Holm, Lewis
Holm Village (Scottish Gaelic: Tolm) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. The modern area of Holm can be split into two distinct areas - "Holm Village" and "Holm Road with Parkend". Holm is within the parish of Stornoway.[1]
Holm
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.jpg) A small community by the Shildinis headland | |
  Holm Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NB454313 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STORNOWAY |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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The Iolaire Memorial on Holm Point commemorates Admiralty Yacht HMS Iolaire, lost on rocks lying to the south in 1919. 205 died, many of them war veterans returning to the island.[2]
References
- "Details of Holm". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- "Iolaire Memorial". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holm, Isle of Lewis. |
- Visitor's guide for the Isle of Lewis
- Website of the Western Isles Council with links to other resources
- Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 525–526.
- A Guide to living in the Outer Hebrides, with most information pertaining to Lewis
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