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Bridgend, Perth And Kinross
Bridgend is a residential area of Perth, Scotland, approximately east of the city centre, on the eastern banks of the River Tay. It is in Kinnoull parish.''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland'' (1901) - p. 190 A settlement has existed here since at least the 16th century. The main access roads to Bridgend from the centre of Perth are West Bridge Street (the A85, which crosses |
Perth Museum And Art Gallery
Perth Museum and Art Gallery is the main museum and exhibition space in the city of Perth, Scotland, Perth, Scotland. It is located in the Marshall Monument, named in memory of Thomas Hay Marshall, a former provost of Perth. The museum's location was formerly the site of a late 12th-century motte and bailey castle, built in 1160 to protect the Tay crossing. A great flood in 1209 washed the Castle away. The King, William the Lion, William I, was staying in it at the time and had to escape with his wife and entourage by boat to Scone, Scotland, Scone. The building is to be rebranded as Perth Art Gallery in 2024, with Perth City Hall becoming Perth Museum. History The Marshall Monument was designed by David Morison and sculpted by John Cochrane and Brothers."Anniversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1 West Bridge Street
1 West Bridge Street is an historic building in the Bridgend area of Perth, Scotland. A former tollbooth building, it is a Category C listed building dating to around 18001 West Bridge Street, Perth, Scotland – and is located on the southern side of the eastern end of . The part of the building that curved around onto Commercial Street has been demolished. It was one of three toll houses in Perth, the others being on the Edinburgh and Dundee Roads (the latter being the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth And Kinross Council
Perth and Kinross Council ( gd, Comhairle Pheairt is Cheann Rois) is the local government council for the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland. It employs around 6,000 people. The council was created in 1996, under the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994'', when the Tayside region was divided between three new unitary council areas: Perth and Kinross, Angus, and Dundee City. The current Perth and Kinross council headquarters are located in Perth at 2 High Street, at Tay Street, although many public enquiries and council services are handled from the nearby Pullar House at 36 Mill Street, the former business premises of J. Pullar and Sons. Elections General elections to the council are held on a four-year cycle. The most recent poll was held in 2022, on Thursday 5 May. The next local election will be held in 2027. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 and the recommendations put forth by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seton
George Seton of Careston FRSE FSA (25 June 1822 – 14 November 1908) was a Scottish philanthropist and genealogist. Early life Seton was born in Perth, Scotland, the son of Captain George Seton, an officer in the East India Company, and his wife, Margaret Hunter. The family lived at Potterhill, Bridgend, east across the River Tay from Perth. Seton was educated at Edinburgh High School, then studied law at University of Edinburgh, and Exeter College, and finally Oxford, from which he graduated in 1845. Later life Seton qualified as an advocate, passing the Scottish bar in 1846. Although Seton did practice as an advocate he soon focussed upon various other public offices: firstly as secretary to the Registrar General for Scotland (from 1854) and as Superintendent of the Civil Service examinations in Scotland (from 1862). As an advocate he lived at worked from 13 Coates Crescent in Edinburgh's West End. Seton was one of the founders of the St Andrew Boat Club, the first v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murray Robertson
John Murray Robertson FRIBA (31 January 1844 – 31 January 1901) was a 19th-century Scottish architect who did much to change Dundee. Life He was born on 31 January 1844 at Strathord in Perthshire the son of James Robertson and Catherine Smeaton, who were a strict Plymouth Brethren couple. Murray (as he was usually called) was articled to the architect Andrew Heiton in Perth in 1859. In 1865 Heiton opened a Dundee branch and Murray Robertson was asked to run it as senior draughtsman, primarily overseeing church projects. His offices were at Albert Square in Dundee. One of his final projects was Glenstal Castle in Ireland. Death He died suddenly at Crossmount, Bridgend, Perth, on his 57th birthday, 31 January 1901. He is buried in Wellshill Cemetery in Perth. The grave lies on the wall on the south path leading to the Jeanfield section. Personal life Robertson was married to Rachel Mitchell Robertson (1858–1931). Their only son, Murray Mitchell Robertson, died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Forbes (botanist)
James Forbes (May 1773 – 6 July 1861) was a British gardener and botanist. Forbes was born in May 1773 in Bridgend, Perthshire. He was the gardener for the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. He became a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1832. He was the author of (1829), (1833), ''Journal of Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium and Part of France in... 1835'' (1837) and (1839). Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785 – 1865) named the species '' Oncidium forbesii'' (in the family of Orchidaceae) after him. Forbes became a member of the Royal Society on 24 March 1803. Forbes died on 6 July 1681, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ..., aged 88. References * External links * * * British botanists 1773 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Croll
James Croll, FRS, (2 January 1821 – 15 December 1890) was a 19th-century Scottish scientist who developed a theory of climate variability based on changes in the Earth's orbit. Life James Croll was born in 1821 on the farm of Little Whitefield, near Wolfhill in Perthshire, Scotland, the son of David Croll, mason, and his wife Janet Geddes. He was largely self-educated. At 16 he became an apprentice wheelwright at Collace near Wolfhill, and then because of health problems a tea merchant in Elgin, Moray. In 1848 he married Isabella Macdonald, daughter of John Macdonald and Annabella Sime, of Forres. In the 1850s he managed a temperance hotel in Blairgowrie, and was then an insurance agent in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leicester. In 1859, he became a janitor at the museum of the Andersonian University in Glasgow. He was able to use the university library to get access to books, and taught himself physics and astronomy to develop his ideas. From 1864, Croll corresponde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier (Dundee)
''The Courier'' (known as ''The Courier & Advertiser'' between 1926 and 2012) is a newspaper published by DC Thomson in Dundee, Scotland. As of 2013, it is printed in six regional editions: Dundee, Angus & The Mearns, Fife, West Fife, Perthshire, and Stirlingshire. However, by 2020 this had been reduced to three regional editions for Perth and Perthshire; Angus and Dundee and Fife. In the months July to December 2019 the average daily circulation of the Courier was 30,179 copies. Established in 1801 as the ''Dundee Courier & Argus'', the entire front page of ''The Courier'' used to contain classified advertisements – a traditional newspaper format for many years. In 1809 it was taken over by Robert Rintoul who used the paper to campaign for political reform, and criticism of local politicians such as Alexander Riddoch. In 1926, during the General Strike ''The Courier'' was merged with ''The Advertiser''. From the 10 May to 28 May 1926, the paper adopted the headline-new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional services, which vary by country. These include providing and accepting government forms (such as passport applications), and processing government services and fees (such as road tax, postal savings, or bank fees). The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster. Before the advent of postal codes and the post office, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for receipt or delivery. During the 19th century in the United States, this often led to smaller communities being renamed after their post offices, particularly after the Post Office Department began to require that post office names not be duplicated within a state. Name The term "post-office" has been in use since the 1650s, shortly after the legali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennent's
Tennent Caledonian is a brewery based in Glasgow, Scotland. The Wellpark Brewery is situated in the city's East End, between the Townhead and Dennistoun districts along Duke Street. It was founded in 1740 on the bank of the Molendinar Burn by Hugh and Robert Tennent. It is owned by C&C Group plc, which purchased the Tennent Caledonian Breweries subsidiary in late August 2009 from Belgian brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev (formerly known as InBev). The company produces Tennent's Lager, Scotland's market leading brand of pale lager since it was first produced at the Wellpark Brewery in 1885. History Wellpark Brewery was originally known as the Drygate Brewery. It was founded as H. & R. Tennent in 1740 at Drygate Bridge, near Glasgow Cathedral, by Hugh and Robert Tennent, although brewing had taken place at the same site on the banks of the Molendinar Burn by their ancestor, Robert Tennent, since 1556, making it the oldest continuous commercial concern in Glasgow. Hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardchoille Lodge
Ardchoille Lodge is an historic building in Bridgend, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Strathmore Street, it is a Category C listed building, built in 1851.MAIN STREET, LODGE BRIDGEND ARDOCHOILLE, FORMERLY ROSEMOUNT NOW PERTH AND KINROSS DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS – It was the gatehouse
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Newlands House
Newlands House is an historic building in Bridgend, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Main Street, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1810.Newlands House, Main Street, Bridgend, Perth – British Listed Buildings It was originally built for Reverend (d. 1861) and Mrs John Newlands. Five other contemporary properties are located here, one on Main Street and four, which cannot be seen from the street, facing the and the southern end of the on the opposite bank. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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