Whitecross (Falkirk)
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 58 ′ N , 3 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 776 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | LINLITHGOW | ||
| ZIP code section | EH49 | ||
| prefix | 01506 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Falkirk | ||
| British Parliament | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Falkirk East | ||
Whitecross is a town on the eastern edge of the Scottish Council Area Falkirk . It is about nine kilometers east of Falkirk and 15 miles west of Edinburgh . The nearest town is Linlithgow in West Lothian, three kilometers away . The Manuel Burn stream , which flows east into the border river Avon , touches Whitecross in the south. The Union Canal has been running south of the village since the 19th century . The Avon Aqueduct , which leads the canal over the Avon, is listed in the Scottish monument lists in the highest category A.
history
In the 12th century, a Cistercian monastery was founded on the site of today's Whitecross . The L-shaped tower house "Almond Castle" was probably built in the early 15th century and was expanded in the following century. Almond Castle was already abandoned in the 1780s and today only a few remains of the former fortress remain.
In the 20th century, Whitecross developed in connection with coal mining and coal refining. The population has been declining since the middle of the century. While in 1961 there were 1153 people living in Whitecross, the 2011 census counted 776 people.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Almond Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census
