Ashfield, Stirling

Ashfield Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an Uinnsinn
The Square, Ashfield
Ashfield Location within the Stirling council area
Population	139 [1]
OS grid reference	NN784037
Civil parish	Dunblane and Lecropt
Council area	Stirling
Lieutenancy area	Stirling and Falkirk
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dunblane
Postcode district	FK15
Dialling code	01786
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Stirling
Scottish Parliament	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

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

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

External links

• Ashfield
• Ashfield
• The Gazetteer for Scotland
• RiverAllan WebCam : History
• Stirling Council Conservation