Aerial view of Wick and Lower Pulteneytown.

Description Aerial view of Wick and Lower Pulteneytown.

Date 1991

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 872950

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 49609

Scope and Content Wick and Lower Pulteneytown, Caithness, Highland Wick is situated on the north-east coast of Caithness and takes its name from the Old Norse 'vik', meaning bay. In a lost charter of Robert III, c.1393-1394, Nicholas (or Neil) Sutherland was granted the town of Auldwick 'with one burgh of barony'. Wick became a Royal Burgh by charter in 1589 and, in the mid-19th century, was the largest herring fishing port in Europe. This aerial view shows the River Wick, Wick town centre (centre left) and Lower Pulteneytown (right). The harbour area (top right) and modern hospital (bottom centre) are also visible. Work first began on the harbour and a new town south of Wick in 1803. This new development was named Pulteneytown after the then Chairman of the Fisheries Commission, Sir William Pulteney. The new town had a separate council until 1902 when it was incorporated into the Royal Burgh of Wick. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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