Crieff
Scottish Gaelic: Craoibh Scots: Crieff
Crieff shown within Scotland
Population	6,800
OS grid reference	NN863219
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRIEFF
Postcode district	PH7
Dialling code	01764
Police	Tayside
Fire	Tayside
Ambulance	Scottish
Scottish Parliament	Perth Mid Scotland and Fife
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire
European Parliament	Scotland
List of places: UK • Scotland

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Crieff (Scottish Gaelic: Craoibh, meaning "tree") is principally a market town in Scotland but in recent years has developed into a hub for tourism, trading mainly on its whisky and cattle droving history. Approximate population 6,800 (2004). // Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Tourist redirects here. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

For a number of centuries the Highlanders came south to Crieff to sell their black cattle whose meat and hides were avidly sought by the growing urban populations in Lowland Scotland and the north of England. The town acted as a gathering point or tryst for the Michaelmas cattle sale held each year and the surrounding fields and hillsides were black with the tens of thousands of cattle - some from as far away as Caithness and the Outer Hebrides (for comparison, in 1790 the population of Crieff was about 1,200 which led to a ratio of tens cows per person, similar to the sheep/human ratio in New Zealand or Australia today). This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For the first term of many universities in the British Isles, see Michaelmas Term. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic)[1] is a committee area of Highland Council, Scotland; a lieutenancy area; and a registration county, Caithness was formerly a district within the Highland region from 1975 to 1996 and a local government county with its own county council from 1890 to 1975. ... Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) redirects here. ... Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

During the October Tryst (as the cattle gathering was known), Crieff was the prototype 'wild west' town, milling with cattle, horse thieves, bandits and drunken drovers. The inevitable killings were punished on the Kind Gallows, for which Crieff became known throughout Europe. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

By the 18th century the original hanging tree used by the Earls of Strathearn had been replaced by a formal wooden structure in an area called Gallowhaugh - now Gallowhill, at the top of Burrell Street. What is now Ford Road, was Gallowford Road which led down past the gallows to the crossing point over the River Earn. In such a prominent position, Highlanders passing along the principal route would see the remains of so punished dangling overhead. The Highlanders used to touch their bonnets as they passed the place, with the words: "God bless you, and the Devil damn you.". In Lord Macaulay's history he talks of a score of plaids hanging in a row, but the remains of the Gallows - held in Perth Museum - suggest the maximum capacity was only six. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The River Earn viewed from Forteviot bridge. ... Thomas Macaulay The Right Honourable Thomas Babington (or Babbington) Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC (October 25, 1800 - December 28, 1859) was a nineteenth century British poet, historian and Whig politician. ...

The townspeople were mainly Presbyterian and anti-Jacobite. The Lairds were mostly Catholic and Jacobite. Crieff was well-known for its pro-government sympathies - it was reported that of the total population only two people supported the Old Pretender (clearly an exaggeration but proof of the extent of feeling). Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, wearing the Jacobite blue bonnet Jacobitism was (and, to a very limited extent, remains) the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland. ...

Rob Roy MacGregor visited Crieff on many occasions, often to sell cattle. Apparently 'Rob Roy's outlaw son' was pursued through the streets of Crieff by soldiers and killed [but I haven't been able to discover the date or which of his four sons it was]. In the second week of October 1714 the Highlanders gathered in Crieff for the October Tryst. By day Crieff was full of soldiers and government spies. Just after midnight, Rob Roy and his men marched to Crieff Town Square and rang the town bell. In front of the gathering crowd they sang Jacobite songs and drank a good many loyal toasts to their uncrowned King James VIII. Robert Roy MacGregor, usually known simply as Rob Roy, was a Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the 18th century. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender Prince James Francis Edward Stuart or Stewart, the Old Pretender, (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766) was the son of the deposed King James II of England and VII of Scots, and as such laid claim to the English and Scottish thrones (as...

In 1716, 350 returning Highlanders (having been narrowly defeated by the Duke of Argyle at the Battle of Sheriffmuir) burned most of Crieff to the ground in revenge. In 1731, James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, laid out the town's central James Square and established a textile industry with a flax factory. In the 1745 rising the Highlanders were itching to fire the town again and were reported as saying "she should be a bra toun gin she had anither sing". But it was saved by the Duke of Perth - a friend and supporter of Prince Charles (who presumably was worried about his factories). In February 1746 the Jacobite army was quartered in and around the town with Prince Charles Edward Stuart holding his final war council in the old Drummond Arms Inn in James Square - Located behind the present hotel in Hill Street. He also had his horse shod in the blacksmith's in King Street. Later in the month he reviewed his troops in front of Ferntower House, on what is today the Crieff Golf Course. // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rebellion in England and Scotland. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... // Events Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized. ... Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 – 31 January 1788), known in Scots Gaelic as Teàrlach Eideard Stiùbhairt, was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. ...

Fame in Verse

Crieff was immortalised by William McGonagall in his poem "Crieff" William Topaz McGonagall (1825–September 29, 1902) was a weaver, actor, and poet. ...

"Ye lovers of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief,

Take my advice, and visit the ancient town of Crieff."

Tourism

Crieff is becoming more and more popular with tourists, due to it's Highland and countryside feel and also on its whisky and cattle droving history. From campsites to luxury accomodation in the Hydro, Crieff caters for everyone. Location Geography Area Ranked 1st  - Total 30,659 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Inverness ISO 3166-2 GB-HLD ONS code 00QT Demographics Population Ranked 7th  - Total (2005) 213,590  - Density 8 / km² Politics The Highland Council http://www. ... Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... Look up hydro, hydro-, hydr- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Famous residents

Crieff was the birthplace of:

• James Alexander Cooper, Akin to Robert Smith of The Cure Fame. Notable for his world famous love poetry, for Lesba who we believe to be the Late Claire Kinnon
• Ewan McGregor, actor
• Denis Lawson, actor
• Thomas Thomson, chemist
• Samuel Gordon Campbell, Alumnus of Morrison's Academy, Cornell University Professor, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine

Oscar winning screenwriter Neil Paterson was a resident of Crieff until his death in 1995. Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971; pronounced [1]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Denis Lawson as Wedge Antilles in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Denis Lawson (born September 27, 1947 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland), is a Scottish actor. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Thomas Thomson (April 12, 1773 - July 2, 1852) was a Scottish chemist. ... A chemist pours from a round-bottom flask. ... , Morrisons Academy is an independent co-educational school in Crieff, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary school facilities. ... Cornell redirects here. ... The New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University was founded in 1894, and is only one of two institutes of veterinary medicine in the Ivy League in the United States. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Neil Paterson (31 December 1916-19 April, 1995) was an Academy Award winning screenwriter. ...