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Milnathort is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of Perth and Kinross. The smaller neighbour of nearby Kinross, Milnathort has a population of around 2,000 people. It is situated amidst countryside at the foot of the Ochil Hills,[2] and near the north shore of Loch Leven. From 1977 it became more easily accessible due to the development of the M90 motorway. The name comes from the Gaelic maol coirthe meaning "bare hill of the standing stones".[3]

Milnathort
The centre of Milnathort in winter
Milnathort Location within Perth and Kinross
Population	1,950 (mid-2020 est.)[1]
OS grid reference	NO120047
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KINROSS
Postcode district	KY13
Dialling code	01577
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament	Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
List of places UK Scotland 56.22766°N 3.41449°W / 56.22766; -3.41449

Amenities

Milnathort's amenities are typical of a small Scottish town with a nine-hole golf course, a park, countryside bike path, primary school, a range of pubs, cafés and a shop selling ice cream.[4] Milnathort Town Hall was completed in 1855.[5]

Church

The main church in Milnathort was built as a Secessionist Church in the north of the town and known as the Orwell Church which was built as a chapel in 1741 by the Old Light Burghers and rebuilt in 1821.[6] It amalgamated briefly with the Church of Scotland in 1839 before transferring to the Free Church of Scotland in 1843.[7] The manse was erected by the Free church in 1850 to house Rev James Thornton (1791-1874).[8] The most notable minister was Walter Chalmers Smith.[9]

Schools

The only school is Milnathort Primary School, the high school is Loch Leven Community Campus, just outside the town.[10]

Notable residents

• John Calder, publisher
• Prof David Hepburn FRSE, anatomist, President of the Anatomical Society 1916–1918.
• Laura Muir, middle-distance runner
• Lucinda Russell, 2017 Grand National winning horse trainer
• Walter Chalmers Smith, Free Church minister and poet[2]

References

External links

• Media related to Milnathort at Wikimedia Commons
• Milnathort Primary School

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[de] Milnathort

Milnathort ist eine Ortschaft in der schottischen Council Area Perth and Kinross und der traditionellen Grafschaft Kinross-shire. Sie ist etwa 15 km westnordwestlich von Glenrothes und 37 km südlich von Perth am Fuße der Ochil Hills gelegen. Milnathort liegt direkt südlich der M90, die von Dunfermline nach Perth führt, und in ihrer Verlängerung als A90 den Firth of Forth in Richtung Edinburgh überquert. Eine Anbindung an das Eisenbahnnetz besteht nicht. Im Jahre 2011 verzeichnete Milnathort 1890 Einwohner.[1]

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