KIRKWALL

kûrkˈwôl, –wəl, town (1991 pop. 5,867), N Scotland, on the east coast of Mainland Island. It is the trading center and administrative seat of the Orkney Islands, with exports of eggs, fish, whiskey, cattle, and sheep. Local industries include boat building, food processing and packing. There is minor oil servicing activity. 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. St. Magnus Cathedral dates from 1137, the bishop's palace from c.1200, and the earl's palace from 1600. The latter two are ruins.

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books on: Kirkwall  - 241 results

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1.
The Secret Scroll
Book by Andrew Sinclair; Birlinn, 2005
Subjects: Freemasonry--Scotland--Kirkwall, Grail, Kirkwall (Scotland)--Antiquities, Roslin (Scotland)--Antiquities, Sinclair Family, Templars--Scotland--Kirkwall
...medieval Grail romances into the early Masonic movements, which now have tens of millions of followers. The secret lies in the Kirkwall Scroll in Orkney, where the answer would be revealed. At last, the mysteries of the Ark and the Garden ofEden and the Grail...
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Peter Maxwell Davies: A Bio-Bibliography
Book by Carolyn J. Smith; Greenwood, 1995
Subjects: Davies, Peter Maxwell--1934---Bibliography, Davies, Peter Maxwell--1934---Discography
...Chief Librarian of the Orkney Library, Kirkwall; Mrs. C. A. Banks, Assistant Music...Magnus about St. Magnus, the patron of Kirkwalls magnificent twelfth-century cathedral...because it was at St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, during the first St. Magnus Festival...
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The Northern and Western Islands of Scotland: Their Economy and Society in the Seventeenth Century
Book by Frances J. Shaw; John Donald, 2003
Subjects: Hebrides (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Hebrides (Scotland)--Social Conditions, Orkney (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Orkney (Scotland)--Social Conditions, Shetland (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Shetland (Scotland)--Social Conditions, Western Isles (Scotland)--Economic Conditions, Western Isles (Scotland)--Social Conditions
...of the burgesses of the royal burgh of Kirkwall from trading without a licence from...an eik) was submitted by a merchant in Kirkwall, who was confirmed as executor to...land. In 1669 Anna and her husband, a Kirkwall merchant named Harry Erbury, are described...
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Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish Ethnology
Book by Heather Holmes, Fiona MacDonald; Tuckwell, 2003
Subjects: Scotland--Civilization, Scotland--History, Scotland--Social Life And Customs
...List of books and pamphlets relating to Orkney and Shetland. Kirkwall: W Peace and Son, 1894. De Caro, F A. Women and folklore...Orkneys past from the photographs of J W Sinclair. 2 vols. Kirkwall: The Orcadian, 1997 and 1998. Smart, Robert. Famous throughout...
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Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire
Book by Michael McManus; Birlinn, 2001
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--1945-, Grimond, Jo, Legislators--Great Britain--Biography, Legislators--Scotland--Biography, Liberal Party (Great Britain)--Biography, Orkney (Scotland)--Politics And Government, Shetland (Scotland)--Politics And Government
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Ironies of the Highland Exodus, 1740-1900
Journal article by Eric Richards; Journal of Australian Studies, 2001
Subjects: Clans--Scotland, Community--Social aspects, Emigration and immigration--History, Scotland--Emigration and immigration
...the ends of the earth from northern outports: from Cromarty Town, Inverness, Burghead, Wick, Scrabster and Thurso; Lerwick, Kirkwall and Stromness; Ullapool, Portree, Stornaway, Benbecula, Harris, Barra, and Tobermory; from Fort William, Lochinver, Mallaig...
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The Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women, 1878 to 1883
Journal article by Christine D. Myers; The Historian, Vol. 63, 2001
Subjects: Glasgow, Scotland--Social aspects, Higher education of women--Scotland, Women in education--Social aspects, Women's colleges--History
...22) "Reminiscences of the Early Days of the Association for the Higher Education of Women," by a former student, printed Kirkwall, Orkney, October 1907, DC 233/2/21/5 GUA. (23) Janet Galloway to Miss Oswald, 31 August 1878, p. 11, QMC Letterbook. (24...
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Imitation in Scottish Eighteenth-Century Textiles: The Drive to Establish the Manufacture of Osnaburg Linen
Journal article by Alastair Durie; Journal of Design History, Vol. 6, 1993
Subjects: Design--History
...up, for example, in the later 1740s of a network of agents for spinning in the North (Tain, Cromarty, Wick, Inverness, and Kirkwall) was a very ambitious undertaking with over 10,000 hand-spinners being employed, or so it was claimed in 1753. 22 The northern...
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Islands, Lovers, and Others
Journal article by David Lowenthal; The Geographical Review, Vol. 97, 2007
Subjects: Caribbean Islands--Appreciation, Caribbean Islands--Social aspects, Islands--Appreciation, Islands--Social aspects, Territories and possessions--Evaluation
...in the social and intellectual life of the Rock. (24) Local island media record and strengthen these links; fully half the Kirkwall Orcadians pages recount the doings of overseas Orcadians and their offspring; the weekly Barbuda Voice is produced and distributed...


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The Spy from Palestine
Magazine article by Michael Posner; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 115, Spring 2008
Subjects: Aaronsohn, Aaron--History, Lawrence, T.E.--History, Soldiers--History, Spies--History
...military author-ities in the port of Kirkwall, Scotland, arrested a 40-year-old, barrel-chested...City, and accused of espionage. From Kirkwall, Aaronsohn was taken by train to London...spy for the British. The incident at Kirkwall was an elaborate ruse, designed to fool...
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Waterways Not Motorways
Magazine article by Alistair Moffat; New Statesman, Vol. 129, June 5, 2000
Subjects: Scotland--Transportation
...the daftness. From Westray, the party will take a ferry to Kirkwall, where they will spend the night, before boarding a bus to...heritage as just that -- heritage. A ferry from Westray or even Kirkwall that sailed down the western edge of Scotland and called in...
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For the Eve of the New Millennium, I Shall Buy a Sink Plunger and Head off to the Orkneys
Magazine article by Laurie Taylor; New Statesman, Vol. 127, October 9, 1998
Subjects: Millennium--Planning, New Year--Planning
...new millennium. Jane dropped out after becoming clinically anxious about flying 200 feet above the sea on the final leg from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay, and last week Andy rang to say that he and Michelle would have to take a rain check because theyd been...
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Northern Exposure: This Magical Island Is the Perfect Setting for an Annual Feast of Music and Poetry, Reports Michael Coveney
Magazine article by Michael Coveney; New Statesman, Vol. 134, July 18, 2005
Subjects: Music festivals--Forecasts and trends, Orkney--Fairs and festivals
...music, mostly performed in the towns of Kirkwall and Stromness on Orkney, but with excursions...Debussy. After Mackay Brown, we dashed to Kirkwall for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra playing...and artists mingled on the bus back to Kirkwall as the great expanse of sky turned red...


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newspaper articles on: Kirkwall  - 295 results

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Policeman's Son on Trial for Murder of Orkney Waiter; (1) Crime Scene: The Mumutaz Indian Tandoori in Kirkwall (2) Shot in the Head: Waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood (3) Brother: Abul Shafuddin
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 13, 2008
...Orkney Waiter; (1) Crime Scene: The Mumutaz Indian Tandoori in Kirkwall (2) Shot in the Head: Waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood (3) Brother...at the Mumutaz Indian Tandoori restaurantin Bridge Street, Kirkwall, on June 2, 1994. The opening day of the trial saw a dramatic...
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All the Way to Orkney for a Wee Dram
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 18, 2006
...our host said as she greeted us at Kirkwall airport, "but were going to have to visit...this in mind, we were transported to Kirkwall Harbour for a short motorboat trip to...history of the isles. First stop was Kirkwalls magnificent St Magnus Cathedral. Its...
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Travel: On a High; Keith Gregson Gets a Flavour of Life in Orkney
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 9, 2006
...our host said as she greeted us at Kirkwall airport, "but were going to have to visit...this in mind, we were transported to Kirkwall Harbour for a short motorboat trip to...history of the isles. First stop was Kirkwalls magnificent St Magnus Cathedral. Its...
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RUN THIS EVIL EYED GROPER OFF OUR ISLE; Fury after Sex Pest Charges Are Dropped
Newspaper article by Bob Dow; The Mirror (London, England), March 5, 1997
...Jeffries female patients pledged to rid Kirkwall, Orkney, of the mind-bending hypnotist...his arms around her, blasted: "Women in Kirkwall are genuinely fightened of this man...quick enough." Jeffries, of St Ola, Kirkwall, was cleared of groping women patients...
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Whisky Galore
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), September 17, 2006
...sorry, our host said as she greeted us at Kirkwall airport, but were going to have to visit...this in mind, we were transported to Kirkwall Harbour for a short motorboat trip to...history of the isles. First stop was Kirkwalls magnificent St Magnus Cathedral. Its...
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encyclopedia articles on: Kirkwall  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Kirkwall
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KIRKWALL kurk wol, w l, town (1991 pop. 5,867), N Scotland, on the east coast of Mainland Island. It is the trading center...and sheep. Local industries include boat building, food processing and packing. There is minor oil servicing activity. Kirkwall was founded sometime prior to 1046 (when it was mentioned in a saga) and became important as a port on the northern trade...
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Mainland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...N Scotland. The largest of the Orkney Islands , it is also called Pomona. Kirkwall , the seat of the Orkney Islands council area, is on the island. Kirkwall Bay and Scapa Flow deeply indent its shores. The interior has hills, moors, several...
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Orkney Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...islands are inhabited. Mainland (Pomona), the largest, has Kirkwall , the county town, and Stromness . Other large islands are...Norn (a form of Norse) until the 18th cent. James V visited Kirkwall in 1540 and made the Orkney Islands a county. Scapa Flow...
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Haakon IV
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...splendid, and Old Norse literature flowered during his reign. Snorri Sturluson lived for some time at the court. Haakon died at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands when campaigning against Scotland. He was succeeded by his son, Magnus VI. ____________________ Copyright...


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