Clackmannan


	Clackmannan

Clackmannan was originally the county town but it gradually declined and in 1822, the Sheriff court was transferred to Alloa and it became the county town.

The main hub of Clackmannan life was on the south side of Kingseat Hill although only very old established farms are there now. It is difficult to visually imagine this area being a busy port and quite heavily populated. By looking at the old censuses, we can see just how many folk lived there.

"CLACKMANNAN, a parish, containing the post-office town of Clackmannan, the post-office village of Sauchie or Newtonshaw, and the villages of Kennet, Westfield, and Forest-Mill, in Clackmannanshire. It is bounded on the west by Alloa; on the north by the Devon, which divides it from Tillicoultry and Dollar; on the east by the detached district of Perthshire; and on the south by the upper part of the firth of Forth, here about a mile broad, which divides it from Stirlingshire. Its length southwestward is 6 miles; its breadth at the Forth is 2 1/2 miles; and its greatest breadth is about 4 miles." from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, edited by John Marius Wilson, 1868.

"CLACKMANNAN, a small town on the Black Devon river, at the mouth of which river is the creek of Clackmannan Pow. The town, now dwindling in size and importance, still claims to be considered the county town. At the top of the old cross are carved the arms of the Bruce family, whose chief seat for many generations was Clackmannan." from Clackmannan and Kinross, J.P.Day B.A. B.Sc. 1915.

Index

Clackmannanshire Towns:-

Alva

Changing Face of:-

Tillicoultry

Clackmannan Tower

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