Arbroath
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Arbroath Scottish Gaelic Obar Bhrothaig |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 34 ′ N , 2 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 23,902 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | ARBROATH | ||
| ZIP code section | DD11 | ||
| prefix | 01241 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Angus | ||
| British Parliament | Angus | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Angus South | ||
Arbroath ( Gaelic : Obar Bhrothaig ) is a town in the Council Area and traditional county of Angus on the east coast of Scotland with a population of 23,902 (as of 2011).
history
The settlement emerged from the Arbroath Monastery, which was founded in 1178 and given market and court privileges .
In 1320 eight earls and a number of other Scottish nobles who had gathered in the monastery stood up for the independence of Scotland from England with the Declaration of Arbroath addressed to the Pope .
In 1394 a port was built, which led to the emergence of a fishermen's settlement. In 1559 the place received the status of a Royal Burgh . As a result of the Reformation , the monastery fell into disrepair.
From the end of the 18th century, Arbroath became an important location for the textile industry. After targeted promotional measures by the city council, the importance as a fishing port grew in the 19th century.
In 1906, on the western edge of the city, the Elliot Junction railway accident occurred .
sons and daughters of the town
- Neil Arnott (1788-1874), physician
- Bill Brown (1931-2004), football player
- David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929), engineer, inventor and industrialist
- Steve Byrne (* 1978), folk musician, songwriter and ethnomusicologist
- James Chalmers (1782–1853), printer owner and newspaper publisher
- William Maxwell (1876-1940), football player and coach
- Jonny O'Mara (born 1995), tennis player
- William Sharpey (1802–1880), anatomist and physiologist
- Charles Smart Roy (1854-1897), pathologist
- Kerr Waddell (born 1998), football player
Web links
- "Angus Council" (English) local history ( Memento of 17 May 2013, Internet Archive )