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2 unusual facts about Dunblane


Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway

The impressive station building at Doune was demolished in 1968 (although the former station master's house survives) and the site is now occupied by housing, as is the site of the original station in Callander.

Nicholas de Moffat

He travelled to the Holy See to become consecrated; but he did not pay the money requested of him, and his travel companions turned against him, the bishop of Dunblane perhaps aspiring to the bishopric himself.


Adamslie Park

The station is located on the Croy Line between Glasgow Queen Street and Dunblane.

Alex Boyd

Alexander Boyd Barty (1873–1940), Dunblane, Scotland, solicitor and local historian

Clement of Dunblane

Dunblane emerged as a bishopric in 1155, probably, like bishoprics with a similar history (e.g. Brechin), having changed in little more than name.

Fionnlagh MacCailein

He is last known to have been alive on 25 March 1419 but was dead by 30 October when a papal mandate ordered the translation of William Stephani, Bishop of Orkney, to the now vacant see of Dunblane.

John Hepburn

John Herspolz (died 1485/7), bishop of Dunblane, also known as John Hepburn

John Herspolz

On the day of the resignation of the bishopric of Dunblane by Robert Lauder at the papal curia - 12 September 1466 - Pope Paul II provided Herspolz as Lauder's successor.

Ochilview Park

The station is located on the main Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and the Croy Line from Glasgow Queen Street, which alternates between Alloa and Dunblane via Stirling.


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