Mintlaw
| Mintlaw | |||
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 32 ′ N , 2 ° 0 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 2721 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | PETERHEAD | ||
| ZIP code section | AB42 | ||
| prefix | 01771 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Aberdeenshire | ||
| British Parliament | Banff and Buchan | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Aberdeenshire East | ||
Mintlaw , literally: a smooth flat spot , is a small town in Aberdeenshire , Scotland, on the A952 and is geographically an interchange. At the time of the 2011 census survey there were 2,721 people living in Mintlaw.
As the largest settlement within eleven miles in any direction and of its size, it has an array of grocery stores, a butcher, pharmacy and gas station as well as a police station, library, dentist and medical center. The city is known for its fish and chip shop Zanres, which won the British "Fish and Chip Shop of the Year" competition for fast food, but is now a restaurant. There are three pubs, two, Garret and Pitfour (also a bed and breakfast) are in the center, Shak is behind Zanres. The Country Park Inn is a bed and breakfast with a pub, a games room, the Harry Hippos, and a restaurant.
The Happy Plant Center is a large garden center well known in the area that has recently been expanded to include a small café. It is located next to a soccer field.
The nearby Aden Country Park is open to the public and features a derelict mansion, an agricultural museum and forest walks and an adventure park. Aden Park is accessible via Station Road or Netheraden Road.
Mintlaw is also home to Aberdeenshire Heritage, the Aberdeenshire Council Museum Service, and is housed in a purpose-built museum shop that houses the largest collection in the county, as well as a conservation laboratory and teaching material center. The service also has traveling exhibitions for schools and operates the county's eleven museums, including the Heritage Park Agricultural Museum in Aden.
history
The area is rich in prehistoric and historical features. Just south of Mintlaw are a number of prehistoric monuments including Catto Long Barrow , Silver Cairn, and many tumuli. The base of the historical battles between the invading Danes and the resident Picts lay in the same area as the Laeca Burn watershed .
The Victorian era saw the introduction of the railroad, with the Maud-Peterhead Line being built in the 1860s. Mintlaw became a scheduled stop on this line. The station was built a little west of the village, perhaps because it was more convenient for the Clan Fergusson of Pitfour and the Russell family of Aden. More affluent homes were built on Station Road for businesses and professionals. The post office was moved closer to the railway and became a business center. Mintlaw Railway Station was the mailing address for this whole area for many years. The Crown Post Office was merged with that of Peterhead when the railway closed in the 1960s, and the town's post office moved back to South Street. Telephone numbers were also Mintlaw Station until the early 1970s when the word station was dropped.
schools
Mintlaw has two elementary schools, Mintlaw Primary School and Pitfour Primary School.
There is a large comprehensive school, Mintlaw Academy, whose catchment area is the location and the surrounding area. Mintlaw Academy is on Station Road.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ http://www.zanres.co.uk
- ↑ Michael Hogan (2008) Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes , The Modern Antiquarian
- ↑ http://www.mintlaw-pri.aberdeenshire.sch.uk
- ↑ http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/schools/our_schools/detail.asp?schoolid = bpfpc. ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2009 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.
