Kirkwall
Kirkwall is a place recorded by Brown, George, (9 March 1872–29 Oct. 1946), Sheriff Substitute of Caithness, Orkney, and Zetland, at Kirkwall, since 1933, Who Was Who, 2007, Craven, Ven. Kirkwall Ba’ Game, Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports, 2005, Library of Congress, OpenAlex bibliographic index, 12 indexed publications naming Kirkwall.
Kirkwall
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- United Kingdom.
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Stanley Cursiter
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William Balfour Baikie
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Illustrated London News Jan 28,1865
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OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Alba / Scotland, KW15 1DH, United Kingdom, The Cathedral and Royal Burgh of Kirkwall (second edition). Pp. Xiv + 251, with 17 plates and one line-illustration. The Antiquaries Journal, 1948, The Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Notes and Queries, 1900, Wellcome Collection. Alba / Scotland. Rules and catalogue of the Orkney Library. Four Years in the Ionian Islands: Their Political and Social Condition, with a History of the British Protectorate, in Two Volumes, Vol.
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United Kingdom.
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Alba / Scotland.
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- OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Alba / Scotland, KW15 1DH, United Kingdom
Scholarly · OpenStreetMap Foundation
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4230564-0, Kirkwall.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
scholarly index
- OpenAlex bibliographic index, 12 indexed publications naming Kirkwall.
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OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Alba / Scotland, KW15 1DH, United KingdomOpenStreetMap Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 4230564-0, Kirkwall.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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