Forgandenny
Forgandenny
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 Forgandenny primary school | |
  Forgandenny Location withinPerth and Kinross | |
| Population | 560 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NO086180 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERTH |
| Postcode district | PH2 |
| Dialling code | 01738 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Forgandenny(Scottish GaelicForgrann Eithne,'Over-Bog ofEithne' [an ancient female Gaelic name]) is a small village inPerth and Kinross,Scotland, located four miles south ofPerth.Perth is a 20-minute bus ride from Forgandenny, and there is a regularStagecoachservice. It is 45 minutes fromEdinburghand one hour fromGlasgow.There is a daily train service from Perth toLondon King's Cross.
Forgandenny has a church (of Norman origin, though the windows and doors are not original), village hall and a primary school. ItsPost Office[2]closed in 2020 after its owners for 32 years, Jim and Jacqueline Johnston, retired. "Everything is online," said Jim Johnston in April 2020. "The last few years all we have sold issweetsandsoft drinks.It's time to put the feet up. "The Post Office said it is committed to maintaining a branch in the village.[3]
Near the village since 1920 isStrathallan School,aboarding schoolof approximately 550 pupils and 70 staff, many of whom live in Forgandenny.
Notable people
[edit]- William Oliphant,Lord Newton[4]
- William Row[5][4]
References
[edit]- Citations
- ^"Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland".National Records of Scotland.31 March 2022.Retrieved31 March2022.
- ^Forgandenny Post Office- RoyalMail.com
- ^"Village poised to lose its post office and only shop" ] -The Courier,27 April 2020
- ^abDrummond 1845.
- ^Scott 1923.
- Sources
- Drummond, James (1845). "Parish of Forgandenny".The new statistical account of Scotland.Vol. 10. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp.948-957.Retrieved18 July2020.
- Groome, Francis, Hindes (1895). "Forgandenny".Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical.Vol. 3. Edinburgh: T.C. Jack. pp.44-45.Retrieved6 June2020.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Lewis, Samuel (1851). "Forgandenny".A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities.Vol. 1. London: S. Lewis and co. pp.459-460.Retrieved6 June2020.
- Scott, Hew (1923).Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation.Vol. 4. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p.209.Retrieved8 July2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
External links
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Media related toForgandennyat Wikimedia Commons
- Forgandenny, United Kingdom PageFalling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996-2004
- Forgandenny, a Place in History by Gregory Ross
- Excerpt from the 1861 parochial directory for Fife and Kinross: Forgandenny
- Kinross, Scotland: 1841 Census of the Parish of Forgandenny
- Forgandenny, Perth and KinrossThe Gazetteer for Scotland
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