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Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan,
Denny, Alva)
The names Stirling and Strivilin or
Stryviling were, at one period, both in use, as we find them both
occurring in the same Acts of Parliament. The latter name, at an
earlier period, almost uniformly occurs; and this in documents
reaching back to the beginning of the twelfth century.
On the other hand, it appears from a
passage in William of Worcester's Itinerary, that, as early as his
time, it was known by the name of Styrlyng, by Buchanan and others,
who have Latinized the name, it has been called Sterlinum.
On the present seal of the burgh, there
are the words Sterlini oppidum. On an ancient seal, the castle is
called Castrum Strivilense.
The place was also, at a very early
period, known by the name of Snowdon, which is said to signify the
fortified hill on the river.
Counties
England Wales
Scotland
Kinross-shire,
Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire Midlothian,
Morayshire,
Nairnshire Orkney,
Peeblesshire,
Perthshire
Renfrewshire, Ross-shire,
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire, Shetland,
Stirlingshire Sutherland,
West Lothian,
Wigtownshire |
