by Nick | Jan 7, 2019 | Enjoy
The name Perth comes from a Pictish word for wood or copse. There has been a settlement at Perth for more than 8,000 years, with farming having been introduced to the area some 4,000 years ago. Perth has been known as “The Fair City” since the publication of the... 
by Nick | Jan 7, 2019 | Enjoy
Construction of Atholl Place was begun in 1797 and completed in 1800. It is built on the site of the old Blackfriars Monastery by Henry Hepburn, a local builder. At that time, the terrace was known as Athole Place and the houses were designed specifically for... 
by Nick | Sep 7, 2018 | Sports
Early history When the Roman “Governor of Britain” Agricola advanced North in AD79, he encountered the Celtic tribe of Votadinii controlled the Forth River valley and based themselves at what is now probably Edinburgh Castle. Although they fought, and... 
by Nick | Sep 7, 2018 | Travelling
The idea for a New Town in Edinburgh emerged after the defeat of the 1745 Jacobite rising. The imposition of Scotland’s new British identity is, however, reflected in the New Town’s very British street names: Cumberland Street, after the Duke of Cumberland (the...