Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling (Siorrachd Sruighlea in ) is a of, based around , the former. It borders to the north,  and  to the east,  to the south, and  to the south-west.

Until 1975 it was a. Until the 1890s the county had two small exclaves: part of the parish of, which was surrounded by , and the parish of , locally in. The Perthshire part of Logie was added to Stirlingshire, while Alva was annexed by Clackmannashire.

In most of Stirlingshire was included in the Central Region, with Kilsyth and surrounding area becoming part of Strathclyde Region. Since the area of the former county has been part of the s of, ,  and.

Coat of arms
The County Council of Stirling was granted a by  King of Arms on,. The design of the arms commemorated the Scottish victory at the in the county. On the silver on blue of  was placed the rampant red lion from the. Around this were placed two s and two spur-rowels recalling the use of the weapons against the English cavalry.

On the abolition of the county council in, the arms were regranted to Stirling District Council. They were regranted a second time in to the present Stirling Council, with the addition of supporters.

Burghs
Until the county contained the following burghs:
 * The of  (from the 12th century) (No. 2 on map)
 * The Burgh of (a  from ) (1)
 * The Burgh of and  (a police burgh from ) (4)
 * The Burgh of (a  from, reformed ) (5)
 * The Burgh of (a police burgh from ) (6)
 * The Burgh of (a burgh of barony from, a police burgh from ) (3)

In Falkirk and Stirling became s, taking over some of the duties of the county council. The remaining four burghs became "small burghs", with limited powers.

Civil parishes
Following the boundary changes caused by the, the county contained the following civil parishes:


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In parish councils were established for the civil parishes, replacing the previous parochial boards. The parish councils were in turn replaced by district councils in.

Districts
In the parishes ceased to be used for local government purposes, and the landward area of the county (the part outside the burghs) was divided into eight districts. These were abolished in.
 * County of Stirling Central No.1
 * County of Stirling Central No.2 (Denny, Dunipace and Kilsyth areas)
 * County of Stirling Eastern No.1 (parishes of Airth and Larbert)
 * County of Stirling Eastern No.2 (Falkirk and Slamannan)
 * County of Stirling Eastern No.3 (parishes of Polmont and Muiravonside)
 * County of Stirling Western No.1
 * County of Stirling Western No.2
 * County of Stirling Western No.3 (Baldernock, Campsie, Strathblane)

Parliamentary constituencies
Following the, Stirlingshire returned members to the of the  from 1708.

1707 - 1918

 * The Royal Burgh of Stirling formed part of the constituency along with burghs in Fife and Perthshire.
 * The Burgh of Falkirk formed part of, along with burghs in Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire.
 * The remainder of the county returned a single member as the parliamentary county of . The detached parish of Alva was annexed to the constituency of by the.

1918 - 1975
In seats in the House of Commons were redistributed. Stirlingshire was thereafter represented by three members of parliament.
 * The burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth formed the constituency. in  the constituency was renamed Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.
 * The eastern part of the county (defined in 1948 and 1970 as the Eastern No.1, Eastern No.2 and Eastern No.3 Districts) was combined with Clackmannanshire to form
 * The remainder of the county was included in the constituency of (named Stirling and Clackmannan West until 1945). The area included in the constituency was defined in  and  as the burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and Kilsyth; and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 districts.

These boundaries continued in use until, when new constituencies were formed based on the regions and districts created in.