Stranocum
| Stranocum | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 Stranocum | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | D 010304 |
| Location: | 55°6’38"N, 6°25’6"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ballymoney |
| Postcode: | BT53 |
| Local Government | |
Stranocum is a small village and a townland in the north of County Antrim. Nearby are such villages as Dervock and Armoy, while the town of Ballymoney is about five miles to the south-west.
The village had a population of 297 people (in 110 households) at the 2011 Census. The name of the village appears to be derived from the Gaelic Sraith Nócam.[1]
The village is on the west bank of the River Bush and is mostly on the gentle hill down to the river. Although mainly a commuter village it does have some services. These include a supermarket and petrol station, a vehicle service garage, animal feeds mill, trout farm, Bushvalley Primary School and a park.
Transport links
Stranocum railway station opened on 18 October 1880, shut for goods traffic on 24 March 1924, and shut altogether on 3 July 1950.[2]
It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway that ran for 17 miles between Ballycastle and Ballymoney: this was part of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway, later Northern Counties Committee, main line to Londonderry.[3]
References
- ↑ Stranocum - Placenames NI
- ↑ "Stranocum station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
- ↑ Baker, Michael H.C.: 'Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past' (Ian Allan Publishing, 1999) ISBN 0-7110-2680-7