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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Shawbost like this:
Shawbost or Sheabost, a village in the Carloway portion of Loch parish, Lewis, Ross-shire, near the NW coast, 5¾ miles NE of Carloway. Pop. (1861) 312, (1871) 376, (1881) 322.—Ord. Sur., sh. 105, 1858.
Shawbost is now part of NA H EILEANAN AN IAR Council. Click here for graphs and data of how NA H EILEANAN AN IAR has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shawbost itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shawbost, in Na H Eileanan An Iar and Ross and Cromarty | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22398
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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