Kirkwall_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)
Kirkwall (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Kirkwall in Orkney was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.
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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.