Inverness
Important buildings in Inverness include Inverness Castle, Inverness College and various churches.
The castle was built in 1835 on the site of its medieval predecessor. It is now a sheriff court.
Inverness Cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church and seat of the ordinary of the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. The cathedral has a curiously square-topped look to its spires, as funds ran out before they could be completed.
The oldest church is the Old High Church,[29] on St Michael's Mount by the riverside, a site perhaps used for worship since Celtic times. The church tower dates from mediaeval times, making it the oldest surviving building in Inverness. It is used by the Church of Scotland congregation of Old High St Stephen's, Inverness,[30] and it is the venue for the annual Kirking of the Council, which is attended by local councillors.
Inverness College is the hub campus for the UHI Millennium Institute.[31]
Porterfield Prison, officially HMP Inverness, serves the courts of the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney Isles and Moray, providing secure custody for all remand prisoners and short term adult prisoners, both male and female (segregated).[32]
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Famous people
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, was born in Inverness.
Yvette Cooper, the Minister of State for Housing in the Brown Cabinet was also born in Inverness.
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Areas of the city
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Towns and Villages
Apart from the former burgh of Inverness, the Highland Council's city management area includes Ardersier, Beauly, Culloden,Balloch, Drumnadrochit, Fort Augustus, Invermoriston, Smithton, Tomatin, Kirkhill and Kiltarlity.
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Footnotes
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ 2001 Population of Main Highland Towns & Villages, Highland Council website, accessed 7 March 2008
- ^ 2001 Census - Area Profiles, Highland Council website, accessed 7 March 2008
- ^ Inverness has no statutory boundaries and different measures or estimates of population are based on differing boundary definitions
- ^ Letters patent, seemingly granting city status, were sealed in 2001 and are now held in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
These letters patent are unusual, however, in that they do not refer to anywhere with defined boundaries - ^ The Highland Council website, accessed 6 March 2006
- ^ Property market: Is your home recession proof? Telegraph.co.uk 12:01am GMT 03/02/2008, accessed 6 March 2008
- ^ Craig Phadrig, Inverness, Walk in Scotland, Visitscotland
- ^ Inverness churches
- ^ http://www2.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk/Health%20Services/Hospitals/Raigmore/index.htm
- ^ http://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk/Services/Pages/RaigmoreHospital.aspx
- ^ http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/UK/Maps/Inverness.asp
- ^ http://www.explore-inverness.com/shops.htm
- ^ http://www.morrisons.co.uk/Store-Finder/Store-Details/?type=qs&value=Inverness&recordid=1&lat=57.47969&lon=-4.21879
- ^ http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverness/inverness/index.html
- ^ The Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen-Inverness Line and the Far North Line meet at Inverness (Ordnance Survey grid reference NH667454). Also, Kyle of Lochalsh services run to and from Inverness via the Far North Line to Dingwall.
- ^ Ordnance Survey grid reference for Inverness Airport (access from A96 road): NH776508.
- ^ Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website
- ^ Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website
- ^ Helen Liddell joins Inverness celebrations as Scotland’s Millennium City, Scotland Office press release 19 Mar 2001
- ^ Ordnance Survey grid reference for Inverness Museum and Art Gallery: NH666451
- ^ Key Decisions Taken on Council Post 2007, Highland Council news release, 15 December 2006, includes a list of wards within the Inverness management area
- ^ Coat of arms rejected in city status query, The Inverness Courier, accessed February 12, 2008
- ^ List of MPs, Parliament of the United Kingdom website, retrieved 11 July 2007
Website of Danny Alexander MP, retrieved 10 July 2007 - ^ Fergus Ewing MSP, Scottish Parliament website, retrieved 10 July 2007
- ^ John Farquhar Munro MSP, Scottish Parliament website, retrieved 11 July 2007
- ^ Highland 2007, Information on the European Pipe Band Championships
- ^ First superheroes expo for north, BBC, January 18, 2008
- ^ Scots' impact on comics examined, BBC, January 18, 2008
- ^ OLD HIGH CHURCH, Riverside Churches Clergy Fraternal website
- ^ Old High St Stephen’s website
- ^ UHI Millennium Institute website
- ^ HMP Inverness, Scottish Prison Service website
Ordnance Survey grid reference: NH668449
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External links
- Inverness travel guide from Wikitravel
- Sightseeing around Inverness
- Inverness Information
- Inverness Riverside Churches
- Inverness Highland Year of Culture
- A map of Inverness from 1716
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