A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Kirkwall. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.
Administrative Area: | Popu- lation |
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Indu- stry |
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Kirkwall O41area | |||||||||
Kirkwall Burgh | |||||||||
Kirkwall LabMkt | |||||||||
Kirkwall and St Ola ScoP |
Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts units with RD or RSD suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Kirkwall.
We know of no constituencies that were named after Kirkwall; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Kirkwall will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.
This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Kirkwall:
Administrative Area: | Popu- lation |
Life+ Death |
Indu- stry |
Work+ Poverty |
Social Class |
Hous- ing |
Learn +Lang |
Roots+ Relig. |
Land Use |
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Kirkwall and St Ola ScoP | |||||||||
Kirkwall Burgh | |||||||||
Orkney Islands District | |||||||||
Kirkwall O41area | |||||||||
Orkney ScoCnty | |||||||||
Scotland GovOf | |||||||||
Great Britain Dep | |||||||||
Scotland Dep |
Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.
Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Kirkwall.
Constituencies | Start Date | End Date |
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Wick DistBCon | 1832 | 1917 |
Orkney and Zetland CCon/PCon | 1918 | 1982 |
Orkney and Shetland CCon | 1983 | 2009 |
Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Kirkwall. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.