Plasterfield (Scottish Gaelic: Raon na Crèadha) is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway.[1]
Plasterfield
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![]() Stornoway radar station, which helps controllers at Prestwick monitor transatlantic and other high-level air traffic, at the south-eastern corner of Plasterfield | |
Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
Sprache | Scottish Gaelic English |
OS grid reference | NB440330 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Land | Scotland |
Sovereign state | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Post town | STORNOWAY |
Postcode district | HS1 |
Dialling code | 01851 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Plasterfield is a suburb of Stornoway and consists of two groups of houses, built after World War II. The ambulance station for the Isle of Lewis is also here[2] as well a small industrial estate (Mossend estate). In the 1970s a group of Barratt houses was built adjacent to Plasterfield; this area was originally called Bayview. Plasterfield is also the home of The Blackhouse bakery (formerly MacKinnon's).[3]
Angus Macleod, the former Scottish editor of The Times, was raised in Plasterfield.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Lewis, Plasterfield". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Selected Notifications: Addition of Ambulance Stations to the Location Code Directory 20th June-14th August 2005". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "MacKinnon's Bakery, Plasterfield, Stornoway". MacKinnon's Bakery. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "First Minister leads tributes to 'extraordinary' journalist". Hold The Front Page. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Angus Macleod - Obituary". The Telegraph. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
External links
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