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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Stirlingshire

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

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

A 59-year old biker has died after a crash involving two other vehicles on the A82 in Stirlingshire.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

Such was their closeness that when Johanna died in May 2005, MacCallum, from Aberfoyle in Stirlingshire, asked to read the eulogy at her funeral.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024

In 2002, an SAS memorial was erected at Doune near the family's Stirlingshire estate.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2022

Arms were afterwards found flung away in the fields, and the roads to Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire were crowded with these renegades.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Mrs. Thomson

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