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 or "thing), 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.
Tingwall was the home from the 1920s of the literary brothers Laurence I. Graham and the late John J. Graham.
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Religion
It is also the name of one of the old parishes of Shetland, the centre of which was the Tingwall Kirk.
The Kingdom Hall at Tingwall serves Jehovah's Witnesses throughout Shetland.
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