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Inverness Town Council was replaced by the larger Inverness District Council in 1975, one of the lower-tier districts within the Highland region. The district council used the town house as its headquarters. [10] [11] Inverness District Council was in turn abolished in 1996 when the Highland region was redesignated as a single-tier council area ...
Inverness is the location of Macbeth's castle in Shakespeare's play. Inverness Library is located in Farraline Park, housed in what was originally the Bell's school, designed by William Robertson in the Greek Revival style. The school was built with help from a £10,000 donation from Dr Andrew Bell in 1837. [121]
Inverness District Council was a district-level authority, with regional-level functions provided by the Highland Regional Council, which was also based in Inverness. [ 1 ] The districts and regions created in 1975 were abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced with single-tier council areas .
Upload another image Old Edinburgh Court and Archway At Entrance, Old Edinburgh Road 57°28′07″N 4°12′56″W / 57.468588°N 4.215421°W / 57.468588; -4.215421 (Old Edinburgh Court and Archway At Entrance, Old Edinburgh Road) Category B 35338 Upload another image Cameron Barracks, Perth Road 57°28′55″N 4°12′16″W / 57.481844°N 4.204513°W / 57.481844 ...
The first tolbooth in the town, referred to as the "Steeple of Inverness" dated back to at least 1593. After a new stone bridge was built across the River Ness in 1685, prison cells were accommodated in the spandrels of the bridge and offices for civic officials were accommodated in the East Gatehouse to the bridge, leaving the old tolbooth underutilised.
This is a list of city chambers and town halls in Scotland. The list is sortable by building age and height, and provides a link to the listing description where relevant. . The list, which was compiled using the list of 1,000 Largest Cities and Towns in the UK by Population, published by The Geographist, to ensure completeness, [1] includes over 170 surviving buildi
Inverness-shire County Council continued to hold its meetings at Inverness Castle until the council's abolition in 1975. Its successor, the Highland Regional Council , used the Glenurquhart Road site as its main offices, but the council chamber at Inverness Castle was too small to host meetings of the regional council.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 01:09, 22 February 2011: 1,425 × 1,122 (1.59 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of the Inverness city management area, UK in 2011, with the following information shown: *Ward boundaries *Coastline and lakes *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum,