Dennyloanhead
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Location within the Falkirk council area | |
Population | 1,610 (2022)[1] |
OS grid reference | NS808802 |
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Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FALKIRK |
Postcode district | FK4 |
Dialling code | 01324 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Dennyloanhead (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Lòn an Daingneach) is a village in the Falkirk council area, Central Scotland, that is between Head of Muir and Longcroft.[2][3] Dennyloanhead had a fingerpost announcing that it is 294 miles from John o' Groats.[4] Old maps show it is 9 miles from Stirling and 5 miles from Falkirk.[5]
Its main features include the Crown Hotel and Casserta's chip shop. There is another pub called the Railway Inn.
Notable residents
[edit]Notable people born or living in Dennyloanhead include Alex Totten (ex-manager of St Johnstone F.C & Falkirk F.C. football clubs).
Former residents include the eminent horticulturalist David Smiles Jerdan FRSE (1871-1951).[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow (Dunfermline) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229705.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Keir, David (1921). Then and now : Dennyloanhead, Bonnybridge, Haggs, and the surrounding district, past and present : a lecture delivered at a meeting of Dennyloanhead Church Guild, held in the Muirhead Memorial Hall, on the evening of October 19, 1921 / by David Keir. Dennyloanhead: Dennyloanhead Church Guild. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "OS 25 inch Map 1892-1949". zoomable map with Bing transparency overlay. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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