Coalsnaughton
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Coalsnaughton or Calabar (from ) is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is just south of Tillicoultry, in whose parish the village lies. The miners' row was built by Robert Bald. The name was recorded as Cosnachtan in 1492 and is probably named after Nechtan mac Der-Ilei, a Pictish king. As a result of the mining industry in the town, the first syllable got interpreted as "Coals". This then got re-interpreted by some Gaelic speakers as having come from Gaelic caolas "strait".
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Place details
- Locality
- Coalsnaughton
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 850
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Coalsnaughton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Coalsnaughton.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A wintry day in Ramsay Street/Castle Street of Coalsnaughton, February 2008
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS919956
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Cois Neachdain
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Clackmannanshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Clackmannanshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ochil and South Perthshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
- UK place.post_town
- Tillicoultry
- UK place.postcode_district
- FK13
- UK place.postcode_area
- FK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01259
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Named after
- Nechtan mac Der-Ilei
- Official name
- Coalsnaughton
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1250
- Area
- 0.2
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Coalsnaughton.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01259
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- Commons category
- Coalsnaughton
- P8168
- episcopal vicar
- native label
- Coalsnaughton
- postal code
- FK13 6
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Encyclopedic overview
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Coalsnaughton or Calabar (from ) is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is just south of Tillicoultry, in whose parish the village lies. The miners' row was built by Robert Bald. The name was recorded as Cosnachtan in 1492 and is probably named after Nechtan mac Der-Ilei, a Pictish king. As a result of the mining industry in the town, the first syllable got interpreted as "Coals". This then got re-interpreted by some Gaelic speakers as having come from Gaelic caolas "strait".
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coalsnaughton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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