Scotland Genealogy: Clackmannanshire Census & County Records
CLACKMANNANSHIRE, the smallest Co. of Scotland, extending
10 miles N. and S. between the main body of Perthshire and
the river Forth, and 11 miles E. and W. between the cos. of
Stirling and Fife; area, 30,477 ac.; pop. 25,680, or 539 persons
to each sq. m. The surface rises from the Forth by an easy
ascent, broken by gentle undulations and by the valley of
the river Devon, to the Ochil Hills, which extend along the
N. border. These hills afford excellent pasturage; the low
grounds are well cultivated. Coal is raised in the Devon valley;
the towns of Alloa and Tillicoultry have woollen mfrs. The
Co. comprises 4 pars., parts of 2 other pars. and also the
police burghs of Alloa and Tillicoultry. Clackmannanshire
unites with Kinross-shire in returning 1 member to Parliament.
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
Clackmannanshire,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
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Clackmannanshire
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