Vidlin

Infobox UK place
official_name= Vidlin
country= Scotland
population=
os_grid_reference= HU464803
latitude= 60.36
longitude= -1.34
post_town= SHETLAND
postcode_area= ZE
postcode_district= ZE2
dial_code= 01806
constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland
civil_parish=
unitary_scotland= Shetland
lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland
constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland

Vidlin (from Old Norse: "Vaðill" meaning a ford), is a small village located in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.

It is at the head of Vidlin Voe, is the modern heart of the old parish of Lunnasting, which centred on the early church at Lunna.

The poet Rhoda Bulter's mother came from Skelberry in Lunnasting, and she herself lived there for two crucially formative years when young.

The Walls poet Christine de Luca has written a memoir and a series of poems about the branch of her family which hailed from Vidlin, on her father Alexander Pearson's side, entitled "Dreams in Time's Ocean" (2004).

Notable Vidlin Residents

*John I. Herculson General Merchant
*Jim Grains Builder, Crofter, Traditional Dancer
*Steven Robertson Actor
*Maxi Jamieson Fiddler, Crofter and Engineer
*Kenny Johnson Founder of Skyinbow - Producer of Electric Fiddles (Violins)

External links

* [http://lunnasting.historygroups.net The Lunnasting History Group]
* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/vidlin/index.html Undiscovered Scotland - Vidlin]
* [http://www.lunnasting.shetland.sch.uk/pages/area.htm The Lunnasting Primary School in Vidlin]
* [http://www.shetlopedia.com/vidlin Shetlopedia.com - Vidlin Pages]
* [http://www.skyinbow.com Skyinbow Ltd]