{"id":1113,"date":"2011-01-31T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T12:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2011-01-31T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T12:25:31","slug":"the-ridgeland-kirkwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/2011\/01\/the-ridgeland-kirkwall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ridgeland, Kirkwall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A heritage plaque on a fairly insignificant building on a Kirkwall street indicates the site of a 17th century Town Hall and Prison.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1132\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesportsphysio.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ridgeland_plaque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1132 \" title=\"The Ridgeland heritage plaque\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesportsphysio.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ridgeland_plaque-203x152.jpg\" alt=\"The Ridgeland heritage plaque\" width=\"122\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A heritage plaque is situated on the side of the building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the corner of Albert Street and The Strynd, Kirkwall, a building with whitewashed lower walls once served it&#8217;s time as Kirkwall Town Hall and a prison.<\/p>\n<p>If anybody has any more information on the history of this building or indeed any of it&#8217;s inmates, we would be keen to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact us by using the comments section at the end of this article.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1113 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/2011\/01\/the-ridgeland-kirkwall\/ridgeland_plaque\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ridgeland_plaque-203x152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heritage plaque on the side of the building\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1115\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1115'>\n\t\t\t\tHeritage plaque on the side of the building\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/2011\/01\/the-ridgeland-kirkwall\/ridgeland_street\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ridgeland_street-203x152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Ridgeland, view up The Strynd\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1116\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1116'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Ridgeland, view up The Strynd\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/2011\/01\/the-ridgeland-kirkwall\/ridgeland\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spirit-of-orkney.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ridgeland-203x152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Ridgeland, Kirkwall from Albert Street\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1117\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1117'>\n\t\t\t\tView of the Ridgeland from Albert Street\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heritage plaque on a fairly insignificant building on a Kirkwall street indicates the site of a 17th century Town Hall and Prison. 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