Dingwall Public Buildings

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Dingwall Sheriff Court

The courthouse dates from the 1830s and was designed by Thomas Brown, who also designed the courthouses at Dornoch and Stonehaven.

The former prison and police station was built in 1842, with an addition in 1845, with the purpose of complementing the existing Sheriff Court House facilities. About 60 years later, the opening of Inverness prison led to the closure of the Dingwall prison.

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Dingwall Town House

The town house was completed in 1744 and originally featured an outside staircase leading to the entrance on the first floor. In 1922 the stair was removed and rebuilt inside where it gives access to the council chamber. The tower is capped with a balcony surrounding a wooden clock tower. In 1903 Mr Andrew Carnegie donated money for the extension of the town house to incorporate a Library and this was completed in 1905. It was refurbished internally in 1926 to mark the 700th anniversary of Dingwall’s First Burgh Charter. A further refurbishment of the balcony and entrance has taken place in 2010.

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Dingwall Academy

Dingwall Academy, opened in 1939 and replaced by a modern building opening on 9 June 2008. 

On 9 June 2008, led by the Academy’s pipe band, the pupils re-enacted the walk in 1939 when their predecessors came from the Old Academy, in Tulloch Street, to their new school – this time from the site of the now-demolished Academy to their new school. [Above photos RCHS]

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Highland Council's Dingwall headquarters.

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Dingwall Police Station

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12 Dingwall Transport
Archie Macrae's bus, JS7693, waiting outside Royal Bank in Dingwall. Note cobbled roadway. Archie Macrae operated a bus service (Monday - Saturday) from North Kessock to Dingwall. As well as carrying passengers Archie conveyed whatever his customers had ordered from ironmongers, butchers, bakers, grocers, and even garage spares! [Photo source unknown]
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03 Dingwall Transport
Three coaches at Dingwall Station (late 19th century).
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02 Dingwall Transport
Decline of the Ferry.
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01 Dingwall Transport
At Dingwall Ferry.
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10 Dingwall Transport
Cars and Lorries in Grant Street (1960s?)
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06 Dingwall Transport
Cars, bicycles and motorcycles outside what became (or had been) the Post Office and later Morganti's shop and restaurant.
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04 Dingwall Transport
Gunn's carriage outside Robertson's (now National) Hotel in 1900.
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07 Dingwall Transport
Various delivery carts outside shops in High Street. The building was demolished (late 60s/early 1970s?) and became Woolworths, which in turn closed nationally in 2009, and re-opened as The Factory Shop in 2010.
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09 Dingwall Transport
Cars, vans and ambulance outside garage in Tulloch street. (MacKay Bros., Motor Engineers, later Tesco store and car park and, in 2006, Lidl supermarket.)
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08 Dingwall Transport
Baker's van with horse (house possibly in Craig Road). It is recalled that this van was a familiar sight in the late 1940s and early 1950s when its route took it to the farms along the Old Evanton Road, to Evanton and back to source, driven by "Jimmy the baker".
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05 Dingwall Transport
Progress - various carts, one car, one motorcycle outside the National Hotel, pre-WW1.
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12 Dingwall Transport
Plaque at Dingwall Station. [Photo RCHS] The plaque reads: This railway station was used as a tea stall for sailors and soldiers from 20th September 1915 until 12th April 1919 in connection with the Ross and Cromarty County Branch Red Cross Society during which period 134,864 men were supplied with tea.
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13 Dingwall Transport
Plaque at Dingwall Station [Photo RCHS] Plaque reads: The Royal Navy train known as the Jellicoe Express stopped here. From 1917 it ran daily between London and Thurso during both world wars. It was named after Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and carried service personnel to and from Naval bases around the country, including Scapa Flow. This memorial is dedicated to the men and women who travelled and worked on it. [Photo RCHS]
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11 Dingwall Transport
Car comes to grief somewhere in Dingwall area. [|Photo source and details unknown.]

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