en 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

Scottish Places - Sudheim

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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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