Auchterarder
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Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills
in Perth and Kinross
, Scotland
, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel
. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon".
In 1834, a controversy over patronage in the selection of a parish
minister was the first in a chain of events which would ultimately lead to the 1843 schism in the Church of Scotland
. The remains of this church – the tower – have recently been renovated, and there is a plaque explaining what the church used to look like.
In 2008, it was revealed that Auchterarder had the two most expensive streets in Scotland.
, *Lloyds Pharmacy and *Simon Howie The Scottish Butcher. As well as a *Post Office
.
Ochil Hills
The Ochil Hills is a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon/Glen Eagles and Glenfarg, the latter now largely replaced except for local traffic by the M90...
in Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel
Gleneagles Hotel
The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station...
. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon".
In 1834, a controversy over patronage in the selection of a parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
minister was the first in a chain of events which would ultimately lead to the 1843 schism in the Church of Scotland
Disruption of 1843
The Disruption of 1843 was a schism within the established Church of Scotland, in which 450 ministers of the Church broke away, over the issue of the Church's relationship with the State, to form the Free Church of Scotland...
. The remains of this church – the tower – have recently been renovated, and there is a plaque explaining what the church used to look like.
In 2008, it was revealed that Auchterarder had the two most expensive streets in Scotland.
Town's Amenities
Auchterarder has many businesses operating from within, most are privately owned "Local" businesses. The only four franchise businesses operating inside Auchterarder are *The Co-Operative Foodstore, *SparSpar
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, *Lloyds Pharmacy and *Simon Howie The Scottish Butcher. As well as a *Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
.
Notable people
- Eve GrahamEve GrahamEve Graham is a Scottish singer, who found fame in the early 1970s with the pop group, The New Seekers.-Biography:...
, singer with The New SeekersThe New SeekersThe New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...
, was born in Auchterarder - Stephen HendryStephen HendryStephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...
, seven-time world snooker champion, lives in Auchterarder - James KennawayJames KennawayJames Kennaway was a Scottish writer. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College.-Career:...
, novelist, was born in Auchterarder - John Rutherford GordonJohn Gordon (journalist)John Rutherford Gordon was a Scottish newspaper editor and columnist.Born in Dundee, Gordon began work on the Dundee Advertiser in 1904. He was rapidly promoted, and by the end of the decade was overseeing the Perthshire and Dundee editions of the People's Journal...
, sometime editor of the Sunday Express, who wrote latterly wrote a column frequently praising the common-sense of the people of the town