Balmirmer
Encyclopedia
Balmirmer is a hamlet
in the council area
of Angus
, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Carnoustie
and 4 miles (6 km) west of Arbroath
.
The hamlet is the location of West Balmirmer Farm, the birthplace (in 1891) of Margaret Fairlie
, the first woman to hold a university chair in Scotland
.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the council area
Subdivisions of Scotland
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as "councils"...
of Angus
Angus
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Carnoustie
Carnoustie
Carnoustie is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast...
and 4 miles (6 km) west of Arbroath
Arbroath
Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785...
.
The hamlet is the location of West Balmirmer Farm, the birthplace (in 1891) of Margaret Fairlie
Margaret Fairlie
Margaret Fairlie was a Scottish academic and gynaecologist. Fairlie spent most of her career working at Dundee Royal Infirmary and teaching at the medical school at University College, Dundee...
, the first woman to hold a university chair in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.