Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for St Ninians (or St Ringans)

St Ninians (or St Ringans), town and par., Stirlingshire, on river Forth - par., partly within the parl. burgh of Stirling, 38,012 ac., pop. 10,423; town, 1 mile S. of Stirling and within the parl. burgh, pop. 1647; P.O., T.O.; has mfrs. of woollens, nails, and screw-bolts, and there are large tanworks. The town is close to the battlefield of Bannockburn.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: St Ninians ScoP       Stirlingshire ScoCnty
Place names: ST NINIANS     |     ST NINIANS OR ST RINGANS     |     ST RINGANS
Place: St Ninians

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