Stirlinshire

**Stirlinshire** (the **Coontie o Stirlin**, ) is a historic coontie an registration coontie o Scotland.  Its coontie toun is Stirlin. 

It borders Perthshire tae the north, Clackmannanshire an Wast Lowden tae the east,  tae the sooth, an  tae the sooth-east an sooth-west (this latter boondarie is split in twa owin tae Dunbartonshire's Cummernaud exclave)

## Coat o airms

The Coontie Cooncil o Stirlin wis granted a coat o airms bi Laird Lydon, King o Airms, on 29 September 1890. The design o the airms commemoratit the Scots victory at the Battle o Bannockburn in the coontie.

On the siller saltire on blue o Saunt Andra wis placit the rampant reid lion fae the ryal airms o Scotland.

Aroon thir war placit twa caltraps an twa spur-rowels recallin the uiss o the wappons again the Inglis cavalrie.

On the elidin o the Local Govrenment Cooncil in 1975, the airms war regrantit tae the Local Govrenment Stirlin Destrict Cooncil.

They war regrantit a seicont time in 1996 tae the Local Govrenment Stirlin Cooncil, wi the eikin o supporters (a gos an a woulf).

## Historie

In 1130, Stirlin – ane o the ryal stranghaulds o the Kinrick o Scotland – wis shapit intae a Ryal burgh bi King David I.

On 11 September 1297, the forces o Andra Moray an Weelam Wallace beat the jynt Inglis forces o John de Warenne [en], an  nearaboots Stirlin, on the River Forth, at the Battle o Stirlin Brig durin the First War o Scots Unthirldom.

On 22 Julie 1298 the Battle o  Fawkirk saw the defeat o William Wallace bi King Edward I o Ingland (Langshanks).

On 24 Juin 1314 the Battle o Bannockburn at , wis a gey important Scots victorie in the Wars o Scots Unthirldom. It wis ane o the upcomin battles o the First War o Scots Unthirldom.

On 11 Juin 1314 the Battle o Sauchieburn wis faucht bysides , a burn aboot twa mile sooth o Stirlin.

In 1645 the  airmie unner General  formit near Banton for their engagement wi the Ryalist forces unner the comman o  at the Battle o Kilseyth [en], Kilseyth, on 15 August 1645; a major battle o the Wars o the Three Kinricks.

The Battle o Fawkirk Muir [en] on 17 January 1746 saw the Jacobites unner  defeatit a govrenment airmy heided bi Lieutenant-General .

## Geographie
Stirlinshire haes a strategic position on the Forth-Clyde isthmus commandin the main owerlan routes fae Glesga an Edinburrie up till central an northren Scotland.

The wastern 'airm' o the kintra is sparsely populated an dominated bi Loch Lomond, that it shares wi , an the Trossachs, a  (the ) the nou. Ben Lomond is located here an is the heichmaist pynt in Stirlinshire at 974 m (3,196 ft), an 9t in Scotland. A puckle o ilands athin Loch Lomond belang tae Stirlinshire, includin , Buchinch, , , , ,  an . On the nor'-eastern boonds wi Perthshire a wee pairt o  lies athin Stirlinshire, an the smawer Loch Arklet can be foond here an-aw.

Central Stirlinshire is dominated bi the  an the , Kilseyth Hills an , wi mair muckle touns sic as Lennoxtown an Kilseyth spread out alang the soothren border an A891/A803 roads. The sooth-wastren corner o the kintra aroon Mulguy abuts the Greater Glesga conurbation an conteens a wheen o smaw reservoirs an lochs, sic as Burncrooks Reservoir, Kilmannan Reservoir, Carbeth Loch, Craigallian Loch, Dumbrock Loch, Mugdock Loch, Mugdock/Craigmaddie Reservoir an Bardowie Loch.

The airt east o the M80 is maistlie flatter an conteens the feck o the coontie's population, wi the Firth o Forth giein access tae the North Sea.

## Transport
The feck o Stirlinshire's motorwey network lees in the eastern third o the coontie whair the population is maist concentrated; thir include the M80 runnin north–sooth an jynin Stirlin an Denny tae Cumbernauld, an the M9 linkin the eastern touns tae Edinburrie. A wheen o A roads form a circle aroon central Strirlinshire, wi the rest o the coontie served bi B roads.

Sindrie ferries allou a bodie tae cross Loch Lomond in the far-wast, an the Kincardine Brig [en] in the far-east gies access tae Fife an Clackmannanshire.

Ainlie the eastern third o the coontie is jynt bi rail, wi the exception o Mulguy railwey station in the far sooth-wast that gies access tae Glesga. The rail lines jyn the touns o the eastern conurbation tae each other an ontae Edinburrie, Glesga, Cumbernauld an Perth.

## Ceevil pairishes

In 2001, accordin tae the webstaid o the General Register Office for Scotland, there war 871 ceevil pairishes.

Ceevil pairishes are still yaised for some statistical raisons, an separate census figures are gien fur them. As their areas hae been lairgely unchanged syne the 19th centurie this allous for comparison o population figures ower an extended period o time.

Follaein the boondarie changes caused bi the Local Govrenment (Scotland) Act 1889, Stirlinshire conteened the follaein ceevil pairishes:
*Airth
*Baldernock (2)
*Balfron (3)
*Bothkennar, Barony o Newton (4)
*Buchanan (5)
*Campsie (6)
*Denny (7)
*Drymen (8) 
*Dunipace (9)
*The Fawkirk (10)
*Fintry (11)
*Gargunnock (12)
*Killearn (13)
*Kilseyth (14)
*Kippen (15)
*Larbert (16)
*Logie, Perthshire (23)
*Muiravonside (refer Maddiston) (17) 
*Powmont (18)
*St. Ninians (19)
*Slamannan (20)
*Strathblane (21)
*Stirlin (22)

### Burghs

* The Ryal Burgh o Stirlin (fae the 12th century) (No. 2 on map)
* The Burgh o Brig o Allan (a polis burgh fae 1870) (1)
* The Burgh o Denny an Dunipace (a polis burgh fae 1877) (4)
* The Burgh o Fawkirk (a burgh o barony fae 1600, reformed 1832) (5)
* The Burgh o Grangemouth (a polis burgh fae 1877) (6)
* The Burgh o Kilseyth (a burgh o barony fae 1620, a polis burgh fae 1878) (3)

In 1930 the Fawkirk an Stirlin becam large burghs, takkin ower some o the duties o the coontie council. The remainin fower burghs becam "smaw burghs", with limited pouers.

### Touns an veelages
A wheen o Stirlinshire touns leeted in the Registers o Scotland, Lan Register Counties.
*Airth see Ceevil Pairish
*Allandale (en)
*Arnprior (en)
*Auchenbowie
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*Banton (en)
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*Bonnybrig
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*Bothkennar Barony o Newton see Ceevil Pairish (en)
*Brig Allan see Ceevil Pairish
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* Burgh o Barony. 1672
*California (en)
*Callendar Park (en)
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*Carron (en)
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*Clachan o Campsie (en)
*Cowie (en)
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*Craigton (en)
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*Denny (en) see Ceevil Pairish
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*Drip Brig
* see Ceevil Pairish
*Dunblane 
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*Dunmore (en)
*Fawkirk see Ceevil Pairish
*Fallin (en)
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* see Ceevil Pairish
*Gargunnock see Ceevil Pairish
*Gartness (en)
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*Heich Bonnybrig
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*Kersemill
*Kildean
* see Ceevil Pairish
*Kilseyth see Ceevil Pairish
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*Laurieston (en)
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*Letham (en)
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* see Ceevil Pairish
*Longcroft (en)
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*Millhall
*Old Plean
*Old 
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*Redding (en)
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*Rumford (en)
*Sauchieburn
*Shieldhill (en)
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*Stoneywood
* see Ceevil Pairish
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*Touch
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*Whitecross (en)

File:Strathblane.jpg|Strathblane in sooth-wast Stirlinshire
File:Milngavie TC.jpg|Milngavie, on the northren fringes o Glesga
File:Bridge of Allan in 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 253851.jpg|Brig Allan in nor'-east Stirlinshire
File:Stirling from Braehead - December 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 254316.jpg|Stirlin, the coontie toun
File:FalkirkHighStreet.jpg|Fawkirk toun centre


## Local govrenment
Till the 1890s the coontie had twa smaw exclaves: pairt o the pairish o Logie, that wis surroondit bi Perthshire, an the pairish o Alva, locally in Clackmannanshire. The Perthshire pairt o Logie wis eikit tae Stirlinshire, while Alva wis annexed bi Clackmannanshire. In 1894 pairish Local Govrenment cooncils war established fur the ceevil pairishes, replacin the umwhile parochial boards.

The Local Govrenment pairish cooncils war in turn superseded bi Local Govrenment destrict cooncils in 1930.

In 1930 the pairishes ceased to be used for local Govrenment purposes, an the landward area o the coontie (the pairt ootwi the burghs) wis divided intae aicht Local Govrenment destricts ().  These Local Govrenment Destricts war abolished in 1975.

* Coontie o Stirlin Central No.1
* Coontie o Stirlin Central No.2 (Denny, Dunipace an Kilseyth areas)
* Coontie o Stirlin Eastern No.1 (pairishes o Airth an Larbert)
* Coontie o Stirlin Eastern No.2 (Fawkirk an Slamannan)
* Coontie o Stirlin Eastern No.3 (pairishes o Powmont an Muiravonside)
* Coontie o Stirlin Westren No.1
* Coontie o Stirlin Wastren No.2
* Coontie o Stirlin Wastren No.3 (Baldernock, Campsie, Strathblane)

In the 1973 reorganisation o local Govrenment in Scotland (), maist o Stirlinshire wis included in the Central Region, wi Kilseyth an its surroonds becomin pairt o the Strathclyde Region.

Syne forder reorganisation in 1996, the aurie has been pairt o the Local Govrenment cooncil auries o :

* Stirlin (note that this aurie haes sinderie boondaries tae historic Stirlinshire)
* East Dunbartonshire
* Fawkirk
* North Lanrikshire

## Parliamentary constituencies
Follaein the Act o Union, Stirlinshire returned members to the Hoose o Commons o the Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick fae 1708.

### 1707–1918

* The Ryal Burgh o Stirlin formit pairt o the Stirlin Burghs pairlamentarie constituencie alang burghs in Fife an Perthshire.
* The Burgh o Fawkirk formit pairt o Fawkirk Burghs, alang burghs in Lanarkshire an Linlithgowshire.
* The remainder o the coontie returned a single member as the pairlamentarie coontie o Stirlinshire. The detached pairish o Alva wis annexed to the constituencie o Clackmannanshire an Kinross bi the Representation o the People (Scotland) Act 1832.

### 1918–1975
In 1918 seats in the House o Commons war redistributed. Stirlingshire was thereafter represented bi three members o parliament.

* The burghs o Stirling, Fawkirk an Grangemouth formed the Stirlin an Fawkirk burghs constituency. in 1974 the constituency wis renamed Stirling, Fawkirk an Grangemouth.
* The eastern part o the coontie (defined in 1948 an 1970 as the Eastern No. 1, Eastern No. 2 an Eastern No. 3 destricts) was combined with Clackmannanshire tae form Clackmannan an East Stirlinshire.
* The remainder o the coontie was included in the constituency o Wast Stirlingshire (named Stirling an Clackmannan West until 1945). The area included in the constituency was defined in 1948 an 1970 as the burghs o Brig o Allan, Denny an Dunipace an Kilseyth; an the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Wastren No. 1, Wastren No. 2 an Wastren No. 3 destricts.

These boundaries conteenaed in uiss till 1983, whan new constituencies war formed based on the Local Govrenment regions an destricts created in 1975.

## Gallery

File:Wallace Monument from Kildean Market - geograph.org.uk - 48720.jpg| frae Kildean Market
File:Causewayhead from the Wallace Monument - geograph.org.uk - 1027241.jpg| frae the Wallace Monument


## References


## Fremmit airtins

* William Nimmo's ''The History o Stirlingshire'' at Electric Scotland
* "The Imperial gazetteer o Scotland". Vol.II. bi Rev. John Marius Wilson. https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n815/mode/1up
* Entry on Stirlingshire, fae ''A Topographical Dictionary o Scotland'' bi Samuel Lewis, London, 1846 (British History Online) 
* Heritage Paths.  http://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=387 
* Map o Stirlingshire on Wikishire