Volume contents
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- 91 - Muiravonside , title page
- 92 - Muiravonside , index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Canal | Union Canal Union Canal Union Canal |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. James McFarlane Mr. Matthew M. Henderson Mr. Alexander Whyte |
031.10 | "A Splendid water-way extending from Port-Hopetown at Edinburgh to Port-Downie on the Forth and Clyde Canal, and, by means of the latter navigation, connecting Glasgow with Edinburgh, from which it is frequently termed the Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal. The success of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which extends from Port-Dundas at Glasgow, to Grangemouth at the head of the Firth of Forth, had long directed the attention of the public to the expediency of forming a canal which should take the benefit of that already in existence, and thus form a continuous means of Communication between the eastern and western Capitals of Scotland. It was commenced in 1818 and finished in 1822. The total cost up till this time" (1842) "was little short of £400,000, an amount vastly beyond the original sum at which the works had been estimated, and to this Cause in addition to the misconception, as to the amount of traffic likely to be on it, may be attributed the extremely unremunerating character which has all along attached to this really useful and great national undertaking. The line as has been stated commences at the Continued X [continued on page 35] |
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Ph. [Parish] of Muiravonside
Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 21 - Parish of Muiravonside, OS1/32/21
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Muiravonside.
Ordnance Survey - Stirling county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Stirling, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.