The Martha's Vineyard Times This Was Then: Doppelgängers and namesakes Our Island shares its name with many people and places around the world. Downtown Tisbury, Wiltshire, U.K. â Courtesy Mike Scott Tisbury School, Invercargill, New Zealand. â Courtesy Mary Forsythe/Tisbury School The Black Dog, Chilmark, U.K. â Courtesy Mike Scott COVID-era menu, Black Dog pub, Chilmark, UK. One of Gay Headâs many books for teens, first published in the early 1940s. 1930 ad in the Wilmington (Delaware) Morning News. Reference to Mrs. Martha Vineyard of Knoxville, Tenn. Our Island shares its names with people, places, and products around the world, some for historically connected reasons and others by coincidence, complicating our Google searches and rerouting our Amazon orders.