Stenhousemuir
Stenhousemuir
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 Stenhousemuir
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| Stenhousemuir shown within the Falkirk council area | |
| Area | 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2) |
| Population | 10,190 (2009 est.) |
| • Density | 4,632/sq mi (1,788/km2) |
| OS grid reference | NS875831 |
| • Edinburgh | 24.5 mi (39.4 km) ESE |
| • London | 347 mi (558 km) SSE |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LARBERT |
| Postcode district | FK5 |
| Dialling code | 01324 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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| Website | falkirk.gov.uk |
Stenhousemuir /ˈstɛnaʊsmjʊər/ (Scottish Gaelic: Am Featha Taigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is 2.0 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nearest rail access is located. The villages of Carron and Carronshore adjoin Stenhousemuir to the east but to a lesser extent. At the 2001 census it showed that it had a resident population of 10,351 but according to a 2009 estimate this has been revised to around 10,190 residents.
In 2008, a £15 million town centre development scheme was completed and opened which provides a new civic square, a library and large retailing outlets for Stenhousemuir.
The "stone house" from which the village took its name was a Roman building on the north of the Carron River Valley known in later centuries as Arthur's O'on, i.e. King Arthur's oven. It is no longer to be seen, having been demolished to rebuild a dam on the River Carron by Sir Michael Bruce of Stenhouse in 1743. The stones were swept away in a flood soon after. However, detailed drawings had been made in the 1720s and a replica was made in 1763 to serve as a dovecote on the roof of the stable block of Penicuik House in Midlothian, and this remains. The site of the original building has been localised to the garden of a modern house on a housing estate, apparently by the American academic Norma Lorre Goodrich (1917–2006). Stenhousemuir became home to the "Falkirk Tryst" from 1785 - one of the largest gatherings of livestock farmers and buyers from all over Scotland and beyond. After the decline of the Tryst in Crieff, the Falkirk Tryst came to be held more frequently, on the second Tuesdays of August, September and October each year. Thomas Gisbourne in his "Essay on Agriculture" described the Tryst in 1849 as "a scene to which Great Britain, perhaps even the whole world, does not afford a parallel". The Trysts continued until the late 19th century.
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