Coordinates: 57°31′30″N 2°00′04″W / 57.525°N 2.001°W
| Mintlaw | |
  Mintlaw
Mintlaw shown within Scotland |
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| Population | 2,647 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Council area | Aberdeenshire |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETERHEAD |
| Postcode district | AB42 |
| Dialling code | 01771 |
| Police | Grampian |
| Fire | Grampian |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| European Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Banff and Buchan |
| Scottish Parliament | Banff and Buchan |
| Website: aberdeenshire.gov.uk | |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Mintlaw (literally meaning a smooth, flat place)[citation needed] is a small town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland lying along the A952 road and is geographically a route centre. The 2001 UK census records a population of 2,647 people.[1]
As the largest settlement within 11 miles in each direction and with the towns size it can support a number of convenience stores, a butcher, chemist and a petrol station plus local amenities such as a police station, library, dental surgery and group doctors practice.
The town is most famous for its fish and chip shop Zanres which has won the British Fish and Chip shop of the year competition as a takeaway but has since turned into a restaurant[1]. There are three main pubs; two, the Garret and the Pitfour (also a bed and breakfast) are located at the square, and the Shak which is located behind Zanres. The Country Park Inn is a bed and breakfast with a pub, childs play area, Harry Hippos and a restaurant.
The Happy Plant Centre is a large garden centre that is famous in the local area, it recently has expanded and now has a small cafe. It is beside a football pitch.
The nearby Aden Country Park is open to the public and contains a ruined mansion house, agricultural museum and forest walks and theme park. Aden Park can be accessed by station road or Netheraden Road.
Mintlaw is also home to Aberdeenshire Heritage, Aberdeenshire Council's museum service, and it is based in a new purpose-built museum store housing the shire's large reserve collections, a conservation laboratory and educational resource centre. The service also provides travelling displays to schools and also runs the shire's 11 museums, including the Agricultural Heritage Museum in Aden Park. The museum store is open to the public by appointment, where a tour of the facility can be arranged. Telephone 01771 622807.
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History
The local area is rich with prehistory and historical features. Somewhat to the south of Mintlaw are a number of prehistoric monuments including Catto Long Barrow,[2] Silver Cairn and many tumuli. In that same vicinity of the Laeca Burn watershed is the point d'appui of historic battles between invading Danes and indigenous Picts.
Victorian times saw the coming of the railway, the Maud to Peterhead line being built in the 1860s. Mintlaw was a scheduled stop on this line. The station was built a little to the west of the village; perhaps because this was more convenient for the Ferguson family of Pitfour and the Russell family of Aden. More affluent homes were built on Station Road to house business and professional people. The Post Office moved to be closer to the railway and became a Crown Office. Mintlaw Station was the postal address for this whole district for many years. The Crown Post Office was combined with that in Peterhead with the closure of our railway in the 1960s, and the village post office moved back to South Street. Telephone numbers too were Mintlaw Station until the early 1970s when the word Station was dropped.
Schools
Mintlaw has two primary schools, Mintlaw Primary School [2] and Pitfour Primary School [3].
It has a large secondary school, Mintlaw Academy which takes pupils from the town itself and the surrounding area. Mintlaw Academy is situated on Station Road.
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References
- ^ "Scottish Census Results Online". 2001. http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=crimond&mainLevel=Locality. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ Michael Hogan (2008) Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian
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