In the 1840s, a large addition was made to the Inch by an excambion with the Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull, bringing it up to 100 acres (40 ha).

[3] Three years after her husband's death in 1861, Queen Victoria unveiled a statue of Albert, Prince Consort, at the Inch.

[5][6] Another statue, an obelisk near the river bank, commemorates the 90th Regiment of Foot, the Perthshire Volunteers, alias the Grey Breeks.

There is a reference to King James IV playing golf in Perth in 1504, despite a recently passed law prohibiting the game.

[8] King James VI Golf Club was formed in 1858, and held its matches on the Inch until 1897.

After a dispute with the tenant of Muirton over grazing rights had led to the temporary loss of the extension to the Inch course, it opened its own, laid out by "Old" Tom Morris, then of Prestwick, on Moncreiffe Island.

[10] The ground held its first List A match when Scotland played Yorkshire in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup.

This led, in 2009, to the extinction of Perth County Cricket Club, which played at North Inch.