Methven (Scotland)

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Methven
Scottish Gaelic Meadhainnigh
Street in Methven
Street in Methven
Coordinates 56 ° 25 ′  N , 3 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 25 ′  N , 3 ° 35 ′  W
Methven (Scotland)
Methven
Methven
Residents 1090 (2011 census)
administration
Post town PERTH
ZIP code section PH1
prefix 01738
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Perth and Kinross
British Parliament Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

Methven ( Gaelic : Meadhainnigh ) is a Scottish town in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . It is located in the traditional county of Perthshire around eight kilometers west of Perth .

history

In the Middle Ages , the lands belonged to the Mowbray family , whose Norman ancestors came to Britain with William the Conqueror . They built a castle there, a forerunner of today's Tower House Methven Castle .

As part of the Scottish Wars of Independence , a decisive battle took place in 1306 with the Battle of Methven . In 1323 Robert the Bruce confiscated the barony and gave Methven to his son-in-law Walter . The Lordship of Methven received his nephew John Campbell , who was made Earl of Atholl . After the forfeiture of the title in 1437, Methven became the Scottish crown possession. With the installation of Henry Stewart as Lord Methven in 1528, the baronate was removed from the crown possession and established as lordship. In 1584 Methven passed to the Dukes of Lennox .

A collegiate monastery was established in Methven in 1433. This is where today's Methven Parish Church emerges.

Between 1861 and 1881 the population of Methven fell from 950 to 751. While 791 people were counted in Methven in 1961, the number had risen to 1,090 by 2011.

traffic

Of Dundee to Oban leading A85 passes through Methven and includes the location at to the British Highway road network. In Perth, the A9 ( Polmont - Scrabster ) and the A93 (Perth - Aberdeen ) are also accessible.

As early as the 19th century, Methven received its own station along the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway of the Caledonian Railway . The station has since been closed.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  2. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ^ A b c Methven in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  4. ↑ Entry on Methven Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Information on Methven Parish Church
  6. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  7. ↑ 2011 census data
  8. ↑ Information on railscot.co.uk

Web links

Commons : Methven  - collection of images, videos and audio files