Toab is a parish on the Orkney Mainland, situated in the East Mainland.
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 located off the A960 road at the head of Deer Sound on the Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is thought the name derives from the Norse phrase for the place where visiting ships had to pay a toll.[1]
People from Toab are known as ‘Toaboggans’, although this term is almost never used.