Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lybster

Lybster, vil., Latheron par., Caithness, 13 miles SW. of Wick, pop. 831; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; is an important seat of the herring fishery.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Latheron ScoP       Caithness ScoCnty
Place: Lybster

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