Sandwick

Sandwick

Sandwick may refer to
* a settlement on the east coast of Shetland, 15 miles south of Lerwick
* Sandwick, Orkney: a parish on the west of Orkney
* Sandabhaig, an area of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
* Sandvík in the Faroe Islands

See also Sandwich, Sandwich Islands, Sandvik


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  • Sandwick — Recorded as Sandwich, Sandwick, Sandwitch and Sandwith, these are English locational surnames of great similarity. Sandwich and its variants comes from the town of Sandwich in Kent. This is first recorded as Sondwic in the year 851 .a.d., making… …   Surnames reference

  • Sandwick —    1) SANDWICK, a parish, in the county of Orkney, 14 miles (W. N. W.) from Kirkwall; containing 1033 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the sandy bay whereon it is situated, was originally included in that of Stromness; it is… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Sandwick — Original name in latin Sandwick Name in other language State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 60 latitude 1.25 altitude 14 Population 1217 Date 2006 01 17 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Sandwick and Cunningsburgh —    SANDWICK and CUNNINGSBURGH, a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Dunrossness, county of Orkney and Shetland, 9 miles (S. by W.) from Lerwick; containing 2167 inhabitants. This place comprises the ancient parishes of Sandwick and… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Sandwick, Lewis — Sandwick is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the island of Lewis and a quasi suburb of Stornoway. Sandwick is home to one of the three principal primary schools for the Stornoway area, Sandwickhill School …   Wikipedia

  • Sandwick, Orkney — Sandwick (Old Norse: Sandvík Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)] , meaning Sand Bay ) is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, OrkneyWilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882)… …   Wikipedia

  • West Sandwick — is a settlement on the Isle of Yell, Shetland Islands. It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island …   Wikipedia

  • Einfriedung bei Sandwick — Die Reste der prähistorischen Einfriedung bei Sandwick wurden im Jahre 2006 nahe dem Ring von Brodgar, auf dem Isthmus (schottisch:Ness), zwischen dem Loch of Stenness und dem Loch of Harray, auf Orkney Mainland entdeckt. Der Platz liegt nahe dem …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Yell, Shetland — Infobox Scottish island | GridReference=HU492935 celtic name= norse name=Jala meaning of name=Possibly of Pictish origin or from Old Norse for barren area=21,211 ha area rank=11 highest elevation=Hill of Arisdale 210 m Population=957 population… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Shetland islands — This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. The Shetland… …   Wikipedia

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