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County Town: Kirkwall
Population: 19,480
Area: 382 sq miles
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William of Orange Takes Exeter - 1688, Jack the Ripper claims last victim - 1888, Brian Epstein Meets The Beatles - 1961, Lennon Meets Yoko - 1966, Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989
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