Blackford (Perth and Kinross)
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Blackford Scottish Gaelic Srath Gaoithe |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 16 ′ N , 3 ° 47 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 754 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | AUCHTERARDER | ||
| ZIP code section | PH4 | ||
| prefix | 01764 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Perth and Kinross | ||
| British Parliament | Ochil and South Perthshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | ||
Blackford ( Gaelic : Srath Gaoithe ) is a village in the Scottish region of Perth and Kinross . Blackford is located on Allan Water , a tributary of the Forth , about 5 km southwest of Auchterarder and 18 km northeast of Stirling in the traditional county of Perthshire .
In 1716 retreating Jacobites destroyed Blackford after the Battle of Sheriffmuir . However, the village was rebuilt.
economy
In the late Middle Ages , Blackford was considered the center of beer brewing and even the Scottish King James IV visited the village to taste the local beer. Blackford has been the location of the Tullibardine whiskey distillery since 1949 (there was previously a brewery in the buildings of the distillery). The Highland Spring mineral water is also bottled in Blackford .
traffic
Blackford is directly on the A9 , which connects Edinburgh with Thurso and is therefore well connected to the long-distance network. In 1848 the Scottish Central Railway set up a railway line between Perth and Stirling that also served Blackford station. However, this has since been abandoned.
Former Blackford Railway Station
Blackford Shopping Center
Tullibardine distillery
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Data on the Tullibardine distillery at maltmadness.com
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 104.
- ↑ Web presence of Highland Spring ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
