Stirlingshire

British

/ ˈstɜːlɪŋˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

a former county of central Scotland: mostly became part of Central Region in 1975: now covered by the council areas of Stirling, Falkirk, and East Dunbartonshire

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They found footage of him from just after he left the pub in Denny, in Stirlingshire, on the Saturday night.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

The areas worst hit include the Highlands and islands, Aberdeen and Stirlingshire.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

A dog walker in Stirlingshire captured footage of winds lifting a forest floor as Storm Babet moved across Scotland - bringing high winds, heavy rain and flooding.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

A community hall in Stirlingshire is distributing emergency food supplies after the village's only supermarket flooded.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023

Their course lay almost exactly along the fifty-sixth parallel of latitude, and took them across Argyle, Dumbarton, and Stirlingshire to the head of the Firth of Forth.

From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by Griffith, George Chetwynd

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