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Stirling

Classification and Statistics

Settlement Type: city
Population (2001): 32673    
(1991): 30515
(1981): 38842
(Combined with Bannockburn and Cambusbarron)
(1971): 29776
(1961): 27551
(1951): 26962
(1911): 21200
(1901): 18403
(Parliamentary and Municipal Burgh)
(1881): 16013
(1871): 14279
(1861): 13707
(1841): 8307

Tourist Rating: Three Stars
Text of Entry Updated: 24-OCT-2011
Location

Latitude: 56.1198°N Longitude: 3.9397°W
National Grid Reference: NS 795 936
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References and Further Reading
Cant, Ronald G. and Ian G. Lindsay (1948) Old Stirling. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh
Gifford, John and Frank Arneil Walker (eds.) (2002) The Buildings of Scotland: Stirling and Central Scotland. Yale University Press, New Haven and London
McKean, Charles (1985) Stirling and the Trossachs: An Illustrated Architecural Guide. Scottish Academic Press and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Edinburgh
Ross, David (1998) Scotland: History of a Nation. Lomond Books
Smith, Robin (2001) The Making of Scotland. Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh
Stevenson, Jack (1995) Exploring Scotland's Heritage: Glasgow, Clydeside and Stirling.. Second Edition, The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and HMSO, Edinburgh
Tranter, Nigel (1971) The Queen's Scotland: The Heartland - Clackmannanshire, Perthshire and Stirlingshire.. Hodder and Stoughton, London

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