Balmirmer | |
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![]() West Balmirmer farm and cottages | |
Location within Angus | |
OS grid reference | NO579388 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARNOUSTIE |
Postcode district | DD7 |
Dialling code | 01241 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Balmirmer is a hamlet in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Carnoustie and 4 miles (6 km) west of Arbroath.[1] The hamlet is the location of West Balmirmer Farm, the birthplace of Margaret Fairlie, the first woman to hold a university chair in Scotland.[2]
Notable residents
[edit]- Margaret Fairlie (1891-1963), academic and gynecologist, first woman to hold professorial chair in Scotland[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
- ^ a b "Notable University Figures (3): Professor Margaret Fairlie". Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee. Retrieved 26 October 2015.