Sodom, Shetland

Sodom
Sudheim
Sodom Sudheim;
	Sodom Location within Shetland
Population	100
OS grid reference	HU547623
Civil parish	Nesting;
Council area	Shetland;
Lieutenancy area	Shetland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01806
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Shetland;
	List of places UK Scotland 60°20′31″N 1°00′47″W / 60.342°N 1.013°W

Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland.^[1] 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.^[2]

Footnotes

^ Google maps entry for Sodom, Shetland
^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

External links

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[1] Google maps entry for Sodom, Shetland

[Smith-2] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

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Sodom Sudheim
Sodom Location within Shetland
Population	100
OS grid reference	HU547623
Civil parish	Nesting
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01806

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60°20′31″N 1°00′47″W / 60.342°N 1.013°W / 60.342; -1.013