Killearn
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Killearn Scottish Gaelic Cill Earnain |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 3 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 1701 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | GLASGOW | ||
| ZIP code section | G63 | ||
| prefix | 01360 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Stirling | ||
| British Parliament | Stirling | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Stirling | ||
Killearn ( Scottish Gaelic : Cill Earn, including Cill Earnain ) is a place in the Scottish Council Area Stirling with 1701 inhabitants.
geography
Geographical location
Killearn is located about 18 miles north of Glasgow at the foot of the Campsie Fells .
history
Killearn Hospital
1939 began with the construction of the Killearn Hospital, which was completed in 1941 and mainly served the medical care of soldiers and workers of the Werfen in Clydebank , which were the target of German bombing raids. Originally designed for 640 beds, 404 beds were available by the end of the Second World War . The hospital was closely linked to the Glasgow Western Infirmary , but the distance into the city posed a problem in transporting emergencies and personnel.
The Killearn hospital was abandoned in the early 1970s and has been in decline ever since.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Killearn is east of the A81 trunk road which runs from Glasgow to Callander . A train connection no longer exists. Today the West Highland Way runs along the former railway line west of the village .
Attractions
There are three church buildings in Killearn. The church of the parish is the Killearn Parish Church, built in 1882 . In the immediate vicinity is the former parish church , which was built in 1826 and is now used as a community hall. The ruins of the Old Church , built in 1734, have no roofs; in the 19th century the place served as a burial place.
A pillar erected in 1789 and designed by the architect James Craig commemorates the humanist George Buchanan, who was born at Killearn. The column is 31 meters high. In 1850 a marble slab was added.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- George Buchanan (born 1506 with Killearn, † September 28, 1582), humanistic philosopher and historian.
- Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (1880–1964), British diplomat
Other personalities
- The surgeon James Hogarth Pringle , born in Australia in 1863, died in Killearn on April 24, 1941.
Web links
- Website of the Killearn Village
- Undiscovered Scotland: Killearn
Individual evidence
- ^ Killearn - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
- ↑ 2011 census
- ^ Killearn on the Web: Killearn Hospital , accessed December 7, 2008
- ^ A b Undiscovered Scotland: Killearn , accessed December 7, 2008
- ↑ James Hogarth Pringle obituary. Br Med J. 1941 (1): 734.