Dennyloanhead
The junction of the A803 road to Glasgow and the A872 road to Stirling at Dennyloanhead
Dennyloanhead is located in Falkirk
Dennyloanhead
Dennyloanhead
Location within the Falkirk council area
Population1,610 (mid-2020 est.)[1]
OS grid referenceNS808802
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFALKIRK
Postcode districtFK4
Dialling code01324
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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56°00′00″N 3°54′40″W / 56.000°N 3.911°W / 56.000; -3.911

Dennyloanhead (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Lòn an Daingneach) is a village in the Falkirk council area, Central Scotland, that is between Head of Muir and Longcroft.[2][3] Dennyloanhead had a fingerpost announcing that it is 294 miles from John o' Groats.[4] Old maps show it is 9 miles from Stirling and 5 miles from Falkirk.[5]

Its main features include the Crown Hotel and Casserta's chip shop. There is another pub called the Railway Inn.

Notable residents

Notable people born or living in Dennyloanhead include Alex Totten (ex-manager of St Johnstone F.C & Falkirk F.C. football clubs).

Former residents include the eminent horticulturalist David Smiles Jerdan FRSE (1871-1951).[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow (Dunfermline) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229705.
  3. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ^ Keir, David (1921). Then and now : Dennyloanhead, Bonnybridge, Haggs, and the surrounding district, past and present : a lecture delivered at a meeting of Dennyloanhead Church Guild, held in the Muirhead Memorial Hall, on the evening of October 19, 1921 / by David Keir. Dennyloanhead: Dennyloanhead Church Guild. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ "OS 25 inch Map 1892-1949". zoomable map with Bing transparency overlay. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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