Clackmannan County Boundary Changes 1889-92

The County of Clackmannan had one detached part, which consisted of portions of the parish of Logie and the parish of Stirling, situated at Causewayhead and the eastern half of the Abbey Craig, and had its longest common boundary with the County of Stirling. Cambuskenneth resided within the parish of Stirling, but the County of Clackmannan.

There were three parishes situated partly in Clackmannan and partly in other counties. These were:

Alloa, Logie, and Stirling.

 Around 1891, the following were the changes made to the county boundaries.

With the County of Perth.

Alloa.

The parish of Alloa was situated partly in the County of Clackmannan and partly in the County of Perth. The Perthshire portion of the parish of Alloa was transferred to the county of Stirling and to the parish of Logie. It consisted of about four acres of land situated at Gogar Haugh.

With the County of Stirling.

Alva.

The parish of Alva formed a detached part of the County of Stirling. In 1891, the parish was transferred to the County of Clackmannan.

The following areas were transferred from the County of Stirling to the County of Clackmannan (while remaining in the parish of Alva):-

The police burgh of Alva, with all the subjects therein contained, these subjects constitute by far the greater number of the subjects transferred. The following landward subjects are thus transferred:

Place Description Proprietor
Manse, garden and glebe, Heritors of the Parish.  
Barnaich, House, James Wilson.

Estate of Alva, comprehending subjects within and without the police burgh of Alva. the following are the most important:-

Place Description Proprietor
Alva, Mansion-house, servants' house, offices, policies, woodlands, and lands, Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Mary Johnston.
Do. Boll Mill and Wester Boll Mill, Do.
Alva, Flour mills, Do.
Do. Brickworks, Do.
Backbrae, Alva, Land, Do.
Balquharn, Farm, Do.
East and West Bank, Land, Do.
Boll, Farm, Do.
Braehead, Factory, Do.
Burnside, Farm, Do.
Cadderich's Land, Land, Do.
Carsiepow, Farm, Do.
Croftshaw Road, Land, Do.
Dalmore, Do. Do.
Devon, Coal mines, Do.
Greenfield, Mill, Do.
Greenhead, House with land, Do.
Greenhead farm, Land, Do.
Myreton, Farm (part), Do.
The Nap Farm, House, Do.
Napfield, Land, Do.
Ochilbank Cottage, House and land, Do.
Shavehaugh, Houses, Do.
South Croft, Land, Do.
Strude, Farm, Do.
Part of the North British Railway (Alva) line (1 mile),   North British Railway Company.
Alva Station,   Do.

Logie.

The parish of Logie was situated partly in the County of Clackmannan, partly in the County of Perth, and partly in the County of Stirling. The Clackmannanshire part of the parish was in three portions. One was in the detached part of the County of Clackmannan situated at Causewayhead. It has been transferred to the County of Stirling, while remaining in the parish of Logie. The second consisted of the existing district, adjoining the parish of Alva; it is retained in Clackmannanshire. The third consisted of the Blackgrange property; it is retained in Clackmannanshire but has been transferred from the parish of Logie to the parish of Alloa. In the case of the last-named portion there is a slight rectification in the county boundary, whereby, instead of running along the centre of the Alloa and Stirling road as previously, it is made to run first along the one side to Gogar Loan and then along the other, thus dividing the road transversely instead of longitudinally between the two counties.

Stirling.

The parish of Stirling was situated partly in the County of Clackmannan and partly in the County of Stirling. The Clackmannanshire part was situated at Cambuskenneth, in the detached part of the county. The parish of Stirling has been placed wholly in the county of Stirling.

PARISH BOUNDARIES.

Alloa.

The parish of Alloa has been altered in area

(a) by the disjunction of the small portion of the parish formerly situated in the county of Perth.

(b) by the addition of the detached part of the parish of Clackmannan situated at Sauchie; and

(c) by the addition of the Blackgrange district of Logie.

The following subjects are thus affected:-

(a) Transferred from the parish of Alloa to the parish of Logie.

Place Description Proprietor
Gogar Haugh, Land, Mrs. M. W. Morries Stirling of Blackgrange.

(b) Transferred from the parish of Clackmannan to the parish of Alloa.

Village of Marchglen, near Tillicoultry, containing a number of objects of small value.
Village of Sauchie, with Fishcross, Blinkbonnie, Devon Village, Newtonshaw, Furnacebank, Whiteyet, etc. The subjects are almost wholly urban, (houses of miners, etc.), and individually of small value. The greater number belongs to the Earl of Mansfield (being linked to the Alloa Coal Company, but there also many others held by small owners.
Village of New Sauchie, similar in character to Sauchie.

Place Description Proprietor
Devon, Sauchie, House, quarry, and land, Alloa Coal Company (Andrew Mitchell, &c.).
Fishcross, Sauchie, School and house, School Board of the Parish.
Sauchie, Waterworks, County Council of Clackmannan.
Do. Church and manse, Trustees of Sauchie Church.
Sauchie Estate—Sauchie, Policies, land, and woodlands, Earl of Mansfield.
Auchenbaird, Farm, Do.
Bankhead, Do. Do.
Do. Quarry, Do.
Beachwood, Land, Do.
Blackfaulds and part of Whiteleys, Farm, Earl of Mansfield.
Burneys, Land, Do.
Diverswell, farm, Do.
Drumbegs, Land, Do.
Greycraigs, Farm, Do.
Do. Quarry, Do.
Old mains, House and land, Do.
Pitfairn, Houses and land, Do.
Sauchie, Minerals, Do.
Schawpark, Farm (part), Do.
Sprotwell, Farm, Do.
Tower House, House and land, Do.
Part of the North British Railway (Tillicoultry) line (1 mile 63 chains),   North British Railway Company.
Sauchie Station,   Do.

(c) Transferred from the parish of Logie to the parish of Alloa.

Place Description Proprietor
Blackgrange, Salmon-fishings, fisherman's house, and smithy, Mrs. M. W. Morries Stirling of Blackgrange.
haugh of Blackgrange, Farm, Do.
Gravel and Headtown, Do. Do.
Greenkerse, Do. Do.
Midtown, Do. Do.
Northfield, Do. Do.
Part of the North British Railway (Stirling and Dunfermline) line (55 chains),   North British Railway Company.
Blackgrange Crossing, House, Do.

Alva.

The parish of Alva was altered in area by the addition of the Menstrie district of the parish of Logie, i.e., that part of the Clackmannanshire part of the old parish of Logie which lay north of the river Devon.

The following subjects have this been transferred from the parish
 of Logie to the parish of Alva (while remaining in the county of Clackmannan):-

The village of Menstrie, comprising a large number of small subjects, chiefly urban. These include loom shop, tweed factory, spinning mill, school, church and house, and land at Damsburn, Laurelbank, Loaningbank, Old Bridge, Sloebank, and in Back Row, Brook Street, Glenhill Terrace, Long Row, Main Street, Old Road and Toll Road.

Place Description Proprietor
Airthrey Estate—Gernal, Farm, Donald Graham of Airthrey.
Jerah, Do. (part), Do.
Loaningbank, Do. Do.
Menstrie, Woodlands, mill, house, crofts, land, &c, Donald Graham of Airthrey.
Menstrie Mains, Farm, Do.
Menstrie Mill, Mill and house, Do.
Playgreen, Farm, Do.
Alva Estate-Balquharn, House and land, Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Mary Johnston.
Farm, Houses, Do.
Glenochil, Farm, Do.
Myreton, Do. (part), Do.
Do. House and land, Do.
Blairlogie, Montague cottage, offices, and land, Liet.-Col. James Hare.
Broomhall, House, James Johnstone.
Elmbank, Mill and wool store, Do.
Menstrie, Malt barns, Do.
Glenochil, Distillery, warehouses, land, and houses, The Distillers Company Ltd., per Alex. M'Nab.
Middleton Kerse, House, garden, offices, lodge, and land, Alex M'nab.
Glenochil, House and land, Do.
Red Carr, House, garden, stable and lodge, Sheriff Tyndall Bruce Johnstone.
Part of the North British Railway (Alva) line (1 mile 31 chains),   North British Railway Company.
Menstrie Station, House, Do.

Clackmannan.

The parish of Clackmannan has been altered in area through the transference of its detached part to the parish of Alloa.

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