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SLATER'S
STIRLING-
DIRECTORY
dials ; the ground flat is occupied as shops, and the upper flat con-
tains the council chambers aud town clerk's offices ; the front of the
building is circular, thus giving a much greater facility of entrance
to the two streets which branch out here. Smith Iustitnte, in
Dumbarton road, erected in 1873, is a handsome building of stone
with a portico front ; it was founded by the lat3 Thomas S. Smith,
Esq. of Glassingall, at a cost of £5,000, who also left sufficient funds
for its future maintenance ; the town gave the site. The building
embraces a reading room, library, museum and picture gallery, all
of which are open to the public free, the provost and others being
appointed trustees. The Stirling Tract Depot is a handsome
building, erected at a cost of nearly £5,000, situated at the corner
of King street aud Murray place : it forms a prominent feature
from the style of architecture, which is a combination of modern
Italian, with some of the more picturesque features of early Norman.
The windows of the ground storey are crowned with hearts sculp-
tured iu stone, of Luther, Wycliffe, Knox, Guthrie, Whitfield and
Chalmers. The Cora Exchange, situated near the Athenaeum, a
large structure used as a market place, was formerly the principal
hall for public meetings, concerts, &c. In 1882, the Arcade, a glass-
roofed thoroughfare between Murray place and King street, was built
bv Mr. William Crawford. It contains two hotels, the Douglas and
the Crown, a number of shops, and two halls, the Town Hall, seated
for 1,100, and the Lesser Arcade Halt for smaller meetings. The
Town Hall is licensed for stage plays. In 1883 a splendid new public
hall was erected in Albert place by the Stirling Public Halls Com-
pany, Limited. This handsome building, designed by Mr. William
Simpson, jun., architect, Stirling, cost about £12,n00, aud contains a
large hall, fitted with ample stage accommodation for dramatic per-
formances, for which there is a license, and seated for 1,400 persons;
and a smaller hall, seated for 300, with retiring and cloak rooms and
keeper's apartments. The large hall contains a magnificent organ,
built by Willis, London, at a cost of £2,300.
There are four Established churches, four Free, three United
Presbyterian and one Episcopal, and chapels forWesle^an, Baptist,
Congregational and Roman Catholic sects. The east and west con-
gregations of the Establishment worship in GreyMars, a fine old
building near the Castle. The North church, in the Norman style
of architecture, is situated in Murray place, where also is the Free
North Church, with a fine spire. Holy Trinity Church, in Albert
place, is another neat edifice, with a beautiful organ. A monument,
iu the Grecian style of architecture, was erected at a cost of
upwards of £500, in front of the United Presbyterian church, St.
John street, in memory of the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, one of the
first seceders from the Establishment. In 1S5G, a pnor house, hos-
pital and lunatic asylum, were erected at a cost of £7,000. Stirling
has long been celebrated for its schools and hospitals ; some of the
latter are foundations of long standing, and are well endowed — their
titles and localities will be found under their appropriate heads at
a subsequent page. Several newspapers are issued from the press
of this towu every week, namely, the Stirling Observer, the Stirling
Journal and Advertiser, the Stirling Reporter, and Bridge of Allan
Reporter. They are papers of considerable repute, and deservedly
enjoy a large share of patronage. Stirling, long tho seatof Scottish
kings and the classic site of the most interesting scenes in Scottish
history, is now the peaceful centre of the richest and best cultivated
district in Scotland.
Three miles from Stirling are the mineral springs of Airthrev,
the chief saline waters iu Scotland, containing 47^j grains of com-
mon salt in IGoz., and nearly a similar amount of muriate of lime.
They are situated at Bridge of Allan, now a large and thriving village,
containing many elegant mansions and villas, and which will be
found noticed in a preceding page. On the Abbey Craig, a distance
of two miles east from Stirling, has been erected the Wallace monu-
ment, a noble structure, to the memory of Sir William Wallace, fitly
built on the craig on which Wallace's army encamped the nisht
before the battle nf Stirling Bridge. On the 24th of November, 1377,
a monument to King Robert the Bruce, occupying a commanding
position iu front of Stirling Castle and overlooking tho battlefields
of Stirling and Baunockburn, was unveiled by Lady Alexander.
A weekly market is held at Stirling on Friday. The fairs are
held on the first Friday in February, for horses; the last Friday, in
May for cattle and horses; the lirst Friday in March, Ax>ril, May,
and August, for cattle ; the third Friday in October and the second
Friday iu December for hiring servants. According to the returns
I for 1871, the town of Stirling contained a population of 14,272, which
' in 1881 had increased to 16,012.
Cambuskenneth is a small village in the parish of Logie, county
of Clackmannan, situated opposite to Stirling, on tho north side of
the River Forth, on one of tbe peninsulas formed by the windings
of the river, near to which is the tall and desolate ruin of Cambus-
kenneth Abbev. founded by David I., in 1147, and once a pile of great
magnitude. Within the precincts of the abbey, James III. and his
queen wore interred ; during some excavations made among tbe
ruins, tbe royal remains were discovered, and were afterwards re-
interred, and a beautiful tombstone, erected at the expense of Her
Majesty, marks tbe spot.
POST OFFICE, MAXWELL PLACE, STIRLING,
WILLIAM C. STEVENSON, Post Master.
ARRIVALS.— From England, Ireland, Foreign, South of Scotland and all parts at G 45 a.m.; from England, Ireland, Foreign and
Scotland generally at 8 a.m.; from Callander. Doune, Alloa, Alva, Dollar, Dunfermline, Menstrie, Tillicoultry, Crieff, Bridge of Allan,
Edinburgh, Glasgow aud Scotland generally at 6 p.m. ; from Inverness, Aberdeen, Crieff, Bridge of Allan, Inveraray, Ardrishaig, Oban,
Dalmally, Tyndrum, Killin, Lochearnhead, Dunfermline, Alloa, Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva, Menstrie, Cambus, Blair Logie, London,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Ireland at 2 30 p.m.
DESPATCHES.— To Bridge of Allan, Crieff, Perth aud North of Scotland at 7 5 a.m., on Sunday at 7 15; to Alloa, Dunfermline, &c-
{Sundays excepted) at 7 45 a.m. ; to West Highlands, rtt745; to Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c. at 8 20 a.m. ; to Falkirk at 10 a.m. ; to Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, South of Scotland and North-East of England (Sundays excepted) at 11 40 a.m. ; to Auchterardcr and Blackford at 1 40
p.m.; to Dunfermline at 2 20 p.m.; to Perth and Dundee at 2 40 p.m. ; to Edinburgh, Glasgow, England, Ireland, South of Scotland and
all places abroad (the only Mail South on Sunday) at 4 30 p.m. ; to Bridge of Allan, Crieff, Dunblane, Alloa, Dunfermline, Kinross, &c.
(Sundays excepted) at 4 50 p.m.; to England, Ireland, Foreign and South of Scotland (Sundays excepted), at 8 10 p.m. ; to Bridge of
Allan, Dunblane, Crieff, Perth, Donne, Callander, Killin, Dalmally, Oban, Inveraray, Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig aud North of Scotland
(Sundays excepted) at 10 p.m.; to Alloa and Dunfermlino at 11 p.m. On Sundays at 10.
LOCAL POSTS.— To Bannockburn and St. Nhrians at 5 and S a.m. and 5 30 p.m.; toBuchlyvie and Gargunnock at G a.m. ; to
Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva, and Menstrie at 7 45 a.m. ; to Gargunnock-, Dunmore, Summerlane, Craisrmile, Blair Logie, Causewayhead,
Callander and Doune at 8 20 a.m.; to Port of Monteith and Station, Kippen at 10 a.m.; to Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva and Callander at
4 50 p.m.; to Cambusbarron at 5 40 p.m.; to Blair-Dru-.mond, Thoruhill, Kippen, Port of Mooteith, Aberfoyle, Kinlochard, Gartmoro
andBnchlyvie at 10 p.m.; to Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva, Menstrie, Blair Logie, Causewayhead, Cambus, Tullibody, Blairiugone,
Rumbling Bridge and Muckhart at 11 p.m. Money Order and Telegraph Ojfice and Savings Bank.
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STIRLING-
DIRECTORY
dials ; the ground flat is occupied as shops, and the upper flat con-
tains the council chambers aud town clerk's offices ; the front of the
building is circular, thus giving a much greater facility of entrance
to the two streets which branch out here. Smith Iustitnte, in
Dumbarton road, erected in 1873, is a handsome building of stone
with a portico front ; it was founded by the lat3 Thomas S. Smith,
Esq. of Glassingall, at a cost of £5,000, who also left sufficient funds
for its future maintenance ; the town gave the site. The building
embraces a reading room, library, museum and picture gallery, all
of which are open to the public free, the provost and others being
appointed trustees. The Stirling Tract Depot is a handsome
building, erected at a cost of nearly £5,000, situated at the corner
of King street aud Murray place : it forms a prominent feature
from the style of architecture, which is a combination of modern
Italian, with some of the more picturesque features of early Norman.
The windows of the ground storey are crowned with hearts sculp-
tured iu stone, of Luther, Wycliffe, Knox, Guthrie, Whitfield and
Chalmers. The Cora Exchange, situated near the Athenaeum, a
large structure used as a market place, was formerly the principal
hall for public meetings, concerts, &c. In 1882, the Arcade, a glass-
roofed thoroughfare between Murray place and King street, was built
bv Mr. William Crawford. It contains two hotels, the Douglas and
the Crown, a number of shops, and two halls, the Town Hall, seated
for 1,100, and the Lesser Arcade Halt for smaller meetings. The
Town Hall is licensed for stage plays. In 1883 a splendid new public
hall was erected in Albert place by the Stirling Public Halls Com-
pany, Limited. This handsome building, designed by Mr. William
Simpson, jun., architect, Stirling, cost about £12,n00, aud contains a
large hall, fitted with ample stage accommodation for dramatic per-
formances, for which there is a license, and seated for 1,400 persons;
and a smaller hall, seated for 300, with retiring and cloak rooms and
keeper's apartments. The large hall contains a magnificent organ,
built by Willis, London, at a cost of £2,300.
There are four Established churches, four Free, three United
Presbyterian and one Episcopal, and chapels forWesle^an, Baptist,
Congregational and Roman Catholic sects. The east and west con-
gregations of the Establishment worship in GreyMars, a fine old
building near the Castle. The North church, in the Norman style
of architecture, is situated in Murray place, where also is the Free
North Church, with a fine spire. Holy Trinity Church, in Albert
place, is another neat edifice, with a beautiful organ. A monument,
iu the Grecian style of architecture, was erected at a cost of
upwards of £500, in front of the United Presbyterian church, St.
John street, in memory of the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, one of the
first seceders from the Establishment. In 1S5G, a pnor house, hos-
pital and lunatic asylum, were erected at a cost of £7,000. Stirling
has long been celebrated for its schools and hospitals ; some of the
latter are foundations of long standing, and are well endowed — their
titles and localities will be found under their appropriate heads at
a subsequent page. Several newspapers are issued from the press
of this towu every week, namely, the Stirling Observer, the Stirling
Journal and Advertiser, the Stirling Reporter, and Bridge of Allan
Reporter. They are papers of considerable repute, and deservedly
enjoy a large share of patronage. Stirling, long tho seatof Scottish
kings and the classic site of the most interesting scenes in Scottish
history, is now the peaceful centre of the richest and best cultivated
district in Scotland.
Three miles from Stirling are the mineral springs of Airthrev,
the chief saline waters iu Scotland, containing 47^j grains of com-
mon salt in IGoz., and nearly a similar amount of muriate of lime.
They are situated at Bridge of Allan, now a large and thriving village,
containing many elegant mansions and villas, and which will be
found noticed in a preceding page. On the Abbey Craig, a distance
of two miles east from Stirling, has been erected the Wallace monu-
ment, a noble structure, to the memory of Sir William Wallace, fitly
built on the craig on which Wallace's army encamped the nisht
before the battle nf Stirling Bridge. On the 24th of November, 1377,
a monument to King Robert the Bruce, occupying a commanding
position iu front of Stirling Castle and overlooking tho battlefields
of Stirling and Baunockburn, was unveiled by Lady Alexander.
A weekly market is held at Stirling on Friday. The fairs are
held on the first Friday in February, for horses; the last Friday, in
May for cattle and horses; the lirst Friday in March, Ax>ril, May,
and August, for cattle ; the third Friday in October and the second
Friday iu December for hiring servants. According to the returns
I for 1871, the town of Stirling contained a population of 14,272, which
' in 1881 had increased to 16,012.
Cambuskenneth is a small village in the parish of Logie, county
of Clackmannan, situated opposite to Stirling, on tho north side of
the River Forth, on one of tbe peninsulas formed by the windings
of the river, near to which is the tall and desolate ruin of Cambus-
kenneth Abbev. founded by David I., in 1147, and once a pile of great
magnitude. Within the precincts of the abbey, James III. and his
queen wore interred ; during some excavations made among tbe
ruins, tbe royal remains were discovered, and were afterwards re-
interred, and a beautiful tombstone, erected at the expense of Her
Majesty, marks tbe spot.
POST OFFICE, MAXWELL PLACE, STIRLING,
WILLIAM C. STEVENSON, Post Master.
ARRIVALS.— From England, Ireland, Foreign, South of Scotland and all parts at G 45 a.m.; from England, Ireland, Foreign and
Scotland generally at 8 a.m.; from Callander. Doune, Alloa, Alva, Dollar, Dunfermline, Menstrie, Tillicoultry, Crieff, Bridge of Allan,
Edinburgh, Glasgow aud Scotland generally at 6 p.m. ; from Inverness, Aberdeen, Crieff, Bridge of Allan, Inveraray, Ardrishaig, Oban,
Dalmally, Tyndrum, Killin, Lochearnhead, Dunfermline, Alloa, Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva, Menstrie, Cambus, Blair Logie, London,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Ireland at 2 30 p.m.
DESPATCHES.— To Bridge of Allan, Crieff, Perth aud North of Scotland at 7 5 a.m., on Sunday at 7 15; to Alloa, Dunfermline, &c-
{Sundays excepted) at 7 45 a.m. ; to West Highlands, rtt745; to Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c. at 8 20 a.m. ; to Falkirk at 10 a.m. ; to Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, South of Scotland and North-East of England (Sundays excepted) at 11 40 a.m. ; to Auchterardcr and Blackford at 1 40
p.m.; to Dunfermline at 2 20 p.m.; to Perth and Dundee at 2 40 p.m. ; to Edinburgh, Glasgow, England, Ireland, South of Scotland and
all places abroad (the only Mail South on Sunday) at 4 30 p.m. ; to Bridge of Allan, Crieff, Dunblane, Alloa, Dunfermline, Kinross, &c.
(Sundays excepted) at 4 50 p.m.; to England, Ireland, Foreign and South of Scotland (Sundays excepted), at 8 10 p.m. ; to Bridge of
Allan, Dunblane, Crieff, Perth, Donne, Callander, Killin, Dalmally, Oban, Inveraray, Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig aud North of Scotland
(Sundays excepted) at 10 p.m.; to Alloa and Dunfermlino at 11 p.m. On Sundays at 10.
LOCAL POSTS.— To Bannockburn and St. Nhrians at 5 and S a.m. and 5 30 p.m.; toBuchlyvie and Gargunnock at G a.m. ; to
Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva, and Menstrie at 7 45 a.m. ; to Gargunnock-, Dunmore, Summerlane, Craisrmile, Blair Logie, Causewayhead,
Callander and Doune at 8 20 a.m.; to Port of Monteith and Station, Kippen at 10 a.m.; to Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva and Callander at
4 50 p.m.; to Cambusbarron at 5 40 p.m.; to Blair-Dru-.mond, Thoruhill, Kippen, Port of Mooteith, Aberfoyle, Kinlochard, Gartmoro
andBnchlyvie at 10 p.m.; to Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva, Menstrie, Blair Logie, Causewayhead, Cambus, Tullibody, Blairiugone,
Rumbling Bridge and Muckhart at 11 p.m. Money Order and Telegraph Ojfice and Savings Bank.
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