat time.