Gullane
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Gullane Scottish Gaelic A 'Ghualainn |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 2 ′ N , 2 ° 50 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 2568 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | GULLANE | ||
| ZIP code section | EH31 | ||
| prefix | 01620 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Lothian | ||
| British Parliament | East Lothian | ||
| Scottish Parliament | East Lothian | ||
Gullane ( Gaelic : A 'Ghualainn ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area East Lothian or in the traditional county of Haddingtonshire . It is located around eight kilometers north of Haddington and 23 kilometers northeast of central Edinburgh on the south bank of the Firth of Forth .
history
In the early 12th century, the barony of Dirleton came into the possession of William de Vaux . The de Vaux family initially had a wooden fortress built on the site east of Gullane, which was probably expanded into today's Dirleton Castle in the 13th century . The stone needed to build it came from a quarry in Gullane. In 1663 the castle was sold to John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton . He gave it up and had the nearby Archerfield House built in the same year .
In the 12th century, the parish church of the Parish was in Gullane. Since sand drifts often restricted the use of St Andrews Kirk , a new parish church in Dirleton was built in 1612 with the Dirleton Parish Church . The obsolete church is now in ruins and classified as a Scheduled Monument . With the St Peter's Church a new church was built in Gullane in 1908.
In the course of the 19th century, Gullane developed into a popular location for horse and golf sports. Today Gullane is still surrounded by four golf courses. The Muirfield Golf Club is known nationwide , on the southern edge of which there are two architecturally significant villas from the 1900s, The Pleasance and Greywalls .
In 1961 there were 1692 people in Gullane. In the following decades the population increased. In the course of the 2011 census survey, 2568 inhabitants were counted.
traffic
Gullane is located on the A198 , which connects the coastal towns between Tranent and East Linton . It connects the village to the A1 ( London - Edinburgh ) running south . In 1898 Gullane received a station on the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway . The route branched off beyond Longniddry from today's East Coast Main Line . The originally planned route to North Berwick was never implemented, so Gullane was the final stop of the short branch line . In 1964 the line was closed and the station abandoned.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Information from the Scotland's Churches Trust
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on St Peter's Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Information about the train station in Gullane ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2012 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.
- ↑ Information on the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway
