Kinfauns is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the western end of the Carse of Gowrie, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Perth.[1]
| Kinfauns | |
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 Looking down to Kinfauns Parish Church from near Deuchny Wood, with Fife in view beyond the River Tay | |
  Kinfauns Location within Perth and Kinross | |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERTH |
| Postcode district | PH2 |
| Dialling code | 01738 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Background
editThe village is home to Kinfauns Castle, a Category A listed building erected in 1825.[2] and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[3]
The parish was the home of Loch Kaitre, which stood on the site of the Manse of Kinfauns. It was still present in 1838,[4] but in the mid-19th century, a sinkhole appeared and the manse fell in, witnessed by the minister, who had just left his home en route to the church. The loch remained for a few generations,[5] before being drained by a tenant later in the century for agricultural use of the land beneath it.[6]
From 1847 to 1950 the village was served by Kinfauns railway station, originally on the Dundee and Perth Railway.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "KINFAUNS CASTLE (Category A Listed Building) (LB11955)". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "KINFAUNS CASTLE (GDL00240)". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ The steam-boat companion betwixt Perth and Dundee (1838)
- ^ Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 107)
- ^ Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 108)
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 237. OCLC 931112387.