North Uist Island Scotland

North Uist is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. In Donald Munro's A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one island of Ywst (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island', he described the division between South Uist and Benbecula where "the end heiro…
North Uist is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. In Donald Munro's A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one island of Ywst (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island', he described the division between South Uist and Benbecula where "the end heirof the sea enters, and cuts the countrey be ebbing and flowing through it". Further north of Benbecula he described North Uist as "this countrey is called Kenehnache of Ywst, that is in Englishe, the north head of Ywst".
  • Population: 1,254
  • Scottish Gaelic name: Uibhist a Tuath
  • Scots name: North Uist
  • Meaning of name: North Uist (etymology of "Uibhist" is unclear)
  • OS grid reference: NF835697
  • Island group: Uist and Barra
  • Area: 30,305 ha (74,885 acres)

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