Pitcairngreen
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Pitcairngreen is a small village in Perth and Kinross
situated to the north of Almondbank
which some people consider it to be part of. It lies around 4 miles northwest of Perth.
The Village's layout was designed in 1786 to have a green at the centre of it by James Stobie
factor to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl
.The presence of a village green
is unusual for a Scottish
village as these are more commonly associated with traditional English
villages. Stobie designed Pitcairngreen to be an industrial textile manufacturing village for Thomas Graham, a textile manufacturer. Its rivalry with the Manchester
textile factories is set out in the poem "The Scottish Village, or Pitcairngreen" by Hannah Cowley
which starts with the lines:
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...
situated to the north of Almondbank
Almondbank
Almondbank is a large village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- DARA/Vector Almondbank :The Defence Aviation Repair Agency site at Almondbank was a major employer in the community for many years providing essential support to the British Armed Forces...
which some people consider it to be part of. It lies around 4 miles northwest of Perth.
The Village's layout was designed in 1786 to have a green at the centre of it by James Stobie
James Stobie
James Stobie was the factor to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl's in the late 17 hundreds.He is best known for designing the layout of Perthshire villages on the bequest of the 4th Duke of Atholl. In 1784 he designed the village of Stanley and in 1786 he designed the layout of...
factor to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl KT, PC, FRS , styled Marquess of Tullibardine 1764 and 1774, was a Scottish peer.-Background:...
.The presence of a village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
is unusual for a Scottish
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...
village as these are more commonly associated with traditional English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
villages. Stobie designed Pitcairngreen to be an industrial textile manufacturing village for Thomas Graham, a textile manufacturer. Its rivalry with the Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
textile factories is set out in the poem "The Scottish Village, or Pitcairngreen" by Hannah Cowley
Hannah Cowley
Hannah Cowley was an English dramatist and poet. Although Cowley’s plays and poetry did not enjoy wide popularity after the nineteenth century, critic Melinda Finberg rates Cowley as “one of the foremost playwrights of the late eighteenth century” whose “skill in writing fluid, sparkling dialogue...
which starts with the lines:
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- "Go Manchester and weep thy slighted loom
- its arts are cherished now in Pitcairne Green."
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