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	Orkneyjar - The Royal Burgh of Kirkwall
		Kirkwall is first recorded in the Orkneyinga Saga and the town itself probably dates from at least the eleventh century.
		Then Kirkwall was merely a cluster of dwellings around the natural harbour formed by the Peerie Sea and the sand bar known as the Ayre.
		The Burgh was the older, northerly section of Kirkwall, the Laverock being the land surrounding the cathedral and under the control of the Bishop.
	www.orkneyjar.com /orkney/kirkwall (1019 words)

	Kirkwall Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Kirkwall seems more a Scandinavian town than a Scottish one, and for a large part of its history it was one.
		In 1468 Orkney was acquired by James III for Scotland and by 1540 Kirkwall was the administrative centre for both Orkney and Shetland.
		Kirkwall is also the terminal for many of the ferries to Orkney's north isles.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /kirkwall/kirkwall (1012 words)

	Orkney Island Explorations - Kirkwall
		Kirkwall's position in the heart of the Islands between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea helped it become a crossroads for trade and a centre of administration.
		Kirkwall comes from the old Norse "Kirkjuvagr" meaning "Church Bay" and is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga in 1046 AD soon after Earl Rognvald Brusason had completed St Olaf's Church and dedicated it to his foster-father King Olaf Haraldsson (the Holy) of Norway.
		Kirkwall can boast the most comprehensive series of burgh houses of the 16th and 17th Centuries in northern Scotland and a conservation area of national importance.
	www.orkney.org /mainland/kirkwall.htm (1401 words)

	KIRKWALL - LoveToKnow Article on KIRKWALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Distilling however prospers, and the town is important not only as regards its shipping and the deep-sea fishery, but also as a distributing centre for the islaKds and the seat of the superior law courts.
		Kirkwall received its first charter from James III.
		Kirkwall belongs to the Wick district group of parliamentary burghs, the others being Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch and Tam.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KI/KIRKWALL.htm (787 words)

	Orkneyjar - The Kirkwall Ba' Game
		The Uppie goal is to touch the ba' against a wall in the south end of the town, while the Doonies have the unenviable task of getting the ba' into the water of Kirkwall Bay to the north.
		The Kirkwall streets become their playing field and a typical game can go on for hours, with a heaving throng of men pushing and pulling to try and gain a few metres of ground.
		This refers to a time when Kirkwall was divided into two areas, the south - known as the Laverock - controlled by the Bishop, the north (the Burgh) by the King's Earl.
	www.orkneyjar.com /tradition/bagame (797 words)

	ufindus.com - Religion in Kirkwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, in northen Scotland.
		Kirkwall was the settlement of Rognvald II, Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his successor, Thorfinn.
		Kirkwall town has two museums, one containing items of local historical interest and the other being the small "Wireless Museum", dealing with the history of radio and recorded sound.
	kirkwall.ufindus.com /Religion (342 words)

	BUG backpackers hostel reviews Kirkwall SYHA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Kirkwall SYA hostel is located about 15-20 mins walk from the ferry terminals (the other reviewers must have extraordinarily long legs).
		It is located in a residential neighbourhood but the property it is on is completely dilapidated - the building between the road and the hostel has been abandoned for quite a while, and it shows - broken windows, trash, etc. The hostel itself in in decent shape though.
		Kirkwall itself is not as nice as Stromness, but it has good transport connections (ferries and flights to the Northern isles), and better ammenities (eg.
	www.bugeurope.com /reviews/Scotland/Orkney_Islands/Orkney/uksc117 (638 words)

	Taylor Genealogy -- Kirkwall (1844)
		By the year 1844, the average size of the approximately 400 Kirkwall families was quite large, pushing the city's population to up around 3200.
		A tree grows in Kirkwall, perhaps the tallest and most prominent of those on an island whose soil and climate are not entirely favorable to their existence.
		With the tutelage of the Kirkwall village flsmith, JOHN studied the craft of forging metal, shaping red-hot and white-hot materials into desired objects by using the hammer, tongs, and anvil.
	www.olden-times.com /taylor/scotland/scotland03.html (1415 words)

	Kirkwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1486 King James III of Scotland elevated Kirkwall to the status of a Royal Burgh.
		The name "Kirkwall" is derived from the norse name "Kirkjuvagr" meaning "Church bay", this was later corrupted into "Kirkvoe" and then "Kirkwaa".
		Situated on the northern coast of Mainland Orkney, it is a port with ferry services to most of the other islands in the group.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Kirkwall.htm (333 words)

	Kirkwall Airport
		Apart from scheduled services to the Scottish mainland and to Shetland, Kirkwall Airport is the base for the original inter-island services introduced and continuously operated by Loganair.
		Aircraft operations at Kirkwall are supported by an Air Traffic Control Service while on call services to air ambulance and search and rescue flights are assisted by a Flight Information Officer.
		Kirkwall is the first airport to offer a weekend landing card.
	www.hial.co.uk /kirkwall-airport.html (621 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kirkwall
		The importance of Kirkwall is due, first, to its having long been the residence of the Norse earls of Orkney, who, while nominally under the Kings of Norway, were practically independent; and, second, from its having become the seat of the bishops of Orkney.
		Magnus, Earl of Orkney, was treacherously killed by his cousin Haco about 1115; and his nephew Ronald undertook, if he recovered possession of the islands from Paul, Haco's son, to build a stone minster at Kirkwall in memory of his uncle Magnus, whose sanctity was said to be attested by miracles soon after his death.
		Ronald eventually became sole ruler of Orkney, and St. Magnus' church was begun in 1137, and was constituted the cathedral of the See of Orkney, which had been founded in 1102 (as a suffragan of Trondhjem, in Norway), the bishop's seat having been originally at Birsa.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08662a.htm (502 words)

	Kirkwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Kirkwall, from the Norse word Kirkjuvagr, meaning 'Church Bay', was probably founded in the early 11th century.
		The Cathedral is owned by the Orkney Islands Council and the people of Kirkwall, and although used by the Church of Scotland, it is available to all denominations.
		A number of interesting 17th century tombstones are on display inside the Cathedral, bearing the motif of skull and crossed bones, hourglass, and coffin.
	www.orknet.co.uk /tourism/kirkwall.htm (327 words)

	Kirkwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		With the new brigade structure introduced in the summer of 2003 the 3 Divisions were re-organised into 2 Commands North and South, Kirkwall was put into North Command.
		A fire of equally horrific proportions, and at the time considered the worst Kirkwall had ever seen, broke out in the early hours of the morning of 5 March 1938 in Robert Garden's premises in Bridge Street, only yards away from the Anchor Buildings, scene of this January's fire.
		As long as the services of the local telephone operator with his specialized local knowledge are not dispensed with in the supposed interests of economy and cost cutting, it is hard to see how the system could be improved on, given the present distances and geographical difficulties involved.
	www.btinternet.com /~graeme.kirkwood/HI/C06.htm (1922 words)

	F230
		Archibald was nevertheless summoned to appear in the Tolbooth in Kirkwall on the 16th November 1815, where he was ordered to pay his dues, plus expenses.
		This family were residing in Kirkwall in the early 1800's, as confirmed by births of their children from 1803 until 1817.
		The enforced move occurred between a court case in 1818 where he was described as a Merchant, Kirkwall, and another in 1822 when his residence was described as 'now Edinburgh' where he appeared to be employed as a tailor.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/klearmonth/f230.htm (1291 words)

	The Kirkwall Scroll
		Known as The Kirkwall Scroll, it is made of three pieces of strong linen (some suggest sailcloth) sewn together and hand-painted throughout.
		Robert is a mason but the Brethren of Kirkwall Kilwinning very kindly extended an invitation to the eminent visiting scientists Prof Pribram and Dr Detela to view their well preserved treasures.
		After all Lodge Kirkwall Kilwinning holds a warrant signed by William St Clair, direct descendant of the last St Clair Earl of Orkney and the scroll is housed alongside it.
	www.robertlomas.com /Orkney/scroll.html (1239 words)

	Kirkwall Scroll Masons Maeshowe Astrology Runes Tarot
		Astronomy is the oldest Science and Geometry is the Science Astronomy and Astrology are based on said to be one of the "Greatest Secrets of Freemasonry" GEOMETRY at Dictionary.com = "The mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids".
		The Kirkwall Masonic club is home to The Kirkwall Teaching Scroll (also known as the Secret Scroll) and is almost exactly 18.61 feet long.
		The Kirkwall Scroll (also known as the treasure map) includes Sun, Moon, Venus, Stars, Hills, Triangles, Pillars Temples etc as well as the tools of the trade Geometry symbol square compass etc and is hundreds of years old and worth several million pounds.
	www.geocities.com /walterhaywoodkirkwall (2380 words)

	Kirkwall on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Kirkwall was founded sometime prior to 1046 (when it was mentioned in a saga) and became important as a port on the northern trade route to Scandinavia and the Baltic.
		The Social Services department in Kirkwall at the centre of the (LON60252)
		The Social Services department in Kirkwall at the centre of the (LON60253)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kirkwall.asp (416 words)

	Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall, Orkney
		The hotel is situated overlooking Kirkwall harbour, where the fishing fleet come and go and the ferries to the North Isles dock.
		Kirkwall is Orkney's principal town and the central point for exploring all the county.
		Whether you want to look around the mainland - from Skara Brae in the north to Burwick in the south, or hop on a ferry and visit the isles, you are never more than twenty miles from the hotel.
	www.ayrehotel.co.uk (394 words)

	The Orcadian Features - Kirkwall shop with 170 years of retail history
		Robert was succeeded by his son Robert (Bob) S. Spence, born 1890, who was a popular local figure, and leader of Kirkwall Town Band for a number of years.
		It reads: “Seventy guests of Cumming and Spence Ltd, Kirkwall and Stromness merchants, were entertained in the Royal Hotel, Kirk wall, at the first meeting of the staffs in a social capacity since the recent amalgamation of the interests in the two burghs.
		“The oldest grocery establishment in Kirkwall, the firm of Cumming and Spence was founded 120 years ago, and for many generations has served the county town also as a leading agency for the supply of farmers’ feeding stuffs and as bakers.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /features/articles/cummingandspence.htm (633 words)

	Kirkwall Shopping Songs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Kirkwall Shopping Songs describe a shopping expedition in Kirkwall, the largest town (population 5000) on the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland.
		This is a notoriously dangerous stretch of sea between the largest island of Orkney, upon which Kirkwall stands, and the smaller Hoy, where I live.
		The instrumental interlude that follows this is a sea picture - of Hoy Sound - in which the canonic cross-phrasings are meant to suggest the motion of waves.
	www.maxopus.com /works/shopsngs.htm (604 words)

	Overview of Kirkwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The 'capital' of the Orkney Islands, Kirkwall stands on a narrow neck of land that divides east and west Mainland.
		Close to the cathedral are the Bishop's Palace, a 16th century reconstruction of a 12th century building, and the 16th-century Earl's Palace, the former home of the Earls of Orkney.
		Kirkwall was made a royal burgh by King James III in 1486, seventeen years after the Orkney and Shetland Islands passed into Scottish possession and today is a centre for administration, knitwear and craft production, fishing, food processing and the distilling of whisky - the Highland Park Distillery being the northernmost distillery in the UK.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/towns/townfirst621.html (206 words)

	Kirkwall, Orkney - The Internet Guide to Scotland
		The text below comes from the journal I kept when I was in Kirkwall in August 1993.
		After initially being buried on Birsay, Magnus' body was brought to Kirkwall once the cathedral was ready.
		His relics were found during renovation in 1919, a hundred years after the discovery of his nephew's skeleton.
	www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /kirkwall.htm (1895 words)

	West End Hotel, Kirkwall, Orkney
		It was in 1824 that Captain William Richan of Rapness - needing a larger town house to accommodate the extravagant demands of his wife, Esther - built the mansion that is today the West End Hotel.
		Hossack's book "Kirkwall in the Orkneys" tells the story: 'On a wager with a gentleman as to which should outdo the other in the expense of a breakfast, the lady placed a £50 banknote between two slices of bread and butter, and cutting this sandwich into little bits, proceeded to eat the whole lot.'
		It signaled the start of more than 150 years of organised hospital services in Orkney as the hospital became what was perhaps Kirkwall's most valued public institution of the 19th century.
	www.smoothhound.co.uk /hotels/westend2.html (1034 words)

	Kirkwall Information Online - Local and national news for Kirkwall, UK
		If you have any news or information related to Kirkwall or would like an article to be published in Kirkwall Information Online, fill in a simple form or send it to us and we will do the rest.
		Kirkwall Information Online is part of the UK information network.
		Kirkwall Information Online is an independent site and is not affiliated with, or officially sponsored by any local authority or tourist information centre based in Kirkwall.
	www.britinfo.net /fp-J-BVH.htm (118 words)

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		M: 11 Mar 1746 Spouse: Ann SCOT Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland Arthur MURRAY (M).....................
		M: 19 Feb 1763 Spouse: Marry AITON Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland Arthur MURRAY (M).....................
		M: 24 Oct 1666 Spouse: Jonet TAIT Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland William MURRAY (M)....................
	www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Murrmar.txt (1827 words)

	F248 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The above continued in record SC11/5/1804/20, in which a summons was served on John by Sheriffs Officer James Petrie, to appear at the Tolbooth in Kirkwall on 4th April 1804.
		There is no conclusion of the case recorded on the papers held in the records.
		Searched the Kirkwall OPR but not mentioned in it, so it is probable that he was not christened.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/klearmonth/f248.htm (415 words)

	Day Kirkwall at Local.co.uk
		Twice each year, on Christmas Eve and Hogmanay, the householders and shopkeepers along Kirkwall's winding main street erect barricades across their doors and windows in preparation for next day's traditional ba' game.
		SCOTTISH TV A Day in the Life focused on the behind the scenes characters at some of the North of Scotland's most exciting and successful organisations and communities.
		Kirkwall Long Range Forecast Date Forecast Wind Temp Please Note Temperature during day is displayed as maximum.
	www.local.co.uk /Kirkwall/Day (461 words)

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		M: 20 Dec 1838 Spouse: Margaret FLETT Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland Alexandrina LYDDEL (F)................
		M: 28 Oct 1735 Spouse: William TRAILL Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland Elsbeth LIDDLE (F)....................
		M: 24 Jan 1867 Spouse: Mary CRAIGIE Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland Jane Or Jean LIDDLE (F)...............
	www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Liddmar.txt (1659 words)

	Kirkwall Hotel, Orkney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The KIRKWALL HOTEL, the most prominent landmark on the Kirkwall waterfont, is a
		The Kirkwall Hoteol offers 37 en-suite rooms, 3 function rooms, spacious non smoking restaurant, relaxing lounge bar and lively public bar.
		This spacious hotel is conveniently located close to all shops, amenities and the fascinating ancient buildings in the heart of the town, with ample parking nearby.
	www.kirkwallhotel.com (124 words)

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