Fairlie (Scotland)

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Coordinates 55 ° 45 ′  N , 4 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′  N , 4 ° 51 ′  W
Fairlie (Scotland)
Fairlie
Fairlie
Residents 1424 2011 census
administration
Post town LARGS
ZIP code section KA29
prefix 01475
Part of the country Scotland
Council area North Ayrshire
British Parliament North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish Parliament Cunninghame North

Fairlie is a village in the Scottish Council Area of North Ayrshire .

geography

Fairlie is on the south coast of the Firth of Clyde about 23 km northwest of Irvine and 39 km southwest of Glasgow . The closest town is Largs, a few hundred meters north . Great Cumbrae Island is about 2.5 km from Fairlie in the Firth of Clyde. Several small streams flow down the slopes and flow into Fairlie. The two-mile-long Fairlie Burn is the longest of them. The Kel Burn stream runs north .

history

In 1581 a tower house was built near Fairlie . In the centuries that followed, it was expanded several times to become the current mansion, Kelburn Castle . To the south lies Hunterston Castle . The oldest parts of today's castle date from the 15th century at the latest. In the 16th century, the Fairlie of that Ilk family built Fairlie Castle in Fairlie, which is now only in ruins .

1601 Fairlie was given the rights of a Burgh of Barony . The village did not develop until the 19th century with the onset of tourism and shipbuilding. In 1871 there were 294 people in Fairlie. Ten years later there were already 771 inhabitants. In 2011 there were 1424 people in Fairlie.

traffic

Fairlie is just off the A78 from Greenock to Prestwick . In June 1880, the village was connected to the railway network with its own station on the Largs Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway . Two years later, a second station followed at the jetty, which was the terminus of the line. It has now been closed, while Fairlie Station is now served by the Ayrshire Coast Line of First ScotRail . The former jetty is no longer used today. Today the ferry to the island of Great Cumbrae goes to Largs in the north.

Attractions

In the area around Fairlie there are a total of four monuments from the highest Scottish monument category A. These include Kelburn Castle as well as a sundial and a monument to John, 3rd Earl of Glasgow on the grounds of the manor house. Hunterston Castle is also classified as a monument of the highest category.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fairlie. North Ayrshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Fairlie Castle. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  5. ↑ Information . In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
  6. ↑ 2011 census
  7. ↑ Fairlie. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 3: (Edr - Har). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, pp. 1-2 .
  8. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  9. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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