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Skinnergate is a street in the city of Perth, Scotland. Along with Watergate, it is one of the oldest streets in the city. [1] It runs for around 0.76 miles (1.22 km) from Bridge Street in the north to High Street in the south. [2] Its name is derived from the process of skinning animals and the tanning of their hides during the Middle Ages.
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word for 'wood' or 'copse', related to the Welsh perth, meaning 'hedge' or 'thicket'. [10] During much of the later medieval period, it was known colloquially by its Scots-speaking inhabitants as St John's Toun or Saint Johnstoun because the church at the centre of the parish was dedicated to St John the Baptist. [11]
Map of places in Perth and Kinross compiled from this list This list of places in Perth and Kinross is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, nature reserve, reservoir, river, canal, and other place of interest in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland. Beinn a Ghlo, Grampians Birks of Aberfeldy Blair Castle Castle Menzies Drummond Castle ...
Mill Street is a prominent street in the city of Perth, Scotland.Established in at least the 18th century, it runs for about 0.25 miles (0.40 km), from Bridge Lane in the east to South Methven Street in the west, passing through roughly two-thirds of the northern third of the city centre.
Tulloch, formerly known as Bleachfield, [1] is a residential area of Perth, Scotland, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of the city centre. Tulloch is the western part of the area that borders Hillyland. [2] The main access road to Tulloch, from the east or west, is Tulloch Road, reached via the Crieff Road , which bounds it to the south
Reforms in 1930 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 saw the burgh of Perth brought within the administrative area of the county council, and merged the county councils of Perthshire and the neighbouring small county of Kinross-shire for most purposes. The two county councils continued to be elected as separate bodies, but operated ...
Google Maps is available as a mobile app for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. The first mobile version of Google Maps (then known as Google Local for Mobile) was launched in beta in November 2005 for mobile platforms supporting J2ME. [194] [195] [196] It was released as Google Maps for Mobile in 2006. [197]
Bridgend is a village near Perth, Scotland, [1] approximately 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east of the city centre, on the eastern banks of the River Tay.It is in Kinnoull parish. [2] [3] A settlement has existed here since at least the 16th century.