Milnathort

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|country = Scotland

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|unitary_scotland = Perth and Kinross

|lieutenancy_scotland = Perth and Kinross

|constituency_westminster = Ochil and South Perthshire

|constituency_scottish_parliament = Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

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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,{{cite web |title=Milnathort: Overview |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst152.html |website=Gazetteer for Scotland |access-date=6 November 2018}} 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".{{cite book|last=Liddall|first=W.|title=The Place Names of Fife and Kinross|publisher=William Green & Sons|date=1896|url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesoffife00lidd#page/42/mode/2up|access-date=12 May 2015|location=Edinburgh}}

Amenities

File:Town Hall, Milnathort - geograph.org.uk - 1861298.jpg ]]

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.{{cite news |last1=Hinds |first1=Alice |title=Ice ice baby: Meet family's youngest recruit making business a sweet success |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/family-kids/ice-ice-baby-meet-familys-10240889 |access-date=6 November 2018 |work=Daily Record |date=16 April 2017}} Milnathort Town Hall was completed in 1855.{{Historic Environment Scotland|desc=Town Hall, Milnathort|num=LB17638|access-date=1 October 2022}}

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. It amalgamated briefly with the Church of Scotland in 1839 before transferring to the Free Church of Scotland in 1843.Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae The manse was erected by the Free church in 1850 to house Rev James Thornton (1791-1874).Ewing Annals of the Free Church The most notable minister was Walter Chalmers Smith.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst82.html|title= Walter Chalmers Smith |publisher= Gazetteer for Scotland |access-date=30 September 2022}}

Schools

The only school is Milnathort Primary School. The high school is Loch Leven Community Campus, just outside the town.{{cite web|url= https://www.liveactive.co.uk/Venues/loch-leven-community-campus |title= Loch Leven Community Campus|publisher=Live Active|access-date=1 October 2022}}

Notable people

John Calder, publisher
Prof David Hepburn FRSE, anatomist, President of the Anatomical Society 1916–1918.
Laura Muir, middle-distance runner
Lucinda Russell, 2017 and 2023 Grand National-winning horse trainer
Walter Chalmers Smith, Free Church minister and poet
Frankie Poullain, bassist for rock band The Darkness (band), was raised in Milnathort.

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20100605033151/http://www.milnathortprimary.org.uk/ Milnathort Primary School]

Category:Villages in Perth and Kinross