1100 onwards saw an increase in manufacturing and trade and the development of the burghs. Charters making grants to religious establishments show that burghs existed at Berwick and Roxburgh before 1124 and probably at Perth soon after that. David I created many burghs. Perth became a royal burgh and was […]
1555 – Act of Parliament under Queen Mary recognises the importance of Scottish roads. 1592 – Act of Parliament under James VI similar to that of 1555. 1617 – Act of Parliament requiring “all highways between market towns and seaports to be at least 20 feet wide”. The roads were given […]
Schools of Perth 1790 to the Disruption 1843 1794 – Charity School funded by Society for Propagation of Christian Knowledge. Held in James VI Hospital by Mr Duff. The Grammar School of Perth. The Academy of Perth (1760). From 1807 these became the Seminaries in Rose Terrace. Stewart’s Free School, […]
Battle of Tippermuir 1644 The Royalist Side James Lord Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, 5th Earl of Kincardine, Baron of Montdieu (1612-1650): James Graham was born into a prominent Lowland family and became Earl in 1626 at only fourteen years of age. His early life was defined by his time at […]
William the Lion speaks of the “gild merchant”. In early times the merchant guild administered the town. They saw that the King’s taxes were paid and organised the markets and fairs. The guild was formed of merchants (businessmen) and in early times craftsmen who were burgesses of the town. Workers in […]
Despite the demise of the Soviet Union, the Russian Revolution of 1917 lingers in the collective memory of the people of Scotland. Many Scottish schoolchildren studying history are taught a module on ‘Lenin and the Bolsheviks’, and the term ‘Bolshi’ persists in everyday language. The People’s Palace Museum in Glasgow is home […]
The Tollbooth (prison) at the end of the High Street in Perth was used to lock up those people arrested by the Local Constabulary; Cowan, The Ancient Capital of Scotland Volume 1 – describes the jailing of the Town Treasurer in the Tollbooth. The Tollbooth stood opposite the Council Chamber Hangings took […]
March 2016: New housing development in Friarton area of Perth has two streets named after suffragettes held in Perth Prison, namely Frances Gordon Road and Ethel Moorhead Place. In the 1860s there begun in Britain activity towards the achievement of the parliamentary franchise for women that included the Liberal MP […]
Roll of Honorary Burgesses admitted in Perth since 1833 1833 Laurence Oliphant of Condie MP 1835 Fox Maule MP 1837 A Kinnaird 1841 Mr Wallace (of Kelly) MP 1842 Prince Albert 1843 Richard Cobden MP 1847 Grand Duke Constantine of Russia 1852 Lord John Russell 1853 Lord Palmerston 1861 General […]
In early times water was obtained from the river, from the lade or from ‘natural wells’. 1751 – The Town Council recommends that a pump be placed at the North Shore with a lead pipe into the river for conveying water to the pump. 1762 – Patrick McGillivrie offers to […]