Blackness, Dundee

Blackness
Blackness Library
Blackness is located in Dundee City council area
Blackness
Blackness
Location within Dundee City council area
Blackness is located in Scotland
Blackness
Blackness
Location within Scotland
Population2,565 
OS grid referenceNO388302
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNDEE
Postcode districtDD2
Dialling code01382
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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UK
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56°27′36″N 2°59′41″W / 56.459956°N 2.994693°W / 56.459956; -2.994693

Blackness is an area of the city of Dundee.[1][2][3][4][5] Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located. The presence of the Scouring Burn (now diverted underground) meant that the area was attractive for industrial development in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, modern steam powered machinery requiring a substantial water supply.[4][5] Part of Blackness is a conservation area, noted for its "industrial and social significance ... fine mills [and] narrow cobbled streets".[4][5] The Verdant Works is in Blackness.[5]

The Brooksbank Centre in Blackness commemorates Mary Brooksbank, local resident, revolutionary and songwriter.[6]

  1. ^ The History of Dundee from Its Origin to the Present Time: With a Copious Appendix ... and Statistical Account of the Parish and Town in the Year 1792. J. Chalmers. 1842. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ Alexander Maxwell (1884). The History of Old Dundee, Narrated Out of the Town Council Register, with Additions from Contemporary Annals. D. Douglas. pp. 242–. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ Paterson, James (1879). Reports of Scotch Appeals in the House of Lords A. D. 1851 to 1873: With Tables of All the Cases Cited, Notes, and Copious Index. T. and T. Clark. pp. 89–. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Blackness Conservation Area". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Blackness Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). Dundee City Council. 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ Smith, Graham (23 September 2004). "Brooksbank [née Soutar], Mary Watson (1897–1978), revolutionary and songwriter". Retrieved 27 December 2020.