Millburn, Inverness

Millburn (Scottish Gaelic: Allt A'Mhuilinn, meaning "The Mill Stream") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. The neighbourhood is situated just east of the city centre, beside the Mill Burn for which it's named.

Millburn
Neighbourhood
Millburn
Location within the Inverness area
Population10,773 
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townInverness
Postcode districtIV2 3
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The area is served by several primary schools in its surrounding area, with high school students attending the neighbourhood's own Millburn Academy. Millburn Road, running parallel to the academy, is one of the main access roads into the centre of Inverness from the A9.

The area is also famous for Millburn distillery, which produced Scotch whisky before its closure in 1985. Though most of its buildings were demolished, part of the distillery remains as a restaurant with a purpose-built Premier Inn alongside.

Local History

According to one local memoir, an explosion occurred in 1781 at the city's powder magazine on Church Street. Debris from the building landed in Millburn, and the sea nearby.[1]

In September 1834, Henry Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain made an official visit to Inverness. His carriage met the city's Provost, magistrates, and a large crowd in Millburn.[2]

A survey of Millburn was made by the War Office in 1877, alongside areas of Yorkshire and Hampshire.[3]

  • Level crossing at Millburn over the Highland Railway
  • Morrisons supermarket, at the west end of Millburn
  • Millburn Road, leading into Inverness city centre

References
  1. Recollections of Inverness, by an Invernessian. Author. 1863.
  2. MacKay, William John (1975). The Freemen of Inverness: A History of the Burgesses and Freemen of the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Inverness from 1800-1975. Highland Herald Limited.
  3. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1877). Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. Ordered to be printed.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.