The History Of Stirlingshire (Volume I)

By William Nimmo and Robert Gillespie

Book Overview

Stirlingshire sits at Scotland's hinge, where Highland edge meets Lowland road. Stones remember what we forget. In The History Of Stirlingshire (Volume I), William Nimmo gathers the county's places and past into a steady, richly observed record that still rewards the curious reader. From battlefield approaches to river crossings, from kirks to market streets, its detail invites armchair travel and on-the-ground exploration, giving modern visitors a map of memory as well as fact today. Part scottish county history and part antiquarian local history, this volume reads like a historical gazetteer reference: it moves through Stirlingshire towns and parishes, noting boundaries, landscape, settlement, and the civic life that shaped them. Nimmo's eye for scottish antiquities and ruins anchors the narrative in the visible remains of earlier centuries, while his attention to political and social history traces how power, worship, work, and learning altered the county over time. For genealogy and local research, it offers a dependable framework of names, places, and context, and it sits naturally beside the old statistical account scotland for readers building a serious Scotland history reference guide. As a landmark of nineteenth-century scottish history writing, Nimmo's work belongs in any british regional history collection, not only for what it records but for how it captures Stirlingshire Scotland heritage at the moment modernity quickened. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354503578
• ISBN13: 9789354503573
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"