Boundary Changes 1889-92 : Clackmannan

16.-COUNTY OF CLACKMANNAN.

I.—COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

The county of Clackmannan had one detached part, which consisted of portions of the parish of Logie and Stirling, situated at
 Causewayhead, and had its longest common boundary with the county 
of Stirling. The county of Clackmannan surrounded on three sides
 by the former detached part.

There were three parishes situated partly in Clackmannan and partly in other counties, viz., Alloa, Logie, and Stirling.


The following are the changes effected on the county boundaries.

A. With the County of Perth.

1.—Alloa.

The parish of Alloa was situated partly in the county of Clackmannan and partly in the county of Perth. By Clause I. of the
 Order printed at p. 50 the Perthshire portion of the parish of Alloa
 was transferred to the county of Stirling and to the parish of Logie.
 It consists of about 4 acres of land situated at Gogar Haugh, and
 belongs to Mrs. Morries Stirling of Blackgrange.

B. With the County of Stirling.

1.—Alva.

The parish of Alva formed a detached part of the county of
 Stirling. By Clause I. of the Order printed at p. 50 the parish was transferred to the county of  Clackmannan.

The following subjects have thus been transferred from the county
 of Stirling to the county of  Clackmannan (while remaining in the
 parish of Alva) :—

The police burgh of Alva, with all the subjects therein contained, These subjects constitute by far the greater number of the subjects transferred. The following landward  subjects are thus transferred :—

Estate of Alva, comprehending subjects within and without the police burgh of Alva. the foolowing are the most important :—

(Sheet 39 of the Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland, one-inch scale.)

For alterations on the area of the parish of Alva, see Alva, infra p. 274.

2.—Logie.

The parish of Logie was situated partly in the county of Clackmannan, partly in the county of Perth, and partly in the county of Stirling. The Clackmannanshire part of the parish was in three portions.
 One was in the detached part of the county of Clackmannan situated
 at Causeway head. It has been transferred to the county of Stirling,
 while remaining in tbe parish of Logie. The second consisted of the
 existing district, adjoining the parish of Alva; it is retained in 
Clackmannanshire. The third consisted of the Blackgrange property ; it is retained in Clackmannanshire, but has been transferred
 from the parish of Logie to the parish of Alloa. In the case of the last-named portion there is a slight rectification in the county boundary, whereby, instead of running along the centre of the Alloa and
 Stirling road as previously, it is made to run first along the one side to
 Gogar Loan and then along the other, thus dividing the road transversely instead of longitudinally between the two counties.

See County of Stirling, Logie, infra, p. 370.

3.—Stirling.

The parish of Stirling was situated partly in the county of Clackmannan and partly in the county of Stirling. The Clackmannanshire
 part was situated at Cambuskenneth, in the detached part of the county. 
By the Order printed at p. 87 the parish of Stirling has been placed 
wholly in the county of Stirling.

See County of Stirling, Stirling, &c., p. 377.

II—PARISH BOUNDARIES.

1.—Alloa.

The parish of Alloa has been altered in area (a) by the disjunction
 of the small portion of the parish formerly situated in the county of
 Perth; (b) by the addition of the detached part of the parish of
 Clackmannan situated at Sauchie; and (c) by the addition of the
 Blackgrange district of Logie. The Order relating to Alloa and
 Logie is printed at p. 50, and that relating to Alloa and Clackmannan 
at p. 89.

The following subjects are thus affected :—

(a) Transferred from the parish of Alloa to the parish of Logie.

(b) Transferred from the parish of Clackmannan to the parish of
 Alloa.

Village of Marchglen, near Tillicoultry, containing a number of objects of small 
value.
Village of Sauchie, with Fishcross, Blinkbonnie, Devon Village, Newtonshaw,
 Furnacebank, Whiteyet, &c. The subjects are almost wholly urban, (houses of miners, &c.), and individually of small value. The greater number belongs to the Earl of Mansfield (being linked to the Alloa Coal Company, but t
here also manv others held by small owners.
Village of New Sauchie, similar in character to Sauchie.

(c) Transferred from the parish of Logie to the parish of Alloa.

(Sheet 39 of the Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland, one-inch scale.)

2.—Alva.

By the Order printed at p. 50 the parish of Alva was altered in area by the addition of the Menstrie district of the parish of Logie,
 i.e., that part of the Clackmannanshire part of the old parsh of Logie
which lay north of the River Devon.

The following subjects have this been transferred from the parish
 of Logie to the parish of Alva (while remaining in the county of Clackmannan) :—

The village of Menstrie, comprising a large number of small subjects, chiefly urban. These include loom shop, tweed factory, spinning mill, school, chuch and house, and land at Damsburn, Laurelbank, Loaningbank, Old Bridge, Sloebank, and in Back Row, Brook Street, Glenhill Terrace, Long Row, Main Street, Old Road and Toll Road.

{Sheet 30 of the Ordnance Survey maps of Scotland, one-inch scale.)

3.—Clackmannan.

The parish of Clackmannan has been altered in area through the transference of its detached part to the parish of Alloa by the Order 
printed at p. 80. See Alloa, supra, p. 273.

4.—Logie.

See County of Stirling, Logie, infra, p. 282.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

1. The counties are arranged in the order as in the Census returns, "such that a zig-zag line beginning at the north of Scotland and carried to the south passes successively through every County". The counties have the same numbers as in the Census returns.

2. The subjects transferred are enumerated under the head of the County or Parish to which they are transferred. Thus when an area has been transferred from County A to County B, the subjects affected are enumerated under County B, and a cross reference is given under County A.

3. The names of subjects are those contained in the Valuation Rolls. In the description of subjects the term "farm" includes the farm-house and servants' houses, and the term "croft" includes the house. But where any of the servants' houses on the farm have distinctive names, such houses are detailed separately. "House" includes "cottage", and "land" includes gardens, yards &c.

4. The names of proprietors are in almost all cases those given in The Valuation Rolls of 1890-91. It is therefore to be borne in mind that those who are described as proprietors may be limited owners only, such as liferenters or leaseholders.

5. Where villages or towns are affected, the names of the subjects and proprietors are not usually given. The description of the area transferred is in such cases quite sufficient to show whatever and to what extent any subject in the village or town has been affected by the Order.

6. The Ordnance Survey maps referred to are those published by the Ordnance Survey Department on the scale of one inch to the mile. Those published down to this date (1891), show the Counties and Parishes as they were before the Order of the Commissioners came into operation. It is expected that, when the work of the Commissioners is completed, revised maps will be issued to show the altered boundaries, but the sheets of the revised maps will bear the same numbers as the present maps. The Orders and the explanations can be followed readily on the maps as published at present.

7. An ampersand (&) has been used wherever a County or a Parish has a double name, e.g. "Ross & Cromarty" or "Fetlar & North Yell".

8. In most cases it is necessary to read the text of the order along with the explanation, because the full descriptions contained in the Orders are, as a rule, not repeated in the explanation.