Twatt, Shetland
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| Twatt | |
| Shetland | |
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 Twatt | |
| Location | |
| Island: | Mainland |
| Grid reference: | HU327536 |
| Location: | 60°15’57"N, 1°24’34"W |
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| Postcode: | ZE2 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Shetland Islands |
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Orkney and Shetland |
Twatt is a small village in Shetland, on Mainland, along a minor road that leads from the A971 road to Clousta, north of Bixter.
The name of the village, like most place-names on Shetland, is from the Old Norse language; from þveit, meaning 'small parcel of land'. The same word produces a village of the same name on Orkney Mainland, and the element "-thwaite" in many a Yorkshire place-name.
This name featured at no. 4 of the most vulgar sounding names in Rude Britain, along with its Orkney namesake.
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