Orwell is a parish in

Kinross-shire The County of Kinross or Kinross-shire is a historic county and registration county in eastern Scotland, administered as part of Perth and Kinross since 1975. Surrounding its largest settlement and county town of Kinross, the county borders Per ...

, Scotland. It contains the market town of

Milnathort 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. ...

, as well as the hamlet of Middleton. The name comes from the Gaelic ''iubhar coille'' meaning "yew wood". The parish has an area of about . In the south it is quite flat, gradually becoming hillier further north, until one reaches the

Ochil Hills The Ochil Hills (; ) is a range of hills in Scotland north of the River Forth, Forth valley bordered by the cities of Stirling, Perth, Scotland, Perth and the towns of Alloa, Kinross, and Auchterarder . The only major roads crossing the hil ...

at the northern boundary. In addition to Milnathort and Middleton, it contains several farms, some standing stones and Burleigh Castle. Its population was 3005 in 1831, dropped to 1983 in 1911, and rose to 2043 in 1951. The Church of Scotland parish of Orwell and Portmoak includes Orwell church in

and Portmoak church in

Scotlandwell Scotlandwell is a village in Portmoak, Kinross-shire, Scotland. It is within the Perth and Kinross council area. It lies to the east of Loch Leven (Kinross), Loch Leven, at the junction of the A911 road, A977 and B920 roads, approximately west ...

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* ''Describes the history of Orwell in some detail'' Parishes in Kinross-shire {{PerthKinross-geo-stub

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