Toab, Orkney

Toab
The former Toab shop and petrol station in 2011.
Toab Location within Orkney
OS grid reference	HY510069
Civil parish	St Andrews
Council area	Orkney
Lieutenancy area	Orkney
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORKNEY
Postcode district	KW17
Dialling code	01856
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Orkney
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.

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