Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling ( ) is a historic county and

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. Its county town is

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.Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. It borders

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to the north,

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to the east,

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to the south-east,

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to the south, and

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to the south and south-west (this latter boundary is split in two owing to Dunbartonshire's

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History

In 1130, Stirling, one of the principal royal strongholds of the

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, was created a

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by King David I. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and

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defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and

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near Stirling, on the

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, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the

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. On 22 July 1298 the

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saw the defeat of

by King

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Battle of Bannockburn - Bruce addresses troops

On 24 June 1314 the

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at Bannockburn, (''Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich'' in

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) was a significant Scottish victory in the

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. It was one of the decisive battles of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 June 1488 the

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was fought at the side of Sauchie Burn, a stream about two miles south of Stirling. The battle was fought between the followers of King

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and a large group of rebellious Scottish nobles including Alexander Home, 1st Lord Home, nominally led by the king's 15-year-old son, Prince James, Duke of Rothesay (reigned 1488–1513). In 1645 the

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army under General William Baillie formed near Banton for their engagement with the Royalist forces under the command of Montrose at the

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, Kilsyth, on 15 August 1645; a major battle of the

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. The Battle of Falkirk Muir on 17 January 1746 saw the Jacobites under

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defeat a government army commanded by Lieutenant General Henry Hawley.

Administrative history

Stirlingshire's origins as a

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(the area administered by a

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) are obscure, but it seems to have been created during the reign of

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(reigned 1124–1153), who had also made Stirling a

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. The precise extent of the early shire is unknown; it is thought that it originally covered a relatively small area in the immediate vicinity of Stirling itself, but subsequently gained territory from neighbouring shires, notably from

to the south and

to the south-west. The boundary with

in particular was altered several times. In the thirteenth century an area north-east of

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was transferred from Dunbartonshire to Stirlingshire, whilst the two parishes of

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and

were transferred from Stirlingshire to Dunbartonshire, despite not adjoining the rest of Dunbartonshire. These changes were reversed in 1504, when Kirkintilloch and Cumbernauld were restored to Stirlingshire and the area north-east of Loch Lomond went back to Dunbartonshire, but the change was short-lived, being reverted again in 1509.

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were established in 1667 to act as the main administrative body for the shire. Elected county councils were established in 1890 under the

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, taking most of the functions of the commissioners (which were eventually abolished in 1930). The burgh of Stirling was deemed capable of managing its own affairs and so was excluded from the administrative area of the county council, although the county council still chose to base itself there. Stirlingshire County Council held its first meeting on 22 May 1890 at the County Buildings (which also served as the sheriff court) on Barnton Street in Stirling, which had been built in 1875. The 1889 act also led to a review of boundaries, with several

s being transferred to a county they actually bordered, and parishes which straddled more than one county being adjusted such that each parish was entirely in a single county. These changes saw Stirlingshire cede

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to Dunbartonshire, Alva to Clackmannanshire, and part of the parish of

Lecropt Lecropt (''Leac Croit'' in Gaelic) is a rural parish lying to the west of Bridge of Allan, Scotland. The population of the parish of Lecropt is estimated to be around 75, consisting entirely of isolated farms and houses, as well as the Keir Esta ...

to Perthshire. In return Stirlingshire gained Cambuskenneth from Clackmannanshire, the part of Kippen parish which had been in Perthshire, and all of an adjusted Logie parish (which had previously straddled Stirlingshire, Clackmannanshire and Perthshire). Viewforth House Stirling

Until 1930 the county council met at the County Buildings. Reforms in 1930 under the

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saw the burgh of Stirling brought within the administrative area of the county council, and the county council take over the functions of the formerly separate Stirlingshire Education Authority. The education authority had bought the former Royal Infirmary building at 33 Spittal Street in Stirling in 1929 to use as its headquarters. The county council moved its meeting place to Spittal Street in 1930, but still needed more office space for its staff. In 1931 the council bought a house called Viewforth on Pitt Terrace, where it built a large extension including a council chamber, which was completed in 1937. Viewforth then served as the county council's headquarters until its abolition in 1975. Stirlingshire was abolished for local government purposes in 1975 under the

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, which replaced Scotland's counties, burghs and landward districts with a two-tier structure of regions and

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. Most of Stirlingshire became part of the Central region, while a smaller area around Kilsyth went instead to

Strathclyde Strathclyde ( in Welsh language, Welsh; in Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, meaning 'strath

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of the River Clyde') was one of nine former Local government in Scotland, local government Regions and districts of Scotland, regions of Scotland cre ...

region. At the district level, the county was divided between four districts, all of which also incorporated territory from other counties: Stirling district and Falkirk district in Central region and Cumbernauld and Kilsyth district and Strathkelvin district in Strathclyde region. A

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was created covering the Stirling and Falkirk districts, and the last Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire became the first Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk. Further local government reforms in 1996 saw the regions and districts created in 1975 abolished and replaced with

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s providing all local government services. Since 1996 the area of the pre-1975 county of Stirlingshire has straddled the four council areas of

East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire (; , ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders Glasgow City Council Area to the south, North Lanarkshire to the east, Stirling (council area), Stirling to the north, and West Dunbartonshire to the west. East ...

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns, and villages. It also borders East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk (co ...

, and

. The pre-1975 boundaries of Stirlingshire are still used for some limited official purposes connected with land registration, being a

Coat of arms

Stirlingshire County Council was granted a

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by Lord Lyon King of Arms on 29 September 1890. The design of the arms commemorated the Scottish victory at the

in the county. On the silver

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on blue of

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was placed the rampant red lion from the

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. Around this were placed two caltraps and two spur-rowels recalling the use of the weapons against the English cavalry. On the abolition of the county council in 1975, the arms were regranted to Stirling District Council. They were regranted a second time in 1996 to the present Stirling Council, with the addition of supporters (a goshawk and a wolf).

Geography

Stirlingshire occupies a strategic position on the Forth- Clyde

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commanding the main overland routes from

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and

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up to central and northern Scotland. Loch lomond1

The western 'arm' of the county is sparsely populated and dominated by

, which it shares with

, and the Trossachs (now a

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); Ben Lomond is located here and is the highest point in Stirlingshire at and ninth highest peak in Scotland. Several islands within Loch Lomond belong to Stirlingshire, the chief of these being Eilean nan Deargannan, Bucinch, Ceardach, Inchcruin, Inchfad, Ellanderroch, Inchcailloch and Clairinsh. On the north-eastern boundary with Perthshire a small portion of

Loch Katrine Loch Katrine (; or ) is a freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of the Scottish Highlands, east of Loch Lomond within the Stirling (council area), Stirling council area. It mostly lies within the Shires of Scotland, historic and registration c ...

lies within Stirlingshire, and also the smaller Loch Arklet can be found here. Small Island in Carron Valley Reservoir - geograph

Central Stirlingshire contains the Carron Valley Reservoir and the

Campsie Fells The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; ) are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range falls wi ...

, Kilsyth Hills and Gargunnock Hills, with the larger towns such as Lennoxtown and Kilsyth spread out along the southern border and A891/A803 roads. The south-western corner of the county around

(transferred to Dunbartonshire in 1891) abuts the

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conurbation and contains several small reservoirs and lochs, such as Burncrooks Reservoir, Kilmannan Reservoir, Carbeth Loch, Craigallian Loch, Dumbrock Loch, Mugdock Loch, Mugdock/Craigmaddie Reservoir and Bardowie Loch. The area east of the M80 is generally much flatter and contains the bulk of the county's population, with the

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providing access to the

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Transport

The bulk of Stirlingshire's motorway network lies in the eastern third of the county where the population is most concentrated; these include the M80 running north–south and connecting Stirling and Denny to Cumbernauld, and the M9 linking the eastern towns to Edinburgh. Various A roads form a circle around central Stirlingshire, with the rest of the county served by B roads. Various ferries enable passengers to cross Loch Lomond in the far west, and the Kincardine Bridge in the far east provides access to Fife and Clackmannanshire. Only the eastern third of the county is connected by rail, although Milngavie railway station was in the far south-west of Stirlingshire when first built, being transferred to Dunbartonshire in 1891. The railways in the east connect the towns there to each other and on to

and

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Subdivisions

Burghs

*The

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(from the 12th century) (No. 2 on map) *The Burgh of

Bridge of Allan Bridge of Allan (, ), also known colloquially as ''Bofa'', is a former spa town in the Stirling (council area), Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling. Overlooked by the National Wallace Monument, it lies on th ...

(a police burgh from 1870) (1) *The Burgh of Denny and Dunipace (a police burgh from 1877) (4) *The Burgh of

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from 1600, reformed 1832) (5) *The Burgh of

Grangemouth Grangemouth (; , ) is a town in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the Counties of Scotland, county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firt ...

(a police burgh from 1877) (6) *The Burgh of Kilsyth (a burgh of barony from 1620, a police burgh from 1878) (3) The royal burgh of Stirling was administratively independent from the county council until 1930. In 1930 Stirling was brought into the administrative area of the county council, and Stirling and Falkirk were both designated large burghs, giving them the power to run many (but not all) local government services. The remaining four burghs became

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s, with more limited powers.

Parishes

In 2001, according to the website of the

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, there were 871

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. Civil parishes are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. As their areas have been largely unchanged since the 19th century this allows for comparison of population figures over an extended period of time. Following the boundary changes caused by the

, Stirlingshire contained the following civil parishes: *

Airth Airth () is a Royal Burgh, village, former trading port and civil parish in Falkirk, Scotland. It is north of Falkirk town and sits on the banks of the River Forth. Airth lies on the A905 road between Grangemouth and Stirling and is overlooked ...

(No.1 on Map A) *

Baldernock Baldernock (;G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 9. ) meaning 'settlement of St Earnaig' (Iain Mac an Táilleir, Sabhall Mór Ostaig) is a small parish in East Dunbartonshire (formerly in Stirlingshi ...

(2) * Balfron (3) * Bothkennar (4) * Buchanan (5) * Campsie (6) * Denny (7) * Drymen (8) * Dunipace (9) *

(10) *

Fintry Fintry is a small riverside village in Stirlingshire, central Scotland. It is located south-west of Stirling and around north of Glasgow. Landscape The village of Fintry sits by the Endrick Water in a strath between the Campsie Fells and the ...

(11) * Gargunnock (12) *

Killearn Killearn (, from orig. ''Ceann Fhearann'', "Head/End of (the) Land/Territory"; until the 15th century when ''Ceann'' was replaced by ''Cill''; denoting the presence of a house of worship)Knight "What's in a Name"(August 2014) (pdf) ''Killearn C ...

(13) * Kilsyth (14) * Kippen (15) * Larbert (16) * Logie (23) *Muiravonside (refer

Maddiston Maddiston is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies west-southwest of Linlithgow, south of Polmont and south-east of Rumford at the south-east edge of the Falkirk urban area. Population Based on the United Kingdom 200 ...

) (17) *

Polmont Polmont () is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland. It lies towards the east of the town of Falkirk, north of the Union Canal (Scotland), Union Canal, which runs adjacent to the village. Due to its situation in Central Sco ...

(18) * St. Ninians (19) * Slamannan (20) *

Strathblane Strathblane (, ) is a village and List of civil parishes in Scotland, parish in the registration county of Stirling, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling (council area), Stirling council area, in central Scotland. It lies at the foo ...

(21) *

(22) In 1894 parish councils were established for the civil parishes, replacing the previous parochial boards. The parish councils were abolished in 1930, after which the parishes had no administrative functions.

Landward districts

In 1930 the landward area of the county (the part outside the burghs) was divided into eight

. These districts were abolished in 1975. *Central No.1 *Central No.2 (Denny, Dunipace and Kilsyth areas) *Eastern No.1 (parishes of Airth and Larbert) *Eastern No.2 (Falkirk and Slamannan) *Eastern No.3 (parishes of Polmont and Muiravonside) *Western No.1 *Western No.2 *Western No.3 (Baldernock, Campsie, Strathblane)

Towns and villages

Some Stirlingshire towns listed in the Registers of Scotland, Land Register Counties. *

see Civil Parish * Allandale * Arnprior * Auchenbowie * Auchenreoch * Avonbridge * Bainsford * Balfron *

Balmaha Balmaha ( Gaelic: ''Baile Mo Thatha'') is a village on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The village is a popular tourist destination for picnickers and day trippers from Glasgow as well as walkers on ...

Balmore Balmore (from the Scottish Gaelic "Baile Mòr" meaning a large settlement) is a small village formerly in the county of Stirlingshire, but now lies in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 1 km west of Torrance and 5 km east of Mil ...

Banknock Banknock () is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is west-southwest of Falkirk, east-northeast of Kilsyth and north-northeast of Cumbernauld. Banknock is located on the Bonny Water, north of the For ...

*Bankside * Bannockburn * Banton * Bardowie * Barnellan * Blairlogie *

Blanefield Blanefield is a settlement in Scotland contiguous with Strathblane's northwestern fringe. To the west is the volcanic plug Dumgoyne, Glengoyne Distillery and the Trossachs National Park. The West Highland Way—a long-distance trail—passes cl ...

Bonnybridge Bonnybridge (; ) is a village in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is west of Falkirk, north-east of Cumbernauld and south-southwest of Stirling. The village is situated near the Bonny Water which runs through t ...

* Boquhan *Bothkennar Barony of Newton see Civil Parish *

see Civil Parish * Brightons * Buchlyvie Burgh of Barony. 1672 *

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* Callendar Park * Cambusbarron *

Camelon Camelon (; , ) is a large settlement within the Falkirk council area, Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley, west of Falkirk, south of Larbert and east of Bonnybridge. The main road through Camelon is the A803 road which links th ...

* Carron * Carronshore *

Castlecary Castlecary () is a small historic village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, directly adjacent to the border with Falkirk Council, Falkirk. It has long been associated with infrastructure, being adjacent to Red Burn, a bridged river, a Castra, Roma ...

*Causewayhead *Chartershall * Cornton *

Cowie Cowie may refer to: People *Cowie (surname) Places *Cowie, Aberdeenshire, an historic fishing village located at the north side of Stonehaven, Scotland **Cowie Castle, a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland **Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathal ...

*Craigforth *Craigmill * Craigton * Croftamie * Denny see Civil Parish * Dennyloanhead *Drip Bridge * Drymen see Civil Parish *

Dumgoyne Dumgoyne is a hill prominent on the edge of the Campsie Fells and is a well-known landmark visible from Glasgow. It is a volcanic plug and is high. The plug is readily reached from a path beside Glengoyne Distillery or via a water-board trac ...

* Dunipace * Dunmore *

see Civil Parish * Fallin * Fankerton *

see Civil Parish * Gargunnock see Civil Parish * Gartness * Glen Village * Glensburgh *

Haggs Haggs is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated south-west of Bonnybridge, north-northeast of Kilsyth and south-southwest of Denny, on the east side of the M80 motorway which separates it from Ban ...

* Haughhead *High

* Inversnaid * Kelvinhead *Kersemill *Kildean *

see Civil Parish * Kilsyth see Civil Parish * Kippen see Civil Parish * Larbert see Civil Parish * Laurieston * Lennoxtown * Letham * Limerigg *

* Logie see Civil Parish * Longcroft *

* Milarrochy *Millhall *Old Plean *Old

Sauchie Sauchie is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth and south of the Ochil Hills, within the council area of Clackmannanshire. Sauchie has a population of around 6000 and is located northeast of Alloa and ...

* Plean *

see Civil Parish * Queenzieburn * Raploch * Redding * Reddingmuirhead *

Rowardennan Rowardennan ( Gaelic: ''Rubha Aird Eònain'') is a small rural community on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in Stirling council, Scotland. It is mainly known as the starting point for the main path up Ben Lomond. Rowardennan is at the norther ...

* Rumford *Sauchieburn * Shieldhill * Skinflats * Slamannan see Civil Parish * South Alloa *

see Civil Parish * St Ninians see Civil Parish * Standburn *

* Stenhousemuir *

*Stoneywood *

see Civil Parish * Throsk * Torrance * Torwood *Touch * Wallacestone * Westquarter * Whins of Milton * Whitecross File:Strathblane.jpg, Strathblane in south-west Stirlingshire File:Bridge of Allan in 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 253851.jpg, Bridge of Allan in north-east Stirlingshire File:Stirling from Braehead - December 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 254316.jpg, Stirling, the county town File:FalkirkHighStreet.jpg, Falkirk town centre

Parliamentary constituencies

Following the Act of Union, Stirlingshire returned members to the

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of the

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from 1708.

1707–1918

*The Royal Burgh of Stirling formed part of the Stirling burghs constituency along with burghs in Fife and Perthshire. *The Burgh of Falkirk formed part of Falkirk Burghs, along with burghs in Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire. *The remainder of the county returned a single member as the parliamentary county of

Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling ( ) is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling.Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. It borders Perthshir ...

. The detached parish of Alva was annexed to the constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross by the

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1918–1975

In 1918 seats in the House of Commons were redistributed. Stirlingshire was thereafter represented by three members of parliament. *The burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth formed the Stirling and Falkirk burghs constituency. in 1974 the constituency was renamed Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. *The eastern part of the county (defined in 1948 and 1970 as the Eastern No. 1, Eastern No. 2 and Eastern No. 3 Districts) was combined with Clackmannanshire to form Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire. *The remainder of the county was included in the constituency of West Stirlingshire (named Stirling and Clackmannan West until 1945). The area included in the constituency was defined in 1948 and 1970 as the burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and Kilsyth; and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 districts. These boundaries continued in use until 1983, when new constituencies were formed based on the Local Government regions and districts created in 1975.

List of listed buildings

Notable residents

* Michelle Watt, television show host, writer and interior designer.Michelle Watt dead at age 38: TV presenter of 60 Minute Makeover fame – found dead at her home in Stirlingshire , Metro News
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Gallery

File:Wallace Monument from Kildean Market - geograph.org.uk - 48720.jpg, Wallace Monument from Kildean Market File:Causewayhead from the Wallace Monument - geograph.org.uk - 1027241.jpg, Causewayhead area of Stirling from the Wallace Monument

References

External links

William Nimmo's ''The History of Stirlingshire''
at Electric Scotland *"The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland". Vol.II. by Rev. John Marius Wilson. https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n815/mode/1up
Entry on Stirlingshire, from ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'' by Samuel Lewis, London, 1846 (British History Online)
*Heritage Paths. http://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=387
Map of Stirlingshire
on Wikishire {{Coord, 56, 15, N, 4, 15, W, region:GB_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Counties of Scotland Counties of the United Kingdom (1801–1922)