Stranocum

Stranocum
Irish: *Sraith Nócam*
Stranocum Irish: Sraith Nócam;
	The main road through the village
	Stranocum Location within Northern Ireland
Population	285
• Belfast	40 mi (64 km)
District	Causeway Coast and Glens;
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BALLYMONEY
Postcode district	BT53
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	North Antrim;
NI Assembly	North Antrim;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 55°06′27″N 6°25′15″W / 55.10750°N 6.42083°W

Stranocum (from Irish Sraith Nócam)^[1]^[2] is a small village and townland in north County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The villages of Dervock and Armoy are nearby and the town of Ballymoney is about 5 miles (8 km) away. It had a population of 297 people (110 households) in the 2011 Census.^[3] (2001 Census: 285 people)

The village is west of the River Bush and is mostly on the gentle hill down to the river. Although mainly a commuter village it does have some services. These include a supermarket and petrol station, a vehicle service garage, animal feeds mill, trout farm, Bushvalley Primary School and a park.

Transport

Stranocum railway station opened on 18 October 1880, shut for goods traffic on 24 March 1924, and shut altogether on 3 July 1950.^[4] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway that ran for 17 miles (27 km) between Ballycastle and Ballymoney. This was part of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Londonderry.^[5]

Notable people

Archibald Hutcheson (c. 1659–1740), MP for Hastings 1713–1727

References

^ Placenames Database of Ireland
^ Placenames NI Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Stranocum". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Stranocum station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
^ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.