Kirkwall Orkney information

Information about Kirkwall in Orkney

**Details about the place**
Field	Value
Show on map Opens in a new tab	Location
Grid Reference:	HY4510
Latitude:	58.973611
Longitude:	-2.9583112
Number of transcriptions	19403
First actual year for a transcription If zero there are records without a date present	1622
Last actual year for a transcription	1921
Latest date a transcription changed:	03 Jul 2015
Last date place information changed	09 Apr 2024
Notes about the place

**Number of records by decade**
Period Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records.	Baptisms	Marriages	Burials	Total
Transcribed by	Barmpot,Richard Palmer,Paul Sylvester,David Warwick,Hugh Martyn Pearson,Sarah Ritchie,Stephen Biggs,Jenny Paterson,William Jones,Les Woods,Catherine Jury	Mavis Foskett,Barmpot,Hugh Martyn Pearson,Sarah Ritchie,Harold Reece Pinchin,Stephen Biggs,Jenny Paterson,William Jones,Gaynor Cox,Catherine Jury	Angela Li,Barmpot,Hugh Martyn Pearson,David Warwick,William Jones	Angela Li,Mavis Foskett,Barmpot,Richard Palmer,Paul Sylvester,David Warwick,Hugh Martyn Pearson,Sarah Ritchie,Harold Reece Pinchin,Stephen Biggs,Jenny Paterson,William Jones,Les Woods,Gaynor Cox,Catherine Jury
1530–1619
1620–1629	3	1		4
1630–1649
1650–1659	215	66		281
1660–1669	679	208	272	1,159
1670–1679	796	169	707	1,672
1680–1689	630	114	133	877
1690–1699	409	119		528
1700–1709	387	77	22	486
1710–1719	467	127		594
1720–1729	474	109		583
1730–1739	443	154		597
1740–1749	469	153		622
1750–1759	433	115		548
1760–1769	366	131		497
1770–1779	469	127		596
1780–1789	496	156	262	914
1790–1799	612	217	563	1,392
1800–1809	589	233	548	1,370
1810–1819	823	354	659	1,836
1820–1829	589	249	625	1,463
1830–1839	476	257	348	1,081
1840–1849	382	242	353	977
1850–1859	221	141	259	621
1860–1919
1920–1929		2		2
1930–2029

Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page

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