Strone
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Strone Scottish Gaelic An t-Sròn |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 865 (1991 census, together with Kilmun) | ||
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| Post town | DUNOON | ||
| ZIP code section | PA23 | ||
| prefix | 01369 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Argyll and Bute | ||
| British Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Argyll and Bute | ||
Strone ( Gaelic : An t-SRON ) is a small town on the Scottish peninsula Cowal in the unitary authority Argyll and Bute . It stretches around Cape Strone Point at the junction of the inlets Holy Loch and Loch Long from the Firth of Clyde about five kilometers north of Dunoon and nine kilometers west of Helensburgh .
history
At the end of the 19th century, Strone was described as a cluster of mansions along the coast of Holy Loch. At that time it was one of the modern seaside resorts that the people of Glasgow used. There were several ferry connections to Glasgow and Greenock every day . There was a post office, a bank, a telecommunications office and hotels. In 1884 the industrialist James Coats junior from Paisley had the Dunselma villa built above Strone Point. The striking four-story building is the only monument in the highest Scottish monument category A in Strone. In 1971 Strone counted 363 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population decline since 1891 with 537 inhabitants. In more recent census data, Strone is combined with neighboring Kilmun . A total of 865 people lived there in 1991.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b information. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ Strone. Argyll and Bute. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Strone. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 414 .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
