Toab, Orkney

Human settlement in Scotland

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

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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 believed 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 rarely used.

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

## See also

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* Mine Howe

## References

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

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