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Harbour Street, The Kirkwall Hotel 58°59′04″N 2°57′32″W / 58.984527°N 2.958945°W / 58.984527; -2.958945 ( Harbour Street, The Kirkwall Category B
In 1845, the trustees of the hospital fund bought the house from local merchant, James Shearer, together with the two large gardens and blacksmith's shop on the west side of the street, for £450. At first known simply as the Orkney Hospital, it became the Balfour Hospital in 1853, in recognition of the contribution of the Balfour family. [ 1 ]
Naxos was the first Greek city-state to attempt to leave the Delian League circa 469 BC; Athens quickly quashed the notion and forcibly removed all military naval vessels from the island's control. Athens then demanded all future payments from Naxos in the form of gold rather than military aid.
Kirkwall (Scots: Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Norn: Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. First mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga , it is today the location of the headquarters of the Orkney Islands Council and a transport hub with ferries to many locations. [ 5 ]
St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm . It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall .
St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness . [ 1 ] The settlements of Tankerness , Toab and Foubister are in the parish, as is Kirkwall Airport .