Toab, Orkney
Toab is located off the A960 road at the head of Deer Sound on the Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is in the parish of St Andrews – along with Tankerness – it is thought its name derives from the Norse phrase for the place where visiting ships had to pay a toll.[1]
Toab | |
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Converted farmhouse, Toab | |
Toab Location within Orkney | |
OS grid reference | HY510069 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ORKNEY |
Postcode district | KW17 |
Dialling code | 01856 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Toab is a parish on the Orkney Mainland.
People from Toab are known as ‘Toaboggans’
See also
References
- "Orkney Placenames". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
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