Ashfield, Stirling

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Ashfield
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Ashfield
Location within the Stirling council area
Population139  [1]
OS grid reference NN784037
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Dunblane
Postcode district FK15
Dialling code 01786
Police Scotland
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Ambulance Scottish
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Scotland
56°12′37″N3°57′43″W / 56.2103°N 3.9620°W / 56.2103; -3.9620

Ashfield (Scottish Gaelic : Achadh an Uinnsinn) is a small village in the Registration county of Perth and the local government district of Stirling, Scotland. It lies between the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is two miles north of Dunblane, [2] and was designated a conservation village in 1976. It was originally built to house workers at a nearby silk-dyeing mill. [3] [4] Prior to this, a mill, Millash or Mill of Ash, existed, as did an extensive house or farm. [5] Ashfield has four residential streets (Ochilview, Allanview, The Steading and The Cottages), a residential block (The Clachan) and also a square, named after the former prime minister William Gladstone, called Gladstone Square.

There are various annual activities based in the village hall such as a Blues festival, a Food festival and a Music festival.

References

  1. The Gazetteer for Scotland, Ashfield, http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/towndetails504.html
  2. The Gazetteer for Scotland, Ashfield, http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst504.html
  3. Alexander B Barty, (1944), The History of Dunblane, P248
  4. Canmore, Ashfield Print Works:Worker's Housing, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/167284/details/ashfield+print+works+workers+housing/
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)