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Airntully
Airntully () is a village in the Scottish council area of Perth and Kinross, which is to the west of the River Tay, 8 miles (11 km) north of Perth. In the 18th Century, it thrived on cottage weaving. The anonymous writer of the Statistical Account The ''Statistical Accounts of Scotland'' are a series of documentary publications, related in subject matter though published at different times, covering life in Scotland in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The ''Old (or First) Statistica ... of the Parish of Kinclaven in the 1790s was impressed by the state of the village, commenting that "The county of Perth, were it possessed of no other spot of a similar description, should allow Arntully icto remain in its present state, that a proper contrast might be drawn, between a neat modern village, and one upon the old construction." It retains a relatively unspoilt charm today. Villages in Perth and Kinross {{PerthKinross-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth And Kinross
Perth and Kinross (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. It is bordered by Highland (council area), Highland and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus, Scotland, Angus, Dundee, and Fife to the east, Clackmannanshire to the south, and Stirling (council area), Stirling and Argyll and Bute to the west. Geographically the area is split by the Highland Boundary Fault into a more mountainous northern part and a flatter southern part. The northern area is a popular tourist spot, while agriculture makes an important contribution to the southern part of the area. The area is run by Perth and Kinross Council, which is based in Perth, Scotland, Perth. History The area takes its name from the two historical Shires of Scotland, shires of Perthshire and Kinross-shire. Each was administered by a Sheriff principal, sheriff from medieval times, supplemented by Commissioners of Supply, commissioners of supply from 1667 and then by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth And North Perthshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Perth and North Perthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was created in 2005. Campaigns in the seat had resulted in a minimum of 30% of votes at each election consistently for the same two parties' choice for candidate, and the next lower-placed party's having fluctuated between 8.1% and 18.7% of the vote since its relatively recent creation. The seat attracted a record seven candidates in 2015 and had seen as few as four, in 2017. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changesentailing the transfer of "North Perthshire" to the new constituency of Angus and Perthshire Glens, offset by the addition of Strathearn, Almond and Earn and Kinross-shire from the abolished constituency of Ochil and South Perthshireit was be refo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Perth was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the First past the post, plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Mid Scotland and Fife Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, electoral region, which still elects seven additional member system (Scottish Parliament), additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. For the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the constituency of Perth, was abolished and replaced by Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency), Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency), Perthshire South and Kinross-shire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Scotland And Fife (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region)
Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional member system (Scottish Parliament), additional-member Member of the Scottish Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs. The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Central Scotland, Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region), North East Scotland and West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region), West of Scotland regions and is connected with the Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Lothian region by bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Tay
The River Tay (, ; probably from the conjectured Brythonic ''Tausa'', possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing' David Ross, ''Scottish Place-names'', p. 209. Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, 2001.) is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui (), then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay (see Strath), in the centre of Scotland, then southeasterly through Perth, where it becomes tidal, to its mouth at the Firth of Tay, south of Dundee. It is the largest river in the United Kingdom by measured discharge. Its catchment is approximately , the Tweed's is and the Spey's is . The river has given its name to Perth's Tay Street, which runs along its western banks for . Course The Tay drains much of the lower region of the Highlands. It originates on the slopes of Ben Lui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistical Accounts Of Scotland
The ''Statistical Accounts of Scotland'' are a series of documentary publications, related in subject matter though published at different times, covering life in Scotland in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The ''Old (or First) Statistical Account of Scotland'' was published between 1791 and 1799 by Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster. The ''New (or Second) Statistical Account of Scotland'' published under the auspices of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland between 1834 and 1845. These first two Statistical Accounts of Scotland are among the finest European contemporary records of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions. A ''Third Statistical Account of Scotland'' was published between 1951 and 1992. Early attempts Attempts at getting an accurate picture of the geography, people and economy of Scotland had been attempted in the 1620s and 1630s, using the network of about 900 ministers of the established Church of Scotland. The time and resources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
