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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| River Carron | River Carron River Carron River Carron River Carron River Carron River Carron River Carron River Carron River Carron |
Revd.[Reverend] John Kerr Mr. David Leighton, Mr. R.W. Dorward Revd. [Reverend] William Begg Mr. John Beeby Gazeteer of Scotland Nimmo's History of Stirling 1817 Mr. George Laing Mr. James Rennie |
025.09 ; 025.10 | A small but important River which rises near the road-side leading from Campsie to Fintry, and about midway between these two villages. from its source to within about 3 miles of Denny its banks are low, and its course sluggish, particularly that portion passing through Carron Bog, where in the winter season it not unfrequently assumes the appearance of a large Loch -from this point to about ½ mile S. [South] of Denny it is Rapid, its banks Rugged and precipitous and thickly wooded, from this point to its confluence with the Firth of Forth it again assumes its sluggish course. Its tributaries are the Grange Burn, Bonny Water, and a number of small rivulets of lesser note. At Larbert nearly the whole of its waters are diverted through an artificial channel to a large reservoir for the purpose of propelling the vast machining of the Carron Iron Works, about ½ mile below [Continued] |
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[Page] 73 -- Parish of Polmont
Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 22 - Parish of Polmont, OS1/32/22
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Polmont.
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.