Forgandenny

Forgandenny
Scottish Gaelic: *Forgrann Eithne*
Forgandenny Scottish Gaelic: Forgrann Eithne;
	Forgandenny primary school
	Forgandenny Location within Perth and Kinross
Population	560 (2022)
OS grid reference	NO086180
Council area	Perth and Kinross;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PERTH
Postcode district	PH2
Dialling code	01738
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire;
Scottish Parliament	Perthshire South and Kinross-shire;
	List of places UK Scotland 56°20′46″N 3°28′48″W / 56.346118°N 3.479960°W

Forgandenny (Scottish Gaelic Forgrann Eithne, 'Over-Bog of Eithne' [an ancient female Gaelic name]) is a small village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, located four miles south of Perth. Perth is a 20-minute bus ride from Forgandenny, and there is a regular Stagecoach service. It is 45 minutes from Edinburgh and one hour from Glasgow. There is a daily train service from Perth to London King's Cross.

Forgandenny has a church (of Norman origin, though the windows and doors are not original), village hall and a primary school. Its Post Office^[2] closed in 2020 after its owners for 32 years, Jim and Jacqueline Johnston, retired. "Everything is online," said Jim Johnston in April 2020. "The last few years all we have sold is sweets and soft drinks. It's time to put the feet up." The Post Office said it is committed to maintaining a branch in the village.^[3]

Near the village since 1920 is Strathallan School, a boarding school of approximately 550 pupils and 70 staff, many of whom live in Forgandenny.

Notable people

William Oliphant, Lord Newton^[4]
William Row^[5]^[4]

References

Citations

^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ Forgandenny Post Office - RoyalMail.com
^ "Village poised to lose its post office and only shop"] - The Courier, 27 April 2020
^ ^a ^b Drummond 1845.
^ Scott 1923.

Sources

Drummond, James (1845). "Parish of Forgandenny". The new statistical account of Scotland. Vol. 10. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 948-957. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
Groome, Francis, Hindes (1895). "Forgandenny". Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: T.C. Jack. pp. 44-45. Retrieved 6 June 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Lewis, Samuel (1851). "Forgandenny". A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities. Vol. 1. London: S. Lewis and co. pp. 459-460. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Scott, Hew (1923). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 4. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 209. Retrieved 8 July 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Media related to Forgandenny at Wikimedia Commons

Forgandenny, United Kingdom Page Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996-2004
Forgandenny, a Place in History by Gregory Ross
Excerpt from the 1861 parochial directory for Fife and Kinross: Forgandenny
Kinross, Scotland: 1841 Census of the Parish of Forgandenny
Forgandenny, Perth and Kinross The Gazetteer for Scotland

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[1] "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[2] Forgandenny Post Office - RoyalMail.com

[3] "Village poised to lose its post office and only shop"] - The Courier, 27 April 2020

[FOOTNOTEDrummond1845-4] Drummond 1845.

[FOOTNOTEScott1923-5] Scott 1923.

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