Scotland Genealogy: Stirlingshire
Census & County Records
STIRLINGSHIRE, west-midland county of Scotland; consists
of a main portion and two detached sections to the NE. included
in Perthshire and Clackmannanshire; is bounded N. by Perthshire,
NE. by Clackmannanshire and a detached portion of Perthshire,
E. by the Firth of Forth and Linlithgowshire, S. by Linlithgowshire,
Lanarkshire, and detached part of Dumbartonshire, and W. by
Dumbartonshire; greatest length, NW. and SE., 46 miles; greatest
breadth, NE. and SW., 22 miles; area, 286,338 ac., pop. 112,443.
The E. part of the co. is flat, finely wooded, and well cultivated;
and the valley of the Forth along the N. boundary includes
some of the finest land in Scotland. The middle and S. are
occupied with hills and valleys -the principal ridges being
the Campsie Fells and Kilsyth Hills, and the Fintry Hills
and Gargunnock Hills. On the W. a long projection extends
northwards, including a mountainous district in which Ben
Lomond rises to an alt. of 3192 ft., and parts of Loch Lomond
and Loch Katrine. Besides the Forth, the chief streams are
the Avon, Carron, Bannock, Allan, Endrick, and Blane. Coal
and ironstone are extensively worked; limestone and sandstone
are abundant. There are important manufactures of woollens,
cotton, and iron; and there are several large chemical works
and distilleries. The co. comprises 21 pars. with parts of
5 others, the parl. and police burgh of Stirling (part of
the Stirling District of Burghs -1 member), the parl. and
police burgh of Falkirk (part of the Falkirk District of Burghs
-1 member), and the police burghs of Alva, Bridge of Allan,
Denny and Dunipace, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, and Milngavie. It
returns 1 member to Parliament.
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
Parish & Probate Records
Stirlingshire,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Scotland, from
the 1500s to the 1800s.
Parish Index
Stirlingshire Archives
Stirlingshire
Archives, 44 King Harald Street, Lerwick ZE1 0EQ; phone
01595 696247.