Kincardine-in-Menteith

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Kincardine
Area16 sq mi (41 km2)  [1]
Population1,148 (2011)
  Density 72/sq mi (28/km2)
Civil parish
  • Kincardine
Community council
  • Thornhill and Blairdrummond
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stirling
Postcode district FK9
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56°10′01″N4°02′38″W / 56.167°N 4.044°W / 56.167; -4.044

Kincardine is a civil parish in the Scottish council area of Stirling and the former county of Perthshire in the historic district of Menteith.

It lies between the River Teith and River Forth and contains the villages of Blair Drummond and Thornhill. The parish church is 2 miles south-west of Doune.

In 1877, the Thornhill part of the parish was erected into a separate parish for ecclesiastic (but not civil) purposes. [2]

At the last census (2011), the population of the civil parish was 1,148. [3] The area of the parish is 10,207 acres. [4] Kincardine parish is also a Community Council area under the name Thornhill and Blairdrummond. [5]

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References

  1. Census of Scotland 1931. Preliminary Report. Table 17 - Population and Acreage of Civil Parishes alphabetically arranged. Publ. H.M.S.O. 1931
  2. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A survey of Scottish Topography statistical biographical and historical, by Francis H. Groome; publ. Thomas C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1882 - 1885. (Article on Kincardine)
  3. Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland, web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish Retrieved April 2021.
  4. Census of Scotland 1931. Preliminary Report. Table 17 - Population and Acreage of Civil Parishes alphabetically arranged. Publ. H.M.S.O. 1931
  5. Stirling Council website, Community Council boundaries -www.stirling.gov.uk/media/2704/comcouncil_boundary-areas_2018.pdf Retrieved May 2021