Hillyland Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Hillyland
Os Grid Reference:NO08532433
Coordinates:56.4034°N -3.4808°W
Unitary Scotland:Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy Scotland:Perth and Kinross
Post Town:PERTH
Postcode District:PH1
Postcode Area:PH
Dial Code:01738
Constituency Westminster:Perth and North Perthshire
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Static Image:North on Newhouse Road, Letham, Perth, April 1979 (geograph 4307384).jpg
Static Image Caption:Looking north along Newhouse Road in 1979, when the area was the western extremity of Perth's small urban sprawl. Hillyland occupies the area immediately to the west of this view

Hillyland is a suburban area of Perth, Scotland, approximately 2miles west-northwest of the centre of Perth.[1] It borders Tulloch, which is located to the north and northeast.[2] Newhouse Road separates Hillyland from Letham to the east.

Hillyland lies immediately to the east of the A9 and south of the A85 (Crieff Road). As its name suggests, the area is centred on a hill, which is 55.8m (183.1feet) at its highest point.[3]

In 1909, city reports described a "special drainage district" called Tulloch and Hillyland.[4]

Hillyland Farm

Morris Young Ltd., a haulage company, was located in the wedge of land between Crieff and Tulloch Roads between 1952 and 2020.[5] Its lorry fleet was visible parked atop the hill located at the former Hillyland Farm,[6] from which the area grew.[7] Now-demolished dwellings for the farm workers were pictured in a 1904 issue of The Architect and Contract Reporter.[8] Robert Henderson was the farmer in 1897.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hillyland from The Gazetteer for Scotland . 2022-06-29 . www.scottish-places.info . en-gb.
  2. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/6096/Over-1million-boost-for-home-improvements-in-Hillyland "Over £1million boost for home improvements in Hillyland"
  3. https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/hillyland-perth-and-kinross Hillyland, Perth and Kinross
  4. The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland, volume 24 (1908), p. 245
  5. Web site: McLaren . Rob . Sixteen jobs lost as Perth haulage firm ceases trading after more than 70 years . 2022-06-29 . The Courier . 17 June 2020 . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Perth, Crieff Road, Hillyland Farm House Canmore . 2022-06-29 . canmore.org.uk . en.
  7. The Commercial Motor, volume 138 (1973), p. 29
  8. The Architect and Contract Reporter, volume 72, July 1904
  9. Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, (1897), p. 18