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Ashfield, Stirling

Human settlement in Scotland

Ashfield

Location within the Stirling council area

Population139 ^[1]OS grid referenceNN784037Civil parish

Dunblane and Lecropt

Council area

Stirling

Lieutenancy area

Stirling and Falkirk

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDunblanePostcode districtFK15Dialling code01786PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Stirling

Scottish Parliament

Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

List of places: UK; Scotland

56°12′37″N 3°57′43″W / 56.2103°N 3.9620°W / 56.2103; -3.9620

Ashfield (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an Uinnsinn) is a small village in the Registration county of Perth and the local government district of Stirling, Scotland. It lies between the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is two miles north of Dunblane,^[2] and was designated a conservation village in 1976. It was originally built to house workers at a nearby silk-dyeing mill.^[3]^[4] Prior to this, a mill, Millash or Mill of Ash, existed, as did an extensive house or farm.^[5] Ashfield has four residential streets (Ochilview, Allanview, The Steading and The Cottages), a residential block (The Clachan) and also a square, named after the former prime minister William Gladstone, called Gladstone Square.

There are various annual activities based in the village hall such as a Blues festival, a Food festival and a Music festival.

References

^ The Gazetteer for Scotland, Ashfield, http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/towndetails504.html
^ The Gazetteer for Scotland, Ashfield, http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst504.html
^ Alexander B Barty, (1944), The History of Dunblane, P248
^ Canmore, Ashfield Print Works:Worker's Housing, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/167284/details/ashfield+print+works+workers+housing/
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)