Gatehouse of Fleet
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 53 ′ N , 4 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 986 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | CASTLE DOUGLAS | ||
| ZIP code section | DG7 | ||
| prefix | 01557 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Gatehouse of Fleet is a town in the south of the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area in Scotland . The place has 986 inhabitants.
history
The present village was not built until the middle of the 18th century, but there are buildings in the area that are significantly older. For example, there is a fortified residential tower from the 15th century nearby . The city's first structure is a former warehouse and today's hotel, which was built in 1765. Originally the "gait house" was just a post on the important route to Portpatrick and Ireland , but by 1850 it developed into a prosperous cotton processing location. In 1795 four cotton mills, a brass foundry, a brewery, a soap factory, a tannery and twice as many residents as today had settled there. The reason for this development can be found in the vicinity of Loch Whinyeon, as the water for the mills of the spinning mills was drawn from there.
Transport links
Gatehouse of Fleet is on the A75 . There are rail links to Dumfries , Barrhill and Stranraer . Gatehouse is part of the London-Belfast coach route and ferry services to Belfast and Larne .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2010 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.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2010 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.
