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Perthshire was abolished as an administrative area in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. It was split between the Central and Tayside Regions: West Perthshire (the area west and south of Killin including Callander, Crianlarich and Aberfoyle) was included in the Stirling District of the Central Region.
Scotland 56°23′24″N 3°21′01″W / 56.38992°N 3.3501611°W / 56.38992; -3.3501611 Kinfauns is a village in Perth and Kinross , Scotland, at the western end of the Carse of Gowrie , 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Perth .
It was reconstructed by another local architect, David Smart, in 1867, [13] and was converted for use as the home of the Perth and Kinross Archives. [14] Derelict and threatened with demolition, the lodge was purchased and restored, with assistance from Historic Scotland, by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust in 2000. [12]
Abernethy is a village and former burgh in the Perth and Kinross council area and historic county of Perthshire, in the east central Lowlands of Scotland.The village is situated in rural Strathearn, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of the city of Perth, near the River Earn's confluence with the River Tay and on the northern edge of the Ochil Hills.
The Louisville Times was a newspaper that was published in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1884 by Walter N. Haldeman, [ 5 ] as the afternoon counterpart to The Courier-Journal , the dominant morning newspaper in Louisville and the commonwealth of Kentucky for many years.
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]
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
The table below includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Jefferson County, Kentucky except those in the following neighborhoods/districts of Louisville: Anchorage, Downtown, The Highlands, Old Louisville, Portland and the West End (including Algonquin, California, Chickasaw, Park Hill, Parkland, Russell and Shawnee).