A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Norriston, a quoad sacra parish in Monteith district, S Perthshire, containing thornhill village, 4 miles WSW of Doune, and 9 ¼ WNW of Stirling. Constituted in 1877, it is in the presbytery of Dunblane and the synod of Perth and Stirling. Its church, which originated in an endowment by Gabriel Norrie about the year 1670, was rebuilt in 1812, and contains 870 sittings. There is also a Free church of Norriston. Pop. (1881) 1032, of whom 635 were in the detached section of Kincardine, 270 in Kilmadock, and 127 in Port of Monteith.—Ord. Sur., shs. 39, 1869
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a quoad sacra parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Norrieston |
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