Luncarty

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countryScotland
official_nameLuncarty
gaelic_nameLongartaidh
population
population_ref()
coordinates
unitary_scotlandPerth and Kinross
lieutenancy_scotlandPerth and Kinross
constituency_westminsterOchil and South Perthshire
constituency_scottish_parliamentPerthshire North
post_townPERTH
postcode_districtPH1
postcode_areaPH
dial_code01738
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| country = Scotland | official_name = Luncarty | gaelic_name = Longartaidh | population = | population_ref = ()| os_grid_reference = NO095298 | coordinates = | scots_name = | unitary_scotland = Perth and Kinross | lieutenancy_scotland = Perth and Kinross | constituency_westminster = Ochil and South Perthshire | constituency_scottish_parliament = Perthshire North | post_town = PERTH | postcode_district = PH1 | postcode_area = PH | dial_code = 01738 | static_image = | static_image_caption = | london_distance = | edinburgh_distance = Luncarty (; pronounced Lung-cur-tay ) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 4 mi north of Perth. It lies between the A9 to the west, and the River Tay to the east.

Etymology

The name Luncarty, recorded in 1250 as Lumphortyn, may be of Gaelic origin. The name may involve the element longartaibh, a plural form of longphort meaning variously "harbour, palace, encampment".

History

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The historian Hector Boece (1465–1536), in his History of the Scottish People, records that, in 990, Kenneth III of Scotland defeated the Danes near Luncarty. However, the Scottish historian John Hill Burton strongly suspected the battle of Luncarty to be an invention of Hector Boece. Burton was incorrect. Walter Bower, writing in his Scotichronicon around 1440, some 87 years before Boece first published his Scotorum Historia, refers to the battle briefly as follows: :"that remarkable battle of Luncarty, in which the Norsemen with their king were totally destroyed". Bower does not quote specific sources concerning the battle, but, two sentences later, he refers in a general way to ancient writings that he has consulted. The term Norsemen would include Danes.

The present village was founded in 1752 by William Sandeman, to house workers at his bleachfields. The village formerly had a railway station, and the Perth to Inverness railway line still runs through the village.

A rare example of a morthouse is located in the churchyard, built to frustrate the activities of bodysnatchers in the 19th century.

Bleachfields

William Sandeman and his partner Hector Turnbull manufactured linen in Perth and bleached it in Luncarty, for instance with an order of 12,000 to of "Soldiers' shirting". In 1752 he leveled 12 acre of land in Luncarty to form bleachfields. By 1790 when William died, the Luncarty bleachfields covered 80 acre and processed 500,000 yd of cloth annually. Second only to agriculture, linen manufacture was a major Scottish industry in the late 18th century — linen then became less important with the introduction of cotton.

Sport

The village is home to the football club Luncarty F.C., who play in the .

Notable persons

References

References

  1. {{Scottish settlement population citation
  2. (2011). "The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland". Birlinn LTD.
  3. Groome, Francis H.. (1882–1885). "Luncarty". [[Gazetteer for Scotland]].
  4. [https://archive.org/details/fromagricola04burtuoft/page/364 The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688,Vol.1], By John Hill Burton; p.364-365, Will. Blackwood and Sons, 1867
  5. A Complete Guide to Heraldry; p.415; By Arthur Charles Fox Davies, and Graham Johnston; Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2004; {{ISBN. 1-4179-0630-8, {{ISBN
  6. S Taylor, DER Watt, B Scott. (1990). "Scotichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English.Vol.5". Aberdeen University Press.
  7. "Luncarty". Gazetteer for Scotland.
  8. "Luncarty, Station".
  9. ''Perth Entrepreneurs: the Sandemans of Springfield'' by Charles D Waterston, 2008, pages 27–33: these pages reference 19 other information sources. {{ISBN. 978-0-905452-52-4
  10. "Jimmy Guthrie".
  11. (2013-02-11). "Jim Patterson: 'The Goal King of Queen of the South'".

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