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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| River Forth (continued) | River Forth | [Continued from page 11] receives on reaching Kincardine an opulent tributary the beautiful Teith, It now Commences to assume on its approach to Stirling its sinuous and Meandering Course so well Known by the name of the LinKs of Forth and receives in the vicinity of the latter town. another large tributary from Perthshire, the poetical Allan Water It is navigable from Stirling Bridge for sailing vessels of small burden and Steamboats and from this point it gradually widens in its progress thro[ugh] the Carse of Stirling still Continuing its extremely sinuous character until it passes Alloa where it relinquishes to a great extent its sinuosities and fresh Water Character and it is now navigable for vessels of 300 tons burden. It assumes the name of the Firth of Forth at a point opposite to where the boundary of Perthshire is conterminous with that of ClacKmannan. |
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[Page] 12[Parish of Airth]
[Note] Partly extracted from Fullartons Imperail Gazzetteer.
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