In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described St Ninians like this:

St Ninians (or St Ringans), town and par., Stirlingshire, on river Forth - par., partly within the parl. burgh of Stirling, 38,012 ac., pop. 10,423; town, 1 mile S. of Stirling and within the parl. burgh, pop. 1647; P.O., T.O.; has mfrs. of woollens, nails, and screw-bolts, and there are large tanworks. The town is close to the battlefield of Bannockburn.

St Ninians through time

St Ninians is now part of STIRLING Council. Click here for graphs and data of how STIRLING has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St Ninians itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Ninians, in Stirling and Stirlingshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16953

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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