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History. Opened. 1771 (253 years ago)(1771) Location. Perth Bridge (also known as Smeaton's Bridge, locally, the Old Bridge, and in the local dialect of Scots, the Auld Brig) is a toll-free bridge in the city of Perth, Scotland. A Category A listed structure, [ 1 ] it spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the western side of the river, to ...
Raid of Ruthven. The Raid of Ruthven, the kidnapping of King James VI of Scotland, was a political conspiracy in Scotland which took place on 23 August 1582. [1][2] It was composed of several Presbyterian nobles, led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, who abducted the king. The nobles intended to reform the government of Scotland and limit ...
Jock Tamson's bairns. A copper plaque by Duddingston Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Kirk is situated below Arthur's Seat and next to Duddingston Loch. " Jock Tamson's bairns " is a Scots (and Northumbrian English) dialect version of "Jack (John) Thomson's children" but both Jock and Tamson in this context take on the connotation of Everyman.
The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch , [ 1 ] it is set in Perth (known at the time as Saint John's Toun , i.e. John's Town) and other parts of Scotland around 1400.
Trinity Uniting Church, built in 1897. Perth, Western Australia was occupied by British settlers in 1829 and originally named the Swan River Colony. Many of the older buildings are still extant, and have been heritage-listed. The places are listed here in chronological order and include significant buildings in the Perth metropolitan area. Included are examples of governmental, religious ...
Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It was established by Britain as the Swan River Colony in 1829. The area had been explored by Europeans as early as 1697, and occupied by the Indigenous Whadjuk Noongar people for millennia. Perth was established by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River ...
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...
Pictures at Eleven. Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo studio album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released on 25 June 1982 in the US [4] and on 2 July in the UK. [5] Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for five of the album's eight songs. Ex- Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell handled drums on "Slow Dancer" and "Like I've Never ...