Human settlement in Scotland
Sodom
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SodomLocation within Shetland | |
Population | 100 |
OS grid reference | HU547623 |
Civil parish | |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHETLAND |
Postcode district | ZE2 |
Dialling code | 01806 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
60°20′31″N 1°00′47″W / 60.342°N 1.013°W / 60.342; -1.013 |
Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland. The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.
Footnotes
- Google maps entry for Sodom, Shetland
- Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
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