Kennet, Clackmannanshire

Kennet
Kennet
 Kennet shown within Clackmannanshire
OS grid referenceNS925910
Council areaClackmannanshire
Lieutenancy areaClackmannanshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CLACKMANNAN
Postcode district FK10
Dialling code 01259
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOchil and South Perthshire
Scottish ParliamentClackmannanshire and Dunblane
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Coordinates: 56°06′00″N 3°43′41″W / 56.1°N 3.728°W / 56.1; -3.728

Kennet is a small former coal mining village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-east of Clackmannan, by the Kincardine railway line. The village is a conservation area, designated by Clackmannanshire Council.[1]

Kennet House, the seat of the Bruces of Kennet, was located to the west of the village (grid reference NS918908). The house was built or rebuilt in the 1790s for the judge Robert Bruce, Lord Kennet. His descendant, the politician and banker Alexander Bruce, established a claim to the forfeited title of Lord Balfour of Burleigh in 1868. The house was demolished in 1967.[2]

Between 1905 and 1961 coal was mined at the Brucefield Colliery, located just to the north of Kennet (grid reference NS928913). In 1948, 75,000 tons of coal were extracted. A brickworks on the site continued to operate into the 1960s.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kennet Village Conservation Area". ClacksWeb. Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Kennet House". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Brucefield Colliery". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
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