Bridge of Earn
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Bridge of Earn Scottish Gaelic Drochaid Éireann |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 2710 (2011 census) | ||
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| Post town | PERTH | ||
| ZIP code section | PH2 | ||
| prefix | 01738 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Perth and Kinross | ||
| British Parliament | Ochil and South Perthshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | ||
Bridge of Earn ( Gaelic : Drochaid Éireann ) is a Scottish town in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . It is located in the traditional county of Perthshire around six kilometers south of central Perth on the right bank of the Earn .
history
There was a bridge with a customs post at the site by 1329 at the latest. In the 12th century, individual lands around Bridge of Earn were part of the property of Lindores Abbey . With the Reformation and the secularization of ecclesiastical property, the Eglismagirdill property, located 2.5 kilometers to the southwest, passed to David Leslie . Later there was the mansion Ecclesiamagirdle House . Drummonie House was built 1.5 kilometers west of the village in the late 17th century .
The nearby Pitkeathly Wells Spa contributed to the development of the Bridge of Earns during the 19th century. Operations ceased in 1949. Since an increased need for hospitals was forecast in the course of the Allied landing on the Atlantic coast , the Bridge of Earn Hospital was established during the Second World War . It was one of the leading hospitals in Perth and Kinross until it closed in 1993.
Between 1861 and 1881 the population of Bridge of Earns fell from 381 to 250. In 1971, 348 people lived in Bridge of Earn, but the number rose sharply, also due to the incorporation of Kintillos. In the context of the census survey, there were 2,710 people living in Bridge of Earn.
traffic
The medieval Old Bridge of Earn gave the site a certain importance as an earn crossing. In the early 19th century it was replaced by a new building, on the Perth to Muirhead leading A912 crosses the earn today. The A912 leads directly through the village. The M9 runs directly to the east .
As early as 1848, Bridge of Earn received its own station along a branch line of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway . In 1892 the station was closed and replaced by a nearby new building. This was finally closed in 1964.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Old Bridge of Bridge of Earn in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Ecclesiamgirdle House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census data
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Bridge of Earn in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- ↑ Entry on the old station in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Bridge of Earn Station in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
