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Kirkwall, also known as the City of Chains and historically as Emerius, is a coastal city-state and a major population center located in the Free Marches. It is on the southern edge of the Vimmark Mountains, east of the Planasene Forest, and north across the Waking Sea from Ferelden. Kirkwall has changed hands many times and has always been a valuable port, the nexus of nearly all trade that ...
Kirkwall in Orkney was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707 , Kirkwall, Dingwall , Dornoch , Tain and Wick formed the Tain district of burghs , returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .
The Orkney Museum, formerly Tankerness House Museum, is a history museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Run by Orkney Islands Council, the museum covers the history of the Orkney Islands from the Stone Age through the Picts and Vikings to the present day. The museum was founded in 1968 as Tankerness House Museum and in 1999 changed its name to ...
The Kirkwall River is a river in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Dunrankin River. Course. The river begins at an unnamed marsh in geographic Bonar Township, in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, and flows northwest.
21 And 22 St Catherine's Place, Including Ancillary Buildings. 58°59′04″N 2°57′21″W. / 58.984336°N 2.955721°W / 58.984336; -2.955721 ( 21 And 22 St Catherine's Place, Including Ancillary Buildings) Category B. 36799. Upload Photo. East Road, Daisybank House, Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers.
Kirkwall (af sumum kölluð Kirkjuvogur [1]) er höfuðborg Orkneyja og stærsta borgin á eyjunum með rúmlega 9000 íbúa. Gísli Jónsson, íslenskufræðingur nefndi borgina Kirkjuvöll [2]
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of the Northern Isles as Norwegian vassals was formalised in 1195. Although the Old Norse term jarl is ...
