ALVA
"Situation - The parish and barony is a part of the county of Stirling, although it happens to be totally disjoined from every part of it. No certain account can be given, how this has happened. It is surrounded by the shire of Clackmannan on the east, south and west, and on the north, it is bounded by a part of the county of Perth. It extends in length, from east to west, somewhat more than two miles and a half; and from south to north, rather more than four miles."
Parish of Alva (County of Stirling) by the Rev. Mr. John Duncan (Statistical Account of Scotland 1791-1799)
An adjustment was made by the Boundary Commission in 1891.
Previously the county (Clackmannanshire)contained four
parishes: Alloa, Clackmannan, Dollar and Tillicoultry and portions of
Logie and Stirling. The Clackmannanshire portion of Stirling parish was
transferred to Stirlingshire. The Clackmannan portion of Logie parish was
divided into three parts. One was transferred to the Stirlingshire parish
of Logie; a second was united with the parish of Alva, which was wholly
given to Clackmannanshire; while the third part was absorbed by the parish
of Alloa.
[Clackmannan and Kinross by J.P.Day B.A. B Sc., 1915 ]
(See also Tom Paterson's transcription of the "New Statistical Account of 1841" and Edinburgh Universities "Gazetteer for Scotland")
See also the GENUKI / Clackmannanshire web-site for more on Alva.
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Alva from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
History
A little of the history of Alva parish can be found at the 'electricscotland' web-site as an extract from the History of Stirlingshire.
