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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]
Perth in 1908. The town was established as a military settlement in 1816, shortly after the War of 1812.The settlement of Lanark County began in 1815. In that year "the Settlement forming on the Rideau River" as it was officially referred to (and which soon became known as "Perth Military Settlement") began to function under Military direction.
South Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 31 hectares (77 acres) in size, [1] it is one of two "Inches" in Perth, the other being the larger, 57-hectare (140-acre) North Inch, located half a mile across the city. [2] The Inches were granted to the city, when it was a royal burgh, by King Robert II in 1374. [3]
Lanark County is a county and census division located in the Canadian province of Ontario.Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816 [2] and was known as a social and political capital before being over shadowed by a city known today as Ottawa.
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...
North Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 57 hectares (140 acres) in size, it is one of two "Inches" in Perth, the other being the smaller, 31-hectare South Inch, located half a mile across the city. The inches were granted to the city, when it was a royal burgh, by King Robert II in 1374. [1]
Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, a former federal electoral district in Ontario Perth and Kinross , a unitary council area from 1996 to the present Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency) , a Parliament of the United Kingdom constituency from 1983 to 1997
Perthshire within Scotland: Area • 1975: 2,528 sq mi (6,550 km 2) (5th) History • Succeeded by: Tayside Region: Status: Local government county (until 1975) Land registration county (1868–) Chapman code: PER: Government • HQ: Perth (county town and administrative centre) • Motto: Pro Lege et Libertate ('For Law and Liberty')