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  2. Perth, Scotland - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. History of Perth, Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Perth (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt) is a city and former royal burgh in central Scotland.There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistoric times. Finds in and around Perth show that it was occupied by the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who arrived in the area more than 8,000 years ago. [1]

  4. List of places in Perth and Kinross - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Perth and Kinross - Wikipedia

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    Perth and Kinross also included the parish of Kettins from Angus. [8] A lieutenancy area covering the same area as the new district was created at the same time. [9] In 1996, local government in Scotland was reformed again under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The regions and districts were abolished and replaced by unitary ...

  6. List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home With Recreation Room And Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers And Gates 56°23′43″N 3°27′04″W  /  56.395302°N 3.451127°W  / 56.395302; -3.451127  ( Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home With Recreation Room And Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers And

  7. Perth Charterhouse - Wikipedia

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    Perth Charterhouse or Perth Priory, known in Latin as Domus Vallis Virtutis ("House of the Valley of Virtue"), [1] was a monastic house of Carthusian monks based at Perth, Scotland. It was the only Carthusian house ever to be established in the Kingdom of Scotland , and one of the last non-mendicant houses to be founded in the kingdom.

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