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Buchlyvie

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Buchlyvie
scots_name	Buchlyvie
gaelic_name	Both Shlèibhidh
label_position	top
static_image_name	Rob Roy Inn, Buchlyvie (geograph 4053321).jpg
static_image_caption	Rob Roy Inn, Buchlyvie
population
population_ref	()
os_grid_reference	NS573937
map_type	Scotland
coordinates
civil_parish	Kippen
unitary_scotland	Stirling
lieutenancy_scotland	Stirling and Falkirk
constituency_westminster	Stirling and Strathallan
constituency_scottish_parliament	Stirling
post_town	Stirling
postcode_district	FK8 3xx
postcode_area	FK
dial_code	01360 850

Buchlyvie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated 14 mi west of Stirling and 18 mi north of Glasgow. Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells. The village lies on the A811, which follows the line of an eighteenth-century military road between Stirling and Balloch. According to the 2001 census the village's population was 479.

History

Railways

Buchlyvie Junction formed the intersection of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, which linked Stirling and Balloch, and the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway which ran north to Aberfoyle. The station closed in 1951.

The Baron O' Buchlyvie

Buchlyvie was granted Burgh of Barony status in 1672.The Baron O' Buchlyvie was born in 1900 at Woodend Farm, Buchlyvie. The famous Clydesdale Horse was sold in 1902. The case went to the House of Lords, to determine ownership of the horse. The owners were forced to sell the horse at auction in Balfron 1911 for £9,500, a record for any horse at the time.

The Baron had sired generations of Clydesdale horses, and was highly prized in America. In 1914, the Baron's leg was broken by a kick from a mare and was put down. He was buried, but his skeleton was later uncovered and displayed in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the West End of Glasgow.

Facilities

The Parish Kirk on Main Street, Buchlyvie

Buchlyvie is in the catchment area for Balfron High School - the local high school situated in the nearby village of Balfron. The local primary school is situated on Station Road in Buchlyvie and has a shared head teacher with the nearby village of Fintry. Recently refurbished, the building now also houses the Buchlyvie Medical Centre. The village of Buchlyvie had two churches, a United Free Church of Scotland in the north of the village on Station Road (now closed) and a Church of Scotland in the south east of the village on the Main Street.

Sports

The village has a local football team, Buchlyvie United who play in the Forth and Endrick Football League, and have done so since the league's inception in 1910. The local rugby team is Strathendrick RFC who play their home games in the nearby village of Fintry. Buchlyvie Primary School also has a team for football and netball and they play against several teams which are Drymen, Balfron, Kippen, Fintry and Gargunnock.

References

"Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database".
{{Scottish settlement population citation
"Baron O' Buchlyvie".
(1986). "The Baron O' Buchlyvie".
(2012-12-28). "Buchlyvie North Church (Former), Station Road, Buchlyvie".
"Buchlyvie Parish Church Ministers and Key Events".

Wikipedia Source

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