Kirkwall and St Ola 1793 : a reprint from the First Statistical Account of Scotland

Written by the Rev. George Barry, author of 'The History of the Orkney Islands' (1805) and containing information on; situation and name, St. Magnus Cathedral, Castle and Palaces, private houses, trade, manufactures, education, soil and culture, air, animals, birds, population, productions, language, rent, church and poor, fuel, antiquities, roads, land and services, famine in 1782 and 1783, disadvantages and advantages.