Falkirk
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Boundaries and General Description The parish of Falkirk is between 7 and 8 miles in length from E. to W. and in some parts more than 4 miles in breadth. It is bounded on the E. by the Firth of Forth and the parish of Polmont; on the S. by the parishes of Polmont and Slamannan; on the W. by Cumbernauld and Denny; and on the N. by the river Carron, which separates it from the united parishes of Larbert and Dunipace. By the changes which the course of this river has undergone a few houses belonging to this parish are now on the Larbert side; and a few, which are connected to that parish, and on the Falkirk side of the river.
From a reference to the parish of Falkirk, in an action with respect to the patronage of the church and the parish of Oldhamstocks, in the presbytery of Dunbar, which was depending in the year 1748 between the King and Mr Hay of Lawfield, it appears that the parishes of Denny, Slamannan, Muiravonside, and Polmont, constituted formerly parts of the parsonage of Falkirk. The three first of these parishes must have been very early separated from Falkirk; but it was not till the year 1724 that Polmont was formed into a parish. The minister of Polmont has not only stipend from his own parish, but also from those of Falkirk and Denny"
Parish of Falkirk (County of Stirling, Synod of Lothian and Tweedsdale, Presbytery of Linlithgow) By James Wilson M.A. Minister of the Parish. (Statistical Account of Scotland 1791-1799)
Archives and Libraries
The Falkirk Archives cover the most populated part of the former County of Stirlingshire.
Churches
Dundas United Presbyterian Church, Grangemouth, United Presbyterian |
Falkirk Baptist Chapel, Falkirk, Baptist |
Falkirk Congregational Chapel, Falkirk, Congregational |
Christ Church, Falkirk, Scottish Episcopal |
St Mary, Grangemouth, Scottish Episcopal |
Kerse Road, Grangemouth, Roman Catholic |
St Francis Xavier, Falkirk, Roman Catholic |
Falkirk Evangelical Union Church, Falkirk, Evangelical Union |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Falkirk area or see them printed on a map.
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Falkirk from the National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868).
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Electric Scotland has a number of pages devoted to "Villages of Falkirk" - Camelon, Grangemouth, Larbert and Stenhousemuir, Polmont and Falkirk.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Falkirk to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Genealogy
Falkirk Council has hints on getting started in genealogy with advice from staff at libraries.
The Falkirk Archives include a page addressing Family History.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS855790 (Lat/Lon: 55.990177, -3.837577), Falkirk which are provided by:
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- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
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- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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