The Village
						(Old) Sauchie In the year 1321, Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie (the place or field of the willows) to Henry de Annand, formerly Sherriff of Clackmannan, who had been responsible for collecting the King's taxes and organising the defence of the Shire. A tower was built in 1335 on the site of the present Sauchie Tower which was built before 1431 when Mary de Annand, the co-heiress to the estate, married Sir James Schaw of Greenock [Sauchie and Alloa - A People's History, John Adamson 1988] Nothing, excepting the tower, is left of the old village of Sauchie. The village clustered around the tower for protection. The Schaw family moved from the tower to the more stately Newtonschaw in the early 1700's. The original village disappeared, and the tower fell into disrepair. Later houses were erected around a brick works sited on the River Devon, but the brick works too fell into disuse with the demise of the mining industry in the area. New Sauchie A village on the Alloa-to-Tillicoultry road. There are also the villages of Old Sauchie near the Devon, and New Sauchie on the outskirts of Alloa. The population of the special scavenging and lighting district of Sauchie is 2844, and the people are mostly workers in the coal mines. [Clackmannan and Kinross by J.P.Day B.A. B Sc., 1915 ] New Sauchie is a relatively modern settlement. The village of Sauchie was originally sited around Sauchie Tower, by the River Devon near Alva (about 2 miles north of New Sauchie's present position). Present day Sauchie grew from Holton Village, built in 1710 to house the Earl of Mar's colliers at the Holton mine, and Newtonshaw, originally built to house the servants of the Schaw family. The Schaw's moved out of Sauchie Tower, to their new house at Schawpark in the 1700's. Schawpark was a large mansion, sited in what is now Schawpark Golf Course. There is now nothing left of the mansion house. As the two villages of Newtonschaw and Holton grew, they merged into one, the area becoming known as New Sauchie. With the county boundary changes of 1891 the name became official. Little is left now of the old villages. The main street through Sauchie having been completely re-developed in the 1960's
					WHAT'S IN SAUCHIE In terms of sport and fitness either watching or taking part there is much to see and do. SHAWPARK GOLF CLUB-is an eighteen hole course and is located at the top of Main-Street. SAUCHIE BOWLING CLUB is located on Fairfield Road Sauchie Juniors football club is also located at the top of Main Street. Sauchie Judo Club meets in Sauchie public Hall mar Place Sauchie For those interested in gentler pursuits there is Sauchie Library located on Main Street There is GARTMORN DAM COUNTRY PARK ideal for fishing or countryside walks. The Devonway walkway passes through the centre of Sauchie there are various other walks around Sauchie For the kids there are various play areas the biggest being FAIRFIELD PARK which has a Football pitch as well as plays equipment for the younger children. There are seven all weather football pitches located at Fairfield School. For those looking for a night out there are there are three local pubs one in Gartmorn Road. One in Main Street the other is in Fairfield Road. IN terms of shops-there are about 24 located in Sauchie, Most of these-are-in Main Street And range from, Cafe. Food retail and Bedroom furniture. Take away's Glazing Company, Public- Help and information services, Hairstylists, Post Office, Chemist. Arts and crafts, And Builders merchants etc. As regards-public buildings there is CRAIGBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEERPARK PRIMARY SCHOOL. SAUCHIE NURSERY SCHOOL, SAUCHIE PUBLIC HALL and SAUCHIE RESOURCE CENTRE. There are many other Groups / Organisations- that meet in Sauchie that you may be interested in. To find out who they are. Please look at the Community Page on this web site. Sauchie is a large village set in the heart of C1ackmannanshire is at the heart of Central Scotland with a population of around eight thousand