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Deanston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Deadhain) is a village in the Stirling council area, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Teith east of Doune, in south-west Perthshire. It is a part of the parish of Kilmadock.

Deanston Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Deadhain
Mill workers' houses, Deanston
Deanston Location within the Stirling council area
OS grid reference	NN713016
Civil parish	Kilmadock
Council area	Stirling
Lieutenancy area	Stirling and Falkirk
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DOUNE
Postcode district	FK16
Dialling code	01786
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Stirling
Scottish Parliament	Stirling
List of places UK Scotland 56.1899°N 4.0739°W / 56.1899; -4.0739

Etymology

The name comes from Walter Drummond, Dean of Dunblane in 1500, originally called Deans Town. After his appointment as Dean of Dunblane, he acquired the lands now known as Deanston from the Haldanes of Gleneagles.[1]

Deanston mill

Deanston Cotton Mill was built by the Buchanan brothers of Carston, Killearn near Glasgow, in 1785, and utilised the River Teith to power the mill. In 1808 James Finlay & Co bought and developed the mill, including the construction of a 1,500-yard-long (1,400-metre) Lade. James Smith, manager of the mill from 1807, was a successful entrepreneur and inventor.[2] He built unusually designed accommodation over four levels for his workforce, called the divisions, which was new in its day. At its peak, the mill had over 1000 workers and had the largest waterwheel in Europe, Hercules, with a diameter of 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 metres).[3]

The cotton mill closed in 1965. On the site, the Deanston Distillery opened in 1966 and is owned by Burn Stewart Distillers Limited (part of Distell Group Limited), where it produces several megawatts for the National Grid (2007).

Notable people

Oddly as a small village Deanston links to two Lord Provosts of Glasgow: Sir John Muir and Sir David Richmond.

Deanston is the birthplace of pioneering documentary maker John Grierson after whom a street in the village is named.

James Tod of Deanston WS FRSE laird of Deanston from around 1830 to 1858.

References

External links

• Undiscovered Scotland - Deanston
• - Deanston History
• Stirling Local History Society - Deanston Mill c.1930

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[de] Deanston (Schottland)

Deanston ist ein Dorf in der schottischen Council Area Stirling. Es liegt etwa zehn Kilometer nordwestlich von Stirling und 45 km südwestlich von Perth am Ufer des Teith und gehört zur Gemeinde Doune. Vom 1 km entfernten Doune ist Deanston durch einen Wald abgetrennt.[1]

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