Inverkip

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Inverkip
Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Chip
Inverkip main street
Inverkip main street
Coordinates 55 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 52 ′  W
Inverkip (Scotland)
Inverkip
Inverkip
Residents 3058 2011 census
administration
Post town GREENOCK
ZIP code section PA16
prefix 01475
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Inverclyde
British Parliament Inverclyde
Scottish Parliament Greenock and Inverclyde

Inverkip ( Gaelic : Inbhir Chip ) is a village in the Scottish council area Inverclyde .

history

The history of Inverkip is closely linked to the Ardgowan lands which the Scottish King Robert III. awarded to his illegitimate son, John Stuart, in 1403. Tower House Ardgowan Castle was built there in the 15th century . In 1801 the mansion was Ardgowan House of Shaw-Stuart - baronet completed. This is now listed as a monument in the highest monument category A.

In 1861 Inverkip had 449 inhabitants. After the population rose to 504 in the following hundred years, Inverkip recorded a stronger population increase in the second half of the 20th century. The population grew over 905 in 1981 and 1598 in 2001. As part of the 2011 census, a population of 3058 was determined.

geography

The village is located in the west of Inverclyde on the south bank of the Firth of Clyde opposite the Cowal Peninsula and is the main town of the parish of the same name . It is located about seven kilometers southwest of Greenock and 36 kilometers west of Glasgow . In Inverkip the brook Kip flows into the Firth of Clyde, from which the name Inverkips (Inbhir Chip means "mouth of the Kip") is derived. The closest localities are Wemyss Bay in the south and Greenock in the northeast.

traffic

Inverkip is on the A78 which runs from the A8 at Greenock along the coast to Prestwick in the south. In the 1860s the village was connected to the railway network with its own train station. This was initially served by the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway of the Caledonian Railway . Today trains on the Inverclyde Line stop in Inverkip. With the Glasgow Airport is an international airport is 30 kilometers away.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c d Inverkip. Inverclyde. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  5. ↑ 2011 census

Web links

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