Housie Skerries, a group of islets in Nesting parish, Shetland, 9½ miles E of Mainland and 24 NE of Lerwick. They comprise Housie proper in the centre, Grunay and Bruray in the E, Mickle Skerry in the WNW, and a number of islets and skerries immediately W of Housie proper; and they are often called the Out Skerries. The three chief form a triangular group at the distance of only a few hundred yards from one another; each is somewhat more than a mile long; all are widely secluded; and they are the scene of extensive fisheries for ling. Pop. (1841) 122, (1861) 60, (1871) 71, (1881) 71.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)