Cowie

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Cowie
Gaelic: Collaidh
Stirlingshire

The main road through Cowie
Location
Grid reference: NS838890
Location: 56°4’50"N, 3°52’1"W
Data
Dialling code: 01786
Local Government
Council: Stirling
Parliamentary
constituency:
Stirling

Cowie is a village in the parish of St Ninians in Stirlingshire. It lies on the minor B9124 road approximately four miles south-east of the county town, Stirling and about a mile north of the main A9 road. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 2,387.[1] Its name is from the Scottish Gaelic Collaidh, meaning wooded place.

Cowie was formerly a pit village and stone quarrying was carried on in the surrounds. It is now the site of a factory manufacturing engineered wood products and other light industries. Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.

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