Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Uig

Uig, par., in SW. of Lewis island, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire, 135,471 ac., pop. 3489; contains also the islands of Bernera, Mealista, and Pabay; the church stands near the W. coast of Lewis, 34 miles W. of Storaoway.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Uig Parish       Ross Shire County
Place: Uig

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