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	Encyclopedia: Auchterarder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auchterarder (Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Ardair) is a small burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
		A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
		Auchterarder was the village closest to the 2005 G8 Summit of world leaders, held at The Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Auchterarder (338 words)

	Historical perspective for Auchterarder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auchterarder House in Elizabethan, and Colearn in Scottish Baronial style, are both of modern erection; and 6 proprietors hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 14 of between £100 and £500,13 of from £50 to £100, and 54 of from £20 to £50.
		Auchterarder is the seat of a presbytery in the synod of Perth and Stirling; its minister's income is £376.
		Under the school-board there are the 3 public schools of Auchterarder (an Elizabethan structure, erected in 1875 at a cost of £2000), Townhead, and Aberuthven, and a charity school, founded by John Sheddan, Esq., of Lochie, in 1811, to furnish free education to 12 poor children, and endowed with land of £1000 value.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/towns/townhistory142.html (1408 words)

	Auchterarder Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Auchterarder Castle, whose fragmentary ruins lie to the north of the town, was used as a hunting lodge by Malcolm III in the latter half of the 1000s.
		But by this time Auchterarder was in decline in importance compared with Crieff, a few miles to its north west.
		Auchterarder itself is often known as the Lang Toun because it stretches out along the line of a single main road that descends from west to east, offering wide views and much more of a sense of the surrounding countryside to the east that you'd normally find in such an urban setting.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /auchterarder/auchterarder (698 words)

	Auchterarder Perthshire: Accommodation, Businesses, Attractions
		Auchterarder is situated with the Ochil Hills and Gleneagles to the south and Strathearn to the north.
		Mary of Lorraine negotiated the Treaty of Perth from Auchterarder in 1559.
		In 1834 the members of the Church in Auchterarder began what was to lead to a split, The Disruption, in the Protestant Church of Scotland for almost a 100 years.
	www.strathearn.com /st_auchterarder.htm (236 words)

	Scottish Towns - Auchterarder - Local History
		The Abbey of Inchaffray, founded by the Earl of Strathearn, was endowed by him in 1200 with the lands and church of St. MacKessock in Auchterarder.
		During the Reformation Mary of Lorraine, widow of James V and mother of Mary Queen of Scots, was encamped here when the Lords of the Congregation came from Perth to force her to sign the Treaty of Auchterarder granting Freedom of Worship to her subjects.
		The Presbytery's 'Auchterarder Creed' gave rise to the Secession Church of 1732 and the Church of the Disruption is still represented by a Tower built from the stones of the old Kincardine Castle, the home of James Graham - Marquis of Montrose.
	www.scottish-towns.co.uk /perthshire/auchterarder/history.html (807 words)

	Auchterarder Perthshire Scotland
		The motto on Auchterarder's town crest says 'A city stood on a hill cannot be hid'.
		Although Auchterarder may not be a city, its attractions are certainly not hidden from view.
		There is a good selection of places to eat in Auchterarder and surrounding areas, where a particular feature is the warm Perthshire welcome which is always in evidence.
	freespace.virgin.net /allandale.house/auchdesc.htm (644 words)

	Auchterarder: a G8 summit visitor’s guide Carolyn Tan - openDemocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auchterarder is in the Strathearn district of the county of Perthshire, surrounded by the modestly beautiful Ochil Hills.
		Auchterarder was razed in 1715 during the Jacobite rebellion against King George I, and some locals profess to fear (and many more outsiders would like them to fear) that this may be repeated during the first week of July.
		The Highland Spring bottling factory in Auchterarder’s sister village of Blackford — which supplies Gleneagles — is expanding its capacity to meet demand.
	www.opendemocracy.net /globalization-summits/guide_2618.jsp (1649 words)

	Scottish Towns - Auchterarder, Perthshire
		In the 11th century Auchterarder was the seat of a fine hunting lodge for King Malcolm Ceannmor, the castle is now a ruin.
		Auchterarder is now a thriving rural town with lots to offer the visitor and traveller.
		A thorn tree in the centre of the village is a memorial to the burning of the village in 1716 by the retreating Jacobites.
	www.scottish-towns.co.uk /perthshire/auchterarder (666 words)

	The Battle of Auchterarder Dominic Hilton - openDemocracy
		Auchterarder is the epitome of a one-street whistlestop.
		Auchterarder public park is next to “John Smith & Son Funeral Directors” (a temporary mortuary will be set up, in case).
		The Auchterarder Heritage Centre (a small creaky room above Tourist Information) explains the town’s ancient status: “to increase Royal revenues [and] act as political counterweight to our powerful landowners The most important rights were the right to hold a market and the right to regulate trade”.
	www.opendemocracy.net /articles/View.jsp?id=2615 (1394 words)

	Welcome to Auchterarder from Guardian Unlimited: Newsblog
		Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Auchterarder, the nearest town to the Gleneagles Hotel, has picked up a reputation as the place where all the shops are boarded up, and also as the safest town in Scotland - where there are rather more police officers than one on every corner.
		A Global Village Cafe in the grounds of Auchterarder parish church was opened yesterday by a Tanzanian bishop.
		In keeping with the African theme of the sumnmit, it is home to chickens, a water pump and a goat in an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of one of the continent's villages.
	blogs.guardian.co.uk /news/archives/2005/07/06/welcome_to_auchterarder.html (913 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Day of uncertainty and contrasts
		The Auchterarder protesters eventually got their wish but the contrast came when a predominantly peaceful march was affected by some of the disorder seen elsewhere.
		Safety and order was paramount for police in Auchterarder and, with serious violent confrontations ongoing in Stirling, perhaps they could not be blamed for feeling twitchy.
		Many demonstrators in Auchterarder were at pains to stress that they were not there for trouble but had a message to deliver to world leaders.
	newsalerts.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/4658007.stm (954 words)

	New Auchterarder Primary School opens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ms Jamieson added that she was impressed with Auchterarder Primary’s open plan design, built around a central courtyard play area.
		Auchterarder Primary School has 390 pupils with an 80-place nursery class.
		It is the second phase of a four-part community school development project costing a total of £12.15 million.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /pages/news/2002/08/p_SEed090.aspx (297 words)

	Tiny Scottish village braces for G8 summit - Boston.com - Europe - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Residents of the tiny town, just a few miles from the Gleneagles golf resort where the politicians will stay for their three-day meeting, are wary.
		Retiree Jessie Roy and three friends, caught on the wrong side of the road closure for much of the morning, were unable to get home, so they stopped to have sandwiches and coffee on a bench outside the community's school.
		Linda Giannandrea, owner of Auchterarder's Fish and Chip Company, said most seemed to be staying away ahead of the summit.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/07/06/tiny_scottish_village_braces_for_g8_summit (623 words)

	Allandale House, Auchterarder, Scotland - Quality b&b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is now a stylish bed and breakfast of great comfort and character, which has recently been completely refurbished to a very high standard, yet still retains many of its original features.
		Auchterarder, situated in the centre of Scotland, is the perfect base for touring much of Scotland.
		Golf courses are found at Auchterarder, Dunning, Whitemoss and Gleneagles only 2 miles away.
	www.avaweb.co.uk /allandale.html (186 words)

	Strathallan
		Located about 5 miles from Auchterarder in Central Scotland, Strathallan is a Club run by the members for the members at the lowest possible cost.
		There is no public transport to the airfield, but there are local taxi services in Auchterarder.
		The nearest railway station is Gleneagles, about 2 miles from Auchterarder / 7 miles from the airfield.
	www.bpa.org.uk /dzf/pages/strathallan3.htm (603 words)

	Auchterarder Perthshire Scotland information
		The Royal Burgh of Auchterarder is a situated with the Ochil Hills and Gleneagles to the south and Strathearn to the north.
		However, from 1760-1780 linen weaving, a dye works and a paper mill were established in the town.
		In 1834 the members of the Church in the town began what was to lead to a split, The Disruption, in the Protestant Church of Scotland for almost a 100 years.
	www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /auchterarder2.htm (251 words)

	Auchterarder
		Situated close to the Ochil Hills, Auchterarder is a charming country town renowned for its many independently owned speciality shops and range of quality hotels.
		Auchterarder is known as 'The Lang Toun' or Long Town, a name derived from its extended High Street that runs for over a mile and eventually links with the neighbouring village of Aberuthven.
		In the Middle Ages Auchterarder was known in Europe as 'The Town of 100 Drawbridges', a colourful description of the narrow bridges leading from the road level across wide gutters to the doorsteps of houses.
	www.visitscotland.com /library/auchterardertown (219 words)

	CBS News \| G-8 Protest March Gets Reprieve \| July 7, 2005 06:41:57
		Earlier, police had called off the march in the village of Auchterarder after demonstrators smashed car windows, threw rocks and attempted to blockade one of the main approach roads to the exclusive Gleneagles resort hosting the summit.
		The protests had caused apprehension in Auchterarder, a village of 4,000 people 2.5 miles northeast of the Gleneagles summit venue.
		Earlier in the day, more than 100 activists, many clad in fl and covering their faces with bandanas and wearing hoods, streamed out of a makeshift campsite in Stirling in central Scotland, 14 miles southwest of Gleneagles, where some 5,000 anarchists and anti-globalization protesters are staying.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/07/07/world/main707055.shtml (467 words)

	VisitScotland Perthshire - Auchterarder & The Ochils
		There is no doubt that this is an area beloved of golfers, providing glorious scenery and challenging courses not only at Gleneagles but also in Auchterarder, Whitemoss by Aberuthven and Dunning.
		Like Auchterarder itself and Aberuthven (a small village to the East), Blackford has a peaceful timeless quality.
		To the west is a more macabre monument to Maggie Wall, who was burnt at the stake as a witch in 1657.
	www.perthshire.co.uk /index.asp?lm=46 (620 words)

	Overview of Auchterarder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A village and parish lying to the north of the Ochil Hills in SW Perth and Kinross, Auchterarder stretches out along a mile-long main street that is lined on both sides with shops selling a wide range of tourist goods ranging from antiquwes to woollens.
		Its ruined castle is said to have been a royal hunting lodge established by Malcolm Canmore in the 11th century and the village itself was for a time a burgh.
		In 1834 the parish of Auchterarder was the scene of one of the first disputes that gave rise to the Disruption of 1843 when the church congregation refused to accept the minister nominated by the land owner.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/towns/townfirst142.html (268 words)

	Crieff Auchterarder Comrie - Strathearn Perthshire Property
		The Crieff and Strathearn area of Perthshire lies near the centre of mainland Scotland and includes the towns and villages of Auchterarder, Braco, Comrie, Crieff, Lochearnhead, Muthill and St Fillans.
		Auchterarder - between the Ochill Hills, Gleneagles and Strathearn.
		Comrie - is in the heart of scenic west Strathearn within the Scottish Highlands.
	www.strathearn.com (223 words)

	Auchterarder Information Online -Community information and services around Auchterarder, UK
		This section of the site has been designed to provide a means of allowing community services in and around Auchterarder to publicise themselves and pass on any important information to Auchterarder residents.
		If you have any information that you want to pass on to Auchterarder residents you can write an article, use the free public notices, or publicise any events in our Auchterarder events section.
		Auchterarder Information Online is an independent site and is not affiliated with, or officially sponsored by any local authority or tourist information centre based in Auchterarder.
	www.britinfo.net /fp-D-AEK.htm (427 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Scottish police cancel, then allow anti-G8 marches
		At first Tayside police canceled a planned protest march Wednesday at Auchterarder outside the G8 summit after demonstrators smashed car windows, threw rocks and attempted to blockade one of the main approach roads to the exclusive Gleneagles resort hosting the summit.
		Police said it called off the march in the village of Auchterarder, expected to draw 5,000 or more people, on the grounds of public safety after consulting with organizers.
		The protests had caused apprehension in Auchterarder, a village of 4,000 people 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) northeast of the Gleneagles summit venue.
	newsfromrussia.com /meeting/2005/07/06/60534.html (1012 words)

	Scottish Conservatives - DUNCAN AND SMITH VISIT AUCHTERARDER JUNCTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Peter Duncan MP today visited Conservative Candidate for Ochil and South Perthshire, Elizabeth Smith at the Auchterarder South Junction between the A9 and the A824.
		The junction has been the scene of 2 fatal accidents and other serious accidents since August 2003 and is a major local flspot.
		This would be of great benefit to the businesses that depend on this road and would improve the economic circumstances of Auchterarder and Perthshire as a whole.
	www.scottishtories.org.uk /pressrelease.asp?ID=6335 (475 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Auchterarder Standing Stones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Situated on the Tullibardine road leading NW from Auchterarder, this is an interesting group.
		This is the stones just on the outskirts of Auchterarder, easy to see but not so easy to access.
		The one in the middle of the island is of course the first you visit the second on the edge of the hedge you can touch, but the third is most difficult with rusty barbed wire and nettles and brambles.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?x=292900&y=712440 (948 words)

	Auchterarder Golf Club - Golf, golf scotland, golf in auchterarder, golf in perthshire
		Auchterarder Golf Club - Golf, golf scotland, golf in auchterarder, golf in perthshire
		Auchterarder Golf Club is located in the heart of Perthshire, Scotland and welcomes visitors all year round.
		We hope to see you at Auchterarder Golf Club soon.
	www.auchterardergolf.co.uk (97 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Free Church of Scotland
		The views of the two parties, the Evangelical and the Moderate, became more and more opposed, the final result being the "Ten Years Conflict" between them, which ended in the triumph of the former, and in the passing by the General Assembly in 1834, of the famous "Veto Act".
		This direct blow at the right of private patrons was soon challenged in the civil courts, and was ultimately decided (1838) in the famous Auchterarder case against the Church.
		An unfavorable answer was received, and in response to a petition submitted to the House of Commons, that body refused any redress of the grievances complained of.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06257b.htm (1025 words)

	D & R Johnston - Auchterarder - high quality footwear for ladies and gents - Van Dal - Servas - Rieker - Loake - Gabor ...
		The Johnstons' daughters Eleanor and Alison have now joined the business and are increasingly taking over but are carrying on the same excellent personal service provided by their parents.
		Customers come to Auchterarder from far and wide for the super selection of shoes provided.
		Most styles are stocked size 3 to 8, with a limited stock of 2's And 9's.
	www.johnstonshoes.co.uk (383 words)

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