BOUNDARY AND NAME CHANGES:
Burghs
Old Districts (Before 1929)
New Districts (1930-1975)
Regions and Districts (1975-1996)
Boundary Changes Summary: (See details)
Alva - Transferred to Clackmannanshire, 1891
Kippen - Partly in Perthshire until 1891
Stirling - Partly in Clackmannanshire until 1891
SURNAMES:
Most Common Surnames:
Anderson, Brown, Campbell, Miller, Robertson, Smith, Stewart, Taylor, Thomson, Wilson
Common Surnames:
A: Adam, Adams, Alexander, Archibald, Arnott
B: Bain, Baxter, Benson, Binnie, Blair, Buchanan, Burns, Butler
C: Cairns, Callander, Cameron, Clark, Cleland, Cowan
D: Dawson, Dick, Dougall, Duncan
E: Edmond
F: Ferguson, Fisher, Forrest, Forsyth, Fowler
G: Gilchrist, Graham, Gray
H: Hamilton, Henderson, Hunter, Hutton
J: Jackson, Jardine, Johnston
K: Kay, Kemp, Kerr, Knox
L: Laing, Laird, Lang, Leckie, Livingstone, Love
M: MacAdam, MacDougall, MacFarlane, Marshall, Maxwell, Mitchell, Morrison, Muir, Mulgrew
N: Neilson
O: Orr
P: Paterson, Patrick, Paul, Potts
R: Rae, Reid, Renfrew, Rennie, Rorie, Russell
S: Scott, Shaw, Simpson, Sneddon, Stevenson, Stirling
W: Walker, Waugh, White
Y: Young
POPULATION:
1755: 37,014
1801: 50,825
1811: 58,174
1821: 65,376
1831: 72,621
1841: 82,057
1851: 86,237
Location of Stirlingshire
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Note: OPR stands for Old Parochial Registers, which are the earliest records of baptisms, marriages, and burials kept by The Church of Scotland. The OPR number is useful, and often necessary, in tracking down these records. The Church of Scotland kept the records before civil registration was introduced in 1855. Civil registration district numbers (RD numbers) are included in the timelines on the Parish pages. See the All Parishes Index for ancient parishes and parishes created or subdivided from older parishes.
| Parish Name | OPR Number |
|---|---|
| Airth | 469 |
| Alva | 470 |
| Baldernock | 471 |
| Balfron | 472 |
| Bothkennar | 473 |
| Buchanan | 474 |
| Campsie | 475 |
| Denny | 476 |
| Drymen | 477 |
| Dunipace | 478 |
| Falkirk | 479 |
| Fintry | 480 |
| Gargunnock | 481 |
| Killearn | 482 |
| Kilsyth | 483 |
| Kippen | 484 |
| Larbert | 485 |
| Muiravonside | 486 |
| Polmont | 487 |
| St Ninians | 488 |
| Slamannan | 489 |
| Stirling | 490 |
| Strathblane | 491 |