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toab+orkney Latitude and Longitude:

58°55′23″N 2°50′06″W / 58.923°N 2.835°W / 58.923; -2.835
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Toab
The former Toab shop and petrol station in 2011.
Toab is located in Orkney Islands
Toab
Toab
Location within Orkney
OS grid reference HY510069
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Council area
Lieutenancy area
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townORKNEY
Postcode district KW17
Dialling code01856
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58°55′23″N 2°50′06″W / 58.923°N 2.835°W / 58.923; -2.835

Toab is a village on the Orkney Mainland, situated in the East Mainland, off the A960 road, at the head of Deer Sound.

St Andrews Primary School is located in Toab, and serves the parishes of Holm, St Andrews, and Deerness. It is thought the name derives from the Norse word Tollhóp, meaning a place where visiting ships had to pay a toll. [1]

People from Toab are known as ‘Toaboggans’, although this term is almost never used.

Both the districts of Toab and nearby Tankerness are often mistakenly referred to as parishes, although they both come under the civil parish of St Andrews.


See also

References

  1. ^ "Orkney Placenames". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 27 May 2008.



toab+orkney Latitude and Longitude:

58°55′23″N 2°50′06″W / 58.923°N 2.835°W / 58.923; -2.835
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toab
The former Toab shop and petrol station in 2011.
Toab is located in Orkney Islands
Toab
Toab
Location within Orkney
OS grid reference HY510069
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townORKNEY
Postcode district KW17
Dialling code01856
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
58°55′23″N 2°50′06″W / 58.923°N 2.835°W / 58.923; -2.835

Toab is a village on the Orkney Mainland, situated in the East Mainland, off the A960 road, at the head of Deer Sound.

St Andrews Primary School is located in Toab, and serves the parishes of Holm, St Andrews, and Deerness. It is thought the name derives from the Norse word Tollhóp, meaning a place where visiting ships had to pay a toll. [1]

People from Toab are known as ‘Toaboggans’, although this term is almost never used.

Both the districts of Toab and nearby Tankerness are often mistakenly referred to as parishes, although they both come under the civil parish of St Andrews.


See also

References

  1. ^ "Orkney Placenames". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 27 May 2008.



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