former site of Stirling High School

Torbrex is an area in the southwest of Stirling, Scotland, which has developed around a small village. It is neighboured by Cambusbarron to the west, St. Ninians to the south, Livilands to the east and Kenningknowes and Laurelhill to the north.[1]

The village lay along a single street which contains a number of old buildings, including the Torbrex Inn which dates back to 1726.[2][3] On the Timothy Pont map of around 1600 the village is spelt "Torbrecks" [4] and on William Roy's 18th century map "Torbreaks". [5]

New areas of housing in Stirling were developed to the north of the village from the 1950s onwards, including Torbrex Farm, and the wider area is referred to as Torbrex.

Stirling County Cricket Club was based at Williamfield in Torbrex for 130 years, from 1877 to 2007, when it relocated to a new site on the eastern outskirts of Stirling.[6][7]

Stirling High School has been situated in Torbrex since 1962. In 2008 it relocated to the site vacated by the cricket club, and its previous site immediately to the north has been developed as housing.

The oldest bones of a human from the Stirling area have been named "Torbrex Tam" by archaeologists and were found nearby in Coneypark in 2017. It is believed he died around 2152 to 2021 BC, meaning the bones are more than 4000 years old.[8]


References

  1. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Inn at Torbrex :: Home". torbrexinn.co.uk.
  3. ^ "New lease of life for historic coaching inn - Scottish Licensed Trade News". sltn.co.uk.
  4. ^ https://maps.nls.uk/pont/view/?id=pont32#zoom=7.0&lat=3117&lon=5043&layers=BT
  5. ^ https://maps.nls.uk/geo/roy/#zoom=15.0&lat=56.10745&lon=-3.95348&layers=1&search=torbreaks
  6. ^ "Stirling County Cricket Club - Home Page". www.stirlingcountycc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ Aitken, Fiona. "History". www.stirlingcountycc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ McNeill, Alastair (1 November 2017). "Stirling's oldest resident revealed to be 4000-year-old 'Torbrex Tam'". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

56°06′24″N 3°57′08″W / 56.106789°N 3.952350°W / 56.106789; -3.952350


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