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Firth, Shetland

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OS grid reference
  
HU441735

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
ZE2

Dialling code
  
01806

Council area
  
Shetland

Scottish parliament
  
Shetland

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
SHETLAND

Police
  
Scottish

Civil parish
  
Delting

Lieutenancy area
  
Shetland

UK parliament constituency
  
Orkney and Shetland

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History

Along with a stone memorial at the entrance to the village, many abandoned croft houses still stand on the hill across Firth Voe from Mossbank. These commemorate the infamous "Delting Disaster" of 21 December 1900 when twenty-two local fishermen were lost during a storm, decimating the community.

Because of the oil industry, which grew in 1970s Shetland, a number of temporary dwellings were built, followed by some housing estates, some now demolished.

References

Firth, Shetland Wikipedia