5-514: Laurieston may refer to the following places in Scotland: Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway , see List of United Kingdom locations: La-Laz#Lap–Laz Laurieston, Falkirk Laurieston, Glasgow See also [ edit ] Lauriston (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
10-585: Is a village in the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland . It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east Falkirk , 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south-west of Grangemouth and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of Polmont . Laurieston is located on the A803 road between Falkirk and Polmont . At the time of the 2001 census , Laurieston had a population of 2,752 residents, down from 3,000 in 1991 and 3,300 in 1971. The course of
15-516: The Antonine Wall runs through the village with the largest fort on the wall located at Mumrills . Laurieston was a planned village. Before Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier, started feuing the lands of Langton in 1756, there was just a scatter of cottages and farmhouses. This new settlement was called New Merchiston after the Napier family seat. It was then renamed Lawrencetown in 1765 after Napier sold
20-466: The project to Sir Lawrence Dundas, becoming known as Laurieston within a few years. Situated on the main street is Hawthorn Cottage, a nineteenth-century stone dwelling that was once owned by Alfred Nobel , inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prizes after his death. Nobel lived there while managing an explosives factory near the nearby villages of Redding and Westquarter . Mumrills Fort,
25-471: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laurieston&oldid=983644262 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Laurieston, Falkirk Laurieston
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