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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ST. NINIANS | St Ninians | Statistical Account Nimmo's History of Stirlingshire Rev [Reverend] Robert Paisley, St. Ninians Valuation Roll for 1855-6 Grassoms County Map Johnston's Country Map |
The Parish of St Ninians is in the Presbytery of Stirling, Synod of Perth and Stirling, and in the County of Stirling. St Ninans is the name by which the parish has long been Know, though it is difficult to say when, or for what reason, it was first given. The original name of the parish was Egglis, Egglius, or Eccles, the Church - In 1147, David I founded the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, And gave to it certain lands in this parish; And during his reign, Robert, Bishop of St Andrews, granted to the same Abbey, "the Church of Egglis, St Ninians, with it's chapels of Dunipace And Lithbert, and all its other chapels and oratories, And all other pertinents." During the Occupation of the Romans, Stirling was considered merely as a water tower or station; And if St Ninians was, perhaps, for a time the only Church in the district between the Forth And Carron, it might, even after others had sprung up around it, Still retain the name of the Church. In 1459, another Ninian became Bishop of Galloway, And in this century of deanery of the Chapel Royal at Stirling was Annexed to that Bishoprick; the Dean was invested with Episcopal jurisdiction, And the Bishop was designated, Candidae Casae et Capelle Regiae Strivelingensis Episcopus." But though this brings one of the name near to us, it cannot be ascertained after which of the two parish was named, or when and by whom the change of name was effected. One thing is certain, that, long after the parish was called St. Ninians, the village in the parish register is styled Kirktown; and it is only since 1724 that this name was entirely dropped. St. Ninians, it is said, once comprehended the whole district between the Forth and Carron. With the exception of the small space occupied by the parish of Stirling, the Forth is still its northern boundary for Many Miles; by which , it is separated from the parishes of Kincardine, Lecropt, Logie And Alloa. On the East, it is bounded by Airth; on the west, by Gargunnock And Fintry. The Carron on the south, for nearly Six Miles, Separates it from Kilsyth and Denny, the parishes of Dunipace and Larbert forming the remainder of its southern boundary. The parish church was built in 1750. It contains upwards of 1500 Sittings, and has never been altered or enlarged. The whole church, with the exception of a [Stipend] |
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