Beith

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Beith
Scottish Gaelic A 'Bheithe
Street in the city center
Street in the city center
Coordinates 55 ° 45 ′  N , 4 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′  N , 4 ° 38 ′  W
Beith (Scotland)
Beith
Beith
Residents 6204 2011 census
administration
Post town BEITH
ZIP code section KA15
prefix 01505
Part of the country Scotland
Council area North Ayrshire
British Parliament North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish Parliament Cunninghame North

Beith ( Gaelic : A 'Bheithe ) is a town in the Scottish council area of North Ayrshire . The Woodside House is a monument of the highest Scottish monument category A in the vicinity of Beith.

geography

Beith is a small town on the eastern border of North Ayrshire and neighboring Renfrewshire . It is located at a height of 105 m about 16 kilometers northeast of Irvine and 31 kilometers southwest of Glasgow . There is no major stream flowing through Beith, but it is a few hundred meters east of Kilbirnie Loch . The Garnock flows west of the lake . The nearest town is Kilbirnie, three kilometers west .

history

The settlement of the Beith area can be traced back over 5000 years. The Druid's Graves , (or Caves) on Cuff Hill, for example, is an oval cairn from this period. The name Beith is derived from Gaelic Beithe and means " birch ". After it was initially just a small hamlet, Beith grew in the 18th century in the course of industrialization . In 1759 the population had grown to around 700 and doubled to around 1500 by 1788. This development was due to the arrival of the textile industry, which for a long time represented an important branch of the economy in Beith. In 1851, 4012 inhabitants were counted in Beith, with the number increasing only slightly until 1951 (4347). In 1971 there were still 5859 people living in the city, 30 years later there were already 6346. In the 2011 census survey, 6024 people lived in Beith.

traffic

Beith Town, 1961

Beith is connected to the trunk road network by the A737 , which connects Irvine and Paisley . In the 19th century the city was connected to the railway network. It owned two stations with Beith Town and Beith North , which of the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway along the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway and from the Glasgow and South Western Railway on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway were served. Both train stations were closed in the middle of the 20th century. Glasgow International Airport is around 18 km to the northeast.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b Beith North Ayrshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b Beith. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 138 .
  5. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland . 2011.
  6. ↑ 2011 census
  7. ↑ RVJ Butt: The Directory of Railway Stations. Details every public and private Passenger Station, Halt, Platform and Stopping Place, past and present. Stephens, Sparkford 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1 , p. 31.

Web links

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