Ashfield
The Square, Ashfield
Ashfield is located in Stirling
Ashfield
Ashfield
Location within the Stirling council area
Population139 [1]
OS grid referenceNN784037
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDunblane
Postcode districtFK15
Dialling code01786
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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