Lamlash

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Lamlash
Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Àrd
Buildings in Lamlash
Buildings in Lamlash
Coordinates 55 ° 32 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′  N , 5 ° 8 ′  W
Lamlash (Scotland)
Lamlash
Lamlash
Residents 957 2011 census
administration
Post town BRODICK
ZIP code section KA27
prefix 01770
Part of the country Scotland
Council area North Ayrshire
British Parliament North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish Parliament Cunninghame North

Lamlash ( Gaelic : An t-Eilean Àrd ) is the largest village on the Scottish island of Arran in the Unitary Authority of North Ayrshire . It hugs Lamlash Bay , a side bay of the Firth of Clyde , on the east side of Arran. Brodick , the island's main town and ferry port, is around six kilometers to the north. The village stretches along the A841 , the main road from Arran.

history

The port of Lamlash is protected by the opposite Holy Island ( Holy Isle ). In the past, steamers to Brodick, Ardrossan , Rothesay and Greenock docked there. Today Lamlash is important as a holiday resort. In the second half of the 20th century, the population of Lamlash almost doubled. In 1961, 528 people were counted, compared to 1010 in 2001. In the 2011 census survey, 957 people lived in Lamlash.

Attractions

In Lamlash there are currently two buildings of the highest Scottish monument category A. The neo-Gothic Lamlash and Kilbride Parish Church was built in 1886 at the behest of William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton . It is located near the shore in the center of the village. Further north is the building line 1–27 Hamilton Terrace , which was built in the late 19th century to a design by the Scottish architect John James Burnet .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b Lamlash. North Ayrshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Lamlash. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 452 .
  4. ↑ Information. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
  5. ↑ 2011 census
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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