1831

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• Conservation began at Hermaness, when Dr. L. Edmondston, brother of the laird, began to protect the few breeding bonxies.
• Census for 1831
  
  • Presbytery of Lerwick:
    • Bressay 1,690
    • Dunrossness 4,405
    • Lerwick 3,194
    • Sandsting 2,194
    • Tingwall 2,794
    • Walls 2,146
      • Total 16,432
  • Presbytery of Burravoe:
    • Delting 2,070
    • Fetlar 1,680
    • Nesting 2,103
    • Northmavine 2,386
    • Unst 2,909
    • Yell 1,812
      • Total 12,950
• Total population 29,392

May

• 4th
  John Bruce, ninth Laird of Sumburgh, died.

April

• 22nd/23rd
  The Rover, a barque, laden with timber, of either Kirkcaldy, Fife or Leith, Scotland, for Leith, Scotland from Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada struck the Heids o' Sheldigeo and foundered at Hesswalls, Fair Isle. Only one crewmember was saved.

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