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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Falkirk. You may be able to find further references to Falkirk in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source | Falkirk | a town and parish | Groome |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Falkirk.
Place | Type of entry | Source | Abbotshaugh | a quondam abbey | Groome | Auchengean | hamlet with school | Bartholomew | Bainsford, or Brainsford | village | Bartholomew | Bantaskine | an estate, with a mansion | Groome | Barleyside | a village | Groome | Barleyside | village | Bartholomew | Bonnymuir | a bleak, moorish rising ground | Groome | Bonnymuir | Bartholomew | Brainsford or Bainsford | a small suburban town | Groome | Callendar | an estate, with a mansion | Groome | Callendar House | seat | Bartholomew | Carron Iron-works | a seat | Groome | Carron, West | a village | Groome | Castlecary | railway station and old castle | Bartholomew | Glen | a village | Groome | Glen | village | Bartholomew | Greenhill | railway station | Bartholomew | Greenhill | a station | Groome | Jawcraig Coilliery | Bartholomew | Kerse House | the seat | Groome | Kerse House | seat | Bartholomew | Larbert Junction | railway station | Bartholomew | Laurieston | a village | Groome | Lauriston | village | Bartholomew | Merchiston Hall | a mansion | Groome | Merchiston Hall | seat | Bartholomew | Parkfoot | part of town | Bartholomew |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Falkirk within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | Thomas Pennant | September 5-17: Inveraray to Edinburgh | 6 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 12, Part 2: Glasgow and central Scotland | 1 | Samuel Johnson | Highland chieftains | 1 | John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 | Thomas Pennant | Appendix VIII: Itinerary | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Grahamston | 0 | 2 |
Callendar | 0 | 2 |
Bainsford | 0 | 3 |
Camelon | 0 | 2 |
Laurieston | 0 | 3 |
Carron | 0 | 4 |
Arthurs Oven | 0 | 2 |
Carronshore | 0 | 2 |
Stenhousemuir | 0 | 2 |
Redding | 0 | 2 |
Bothkennar | 0 | 2 |
Larbert | 0 | 2 |
Carron Hall | 0 | 2 |
Brightons | 0 | 2 |
Grangemouth | 0 | 2 |
Polmont | 0 | 2 |
Bonnybridge | 0 | 2 |
Muiravonside | 0 | 2 |
Torwood | 0 | 2 |
Denovan | 0 | 2 |