Gulberwick Kirk

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Old photo of Gulberwick Kirk from Shetland Museum and Archives.

The kirk in 2007

Plaque above the entrance with the building year

The opening ceremony of the kirk in Gulberwick was held on the 12th of June 1898. The kirk was built on a site that was granted by the Marquis of Shetland for a rent of one shilling a year.
The building costs was £388.7s.1d. The price of the bell was £1o.11s.7d, and to erect it, £3.

Until 1722 there were three kirks in Gulberwick, at Brindister, Wick, and Trebister.

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