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Allandale, Falkirk

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Allandale
os_grid_reference	NS799787
map_type	Scotland
coordinates
civil_parish	Falkirk
unitary_scotland	Falkirk
lieutenancy_scotland	Stirling and Falkirk
constituency_westminster	Falkirk
constituency_scottish_parliament	Falkirk West
post_town	Bonnybridge
postcode_district	FK4
postcode_area	FK
dial_code	01324
edinburgh_distance	28 mi ESE
london_distance	347 mi SSE
static_image_name	Allandale Cottages.jpg
static_image_caption	The row of terraced cottages in Allandale

Allandale is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. Allandale is located 1.6 mi south-west of Bonnybridge, 3.5 mi north-east of Cumbernauld and 5.4 mi west-southwest of Falkirk. The entire village is a row of terraced housing along a section of the B816 road from Bonnybridge to Castlecary. The village is bordered to the north by the Forth & Clyde Canal and to the south by the former LMS railway.

History

The village of Allandale was built in 1904 to house workers of a new brickworks started by J.G Stein and Co. Dundas Cottages was built for management and office staff a few years later, the council built additional houses in the 1960s. See www.allandalecottages.co.uk

Sports

In 1970 football club, Steins Thistle, was founded as a team for the workers of the Steins Brickworks, named after John Stein. Despite the closure of the brickworks, the football club remains to date and currently compete in the Central Scottish Amateur Football League.

References

[http://www.monklands.co.uk/glenathill/bricks.htm Monklands Online] {{webarchive. link. (2010-04-19 , www.monklands.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-04-13)
(26 March 2016). "Stein's – a success story built with bricks". The Falkirk Herald.
[http://www.steinsthistle.co.uk/ Steins Thistle], www.steinsthistle.co.uk. Retrieved 2001-04-13

Wikipedia Source

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