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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH INCH | North Inch North Inch North Inch North Inch |
Post Office Directory Mr. Howie Mr Greig Town Clerk Mr Reid Town Clerk |
098 | [Situation] On the N. [North] side of the City of Perth & West bank of the River Tay. A Park of about 100 acres situated at the north end of the Town property of the Corporation. This park as well as that of the South Inch is the Common property of the town. The town Corporation having from time immemorial acquired the right to let these two parks for grazing during the summer months and part of autumn, but the public has a right to use it as play ground a bleaching green and to walk on it without any restriction at all times. The Perth Races are held on the North Inch. The race course is marked by wooden stakes. "The course was transferred from the South to the North Inch many years ago being in several important respects preferable. By an excambion which the town effected with the Earl of Kinnoull in 1785 the North Inch has been very much enlarged the Course is 2220 yards. For fleet horses it is unrivalled, as throughout the plain there is not a single rising; it is almost a dead level. before the excambion took place the course was nearly the same as at present the Earl permitting to go through his park and the division wall to be for the time taken down." |
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City of Perth -- Sheet 98-5-4 Traces 1 & 2
Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 64 - Parish of Perth, OS1/25/64
This volume contains information found in the parish of Perth.
Ordnance Survey - Perth county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.