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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |country= Scotland |official_name= Plean |gaelic_name= |label_position= top |static_image_name= The Plean Tavern, Stirlingshire - geograph.org.uk - 160338.jpg |static_image_caption= The Plean Tavern on the town's Main Street |coordinates = {{coord|56.061|-3.871|display=inline,title}} |population = 1,740 |population_ref = [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] |os_grid_reference= NS835869 |civil_parish= [[St. Ninians]] |unitary_scotland= [[Stirling (district)|Stirling]] |lieutenancy_scotland= [[Stirling and Falkirk]] |constituency_westminster= [[Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling]] |constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Stirling]] |post_town= STIRLING |postcode_district = FK7 |postcode_area= FK |dial_code= 01786 }} '''Plean''' is a village, in the [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling Council area]] of central [[Scotland]], located on the main [[A9 road (Great Britain)|A9 road]] from [[Falkirk]]. At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], Plean had a population of 1,740. Plean has some [[historic buildings]], some [[council houses]] and an [[estate (land)|estate]].<ref name="Scrol">{{cite web |url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=plean&mainLevel=Locality |title=Comparative Population Profile for the Plean locality |publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online (SCROL) |accessdate=2008-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519160526/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=plean&mainLevel=Locality |archivedate=2011-05-19 }}</ref> ==Landmarks== Plean has a [[Church of Scotland]] [[Church (building)|Church]] with an attached graveyard, a [[petrol Station|petrol station]], [[chip shop]], a small [[clinic]], small [[library]] pub, pharmacy, bakers, Indian takeaway and 3 convenience stores. East Plean Primary School was formerly housed in a traditional building dating from 1874. Many of the original features of the building were retained in the refurbishment of the school, which was completed in summer 2000, including the addition of a purpose-built nursery. The school building was damaged beyond repair in November 2010 when a fire was deliberately started in a hut to the rear. The building was subsequently demolished and a new modern school is being built on the site. Andrew Stretton, 18, set fire to a cardboard box in a shed, but the blaze spread to the main building causing serious damage. Stretton was sentenced at Stirling and ordered to carry out 300 hours of community service, and put on probation for two years. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/207299-east-plean-primary-badly-damaged-by-fire/ |title=East Plean primary school badly damaged by fire|date= 7 November 2010|publisher=STV|accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref> == Plean Estate == [[File:The ruins of Plean House - geograph.org.uk - 160341.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of Plean House in Plean Country Park]] The Plean Estate was once owned by the [[Earl of Dunmore]]; he had sold it to the [[Robert Haldane]] who was already the owner of the Airthrey Estate in [[Stirling]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pleancountrypark.org.uk/index.php/history/5-history-of-plean-house-and-park|title=Friends of Plean Country Park - Social History of Plean Estate|last=User|first=Super|website=www.pleancountrypark.org.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref> It stayed in the Haldane family until it was sold in 1799 to Francis Simpson,<ref name=":0" /> a former captain with the [[East India Company]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.stirlingarchives.scot/2016/01/08/governors-house-william-simpsons-asylum-plean/|title=Governor's House, William Simpson's Asylum, Plean, 1907|date=2016-01-08|access-date=2018-06-28|language=en-GB}}</ref> Simpson's wife Jean Sophia Cadell, daughter of William Cadell of Banton, was only twenty-one when she died in 1806, she left behind two children for Simpson to look after; one son, William, and a daughter, Frances.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stniniansold.org.uk/news/from-the-past/|title=St Ninians Old Parish Church {{!}} From the past|last=Edit|first=St Ninians Old Parish Church {{!}} powered by Church|website=www.stniniansold.org.uk|access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref> In 1819, Francis built Plean House and the other estate buildings.<ref name=":0" /> [[William Simpson's Home]] is a local charity based in Plean, established by Francis Simpson, providing residential social care for men with [[Long-term impact of alcohol on the brain|alcohol-related brain damage]], and with underlying mental health illness.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8485749.stm|title=1800s care home to open to women|date=2010|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-GB}}</ref> Plean [[Country park|Country Park]] is located in Plean, in the grounds of the now-ruined Plean House. Entry is free and the park is maintained by [[Stirling Council]]. Nearby [[Plean Castle]], or Plane Tower, was once a home of the Somerville family. It was restored from ruin twice in the twentieth century and is now a private house.<ref>Salter, Mike, ''Castles of the Heartland of Scotland'', Folly (1994), 131.</ref> ==Famous people== [[Campbell Forsyth]], the [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] and [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] international [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] was born in Plean in 1939.<ref>{{cite book| title=In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC |last= Holley |first= Duncan |author2=Chalk, Gary | publisher=Hagiology Publishing | year=2003 | isbn=0-9534474-3-X|page=512}}</ref> [[Frankie Jones (boxer)|Frankie Jones]], the [[flyweight|fly]]/[[bantamweight]] champion [[Boxing|boxer]] of the 1950s and '60s was born in Plean in 1933.<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=29883&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.pleancountrypark.org.uk/ Friends of Plean Country Park] *[http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/285.html Scottish Mining Website - East Plean 13 July 1922] *[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/rcahms/132578/plean-colliery/rcahms Scotland's Places - Plean Colliery] *[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/scottish-colliery-disaster/query/stirling 1922 Pit Disaster] {{Stirling Towns & Villages}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Stirling (council area)]]'