Deanston ( gd, Baile an Deadhain) is a village in the
Stirling council area, Scotland, on the south bank of the
River Teith east of
Doune, in south-west
Perthshire
Perthshire ( locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the nort ...
. It is a part of the
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
of
Kilmadock
Kilmadock parish (Scottish Gaelic ''Cille Mo Dog''), named for Saint Cadoc, containing the settlements of Doune, Deanston, Buchany, Argaty, Hill of Row, Drumvaich, and Delvorich, is situated in Stirling council area, Scotland, and is on the sou ...
.
Etymology
The name comes from Walter Drummond, Dean of Dunblane in 1500, originally called ''Deans Town''. After his appointment as Dean of Dunblane, he acquired the lands now known as Deanston from the Haldanes of
Gleneagles.
Deanston mill
Deanston Cotton Mill was built by the Buchanan brothers of Carston, Killearn near Glasgow, in 1785,
and utilised the
River Teith to power the mill. In 1808 James Finlay & Co bought and developed the mill, including the construction of a Lade. James Smith, manager of the mill from 1807, was a successful entrepreneur and inventor. He built unusually designed accommodation over four levels for his workforce, called the divisions, which was new in its day. At its peak, the mill had over 1000 workers and had the largest waterwheel in Europe, Hercules, with a diameter of .
The cotton mill closed in 1965. On the site, the
Deanston Distillery opened in 1966 and is owned by Burn Stewart Distillers Limited (part of
Distell Group Limited), where it produces several megawatts for the
National Grid (2007).
Notable people
Oddly as a small village, Deanston links to two
Lord Provosts of
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...
:
Sir John Muir and
Sir David Richmond
Sir David Richmond (14 July 1843 – 15 January 1908) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1896 to 1899. He was Director of David Richmond and Co., tube makers (later renamed City Tube Works).
Life
He was b ...
.
Deanston is the birthplace of the pioneering documentary maker
John Grierson
John Grierson (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert J. Fl ...
after whom a street in the village is named. John Grierson built the first play-park in Deanston and his grandmother's ashes were scattered underneath the swings.
James Tod of Deanston WS
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...
laird off Deanston from around 1830 to 1858.
References
External links
Undiscovered Scotland - Deanston- Deanston History
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Villages in Stirling (council area)
Doune
Perth and Kinross
Kilmadock