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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 ...
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.
Inverness is an important centre for bagpipe players and lovers, since every September the city hosts the Northern Meeting. The Inverness cape, a garment worn in the rain by pipers the world over, is not necessarily made in Inverness. Another major event in calendar is the annual City of Inverness Highland Games. The event can trace its roots ...
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 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 .
Inverness-shire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) or the County of Inverness, is a historic county in Scotland. It is named after Inverness, its largest settlement, which was also the county town. Covering much of the Highlands and some of the Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county by land area.
It is also home to Inverness Shinty Club who have played there since the 1920s. [3] The park is situated on land that was formerly the Bught House estate. An 18th century [4] stately home on the site was demolished for the creation of the Ice Centre in the 1960s. The capacity of the stadium is 5000, comprising standing and the wooden grandstand.
The Artist's Cottage project is the realisation of three previously unexecuted designs by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.In 1901, Mackintosh produced two speculative drawings, An Artist's Cottage and Studio [1] and A Town House for an Artist.