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Ashfield, Stirling

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Ashfield
gaelic_name	Achadh an Uinnsinn
static_image_name	The Square, Ashfield - geograph.org.uk - 1104118.jpg
static_image_caption	The Square, Ashfield
os_grid_reference	NN784037
coordinates
label_position	left
population	139
population_ref
civil_parish	Dunblane and Lecropt
lieutenancy_scotland	Stirling and Falkirk
constituency_westminster	Stirling and Strathallan
constituency_scottish_parliament	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
post_town	Dunblane
postcode_district	FK15
postcode_area	FK
dial_code	01786
unitary_scotland	Stirling

Ashfield () is a small village in the Registration county of Perth and the local government district of Stirling, Scotland. It lies between the Allan Water and the Stirling-Perth Railway line. It is two miles north of Dunblane, and was designated a conservation village in 1976. It was originally built to house workers at a nearby silk-dyeing mill. Prior to this, a mill, Millash or Mill of Ash, existed, as did an extensive house or farm. Ashfield has four residential streets (Ochilview, Allanview, The Steading and The Cottages), a residential block (The Clachan) and also a square, named after the former prime minister William Gladstone, called Gladstone Square.

There are various annual activities based in the village hall such as a Blues festival, a Food festival and a Music festival.

References

The Gazetteer for Scotland, Ashfield, http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/towndetails504.html
The Gazetteer for Scotland, Ashfield, https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst504.html
Alexander B Barty, (1944), The History of Dunblane, P248
Canmore, Ashfield Print Works:Worker's Housing, http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/167284/details/ashfield+print+works+workers+housing/
"Archived copy".

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