Tingwall
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
| Shetland Settlements | |
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| Name: | Tingwall |
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| UK Grid Reference: | HU420448 |
| Distance from Lerwick by road: | 5 miles |
| Community Council: | Tingwall, Whiteness, & Weisdale |
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Tingwall ( Old Norse : Þingvöllr = field of the parliament ), is in the centre of the Shetland Mainland, and extends north as far as Girlsta. The Tingwall valley extends north from near Scalloway to Laxfirth.
Tingwall includes the settlements of Veensgarth and Gott, and the Vallafield housing estate. It is also the name of one of the old parishes of Shetland, the centre of which was the Tingwall Kirk.
Tingwall was the home from the 1920s of the literary brothers Laurence I. Graham and the late John J. Graham.
Amenities
- Asta Golf Course and Club
- Tingwall Airport
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
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