Pulteneytown

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Pulteneytown is a historic planned fishing settlement in Wick, Caithness, known for its 19th-century harbor and grid-pattern streets built to support the herring industry.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pulteneytown canonical 3
Pulteneytown area of Wick 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fishing village ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
planned settlement ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
developedFor fishing industry ⓘ
harbor operations ⓘ
herring industry ⓘ
governedBy Highland Council ⓘ
hasBuiltEnvironmentType early industrial planned townscape ⓘ
hasCharacteristic 19th-century harbor ⓘ
harbor-oriented design ⓘ
industrial maritime character ⓘ
planned street layout ⓘ
stone-built houses ⓘ
terraced housing ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance example of planned fishing settlement ⓘ
maritime heritage site ⓘ
hasFunction commercial fishing hub ⓘ
industrial harbor quarter ⓘ
residential area for fishermen ⓘ
hasHistoricalEra 19th century ⓘ
hasPart Wick Harbour ⓘ
fish curing yards ⓘ
harbor quays ⓘ
harbor warehouses ⓘ
workers’ housing ⓘ
hasUrbanForm grid plan ⓘ
heritageStatus conservation area ⓘ
designated historic area ⓘ
locatedIn Caithness ⓘ
Highland ⓘ
Wick ⓘ
northern Scotland ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Scottish Highlands ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater North Sea ⓘ
Wick Bay ⓘ
partOf Caithness fishing region ⓘ
town of Wick ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity fish processing ⓘ
herring fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
significantPeriod herring boom ⓘ
streetPattern orthogonal streets ⓘ
rectilinear grid ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wick → hasLandmark → Pulteneytown ⓘ
Wick parish → contains → Pulteneytown ⓘ
Old Pulteney Distillery → namedAfter → Pulteneytown area of Wick ⓘ
linked to: Pulteneytown
Pulteney → usedAsToponymBase → Pulteneytown ⓘ