Sodom, Shetland
Sodom
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![]() Sodom Location within Shetland  | |
| Population | 100 | 
| OS grid reference | HU547623 | 
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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 | 
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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.
 
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