Larbert, Stirlingshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Larbert. You may be able to find further references to Larbert in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Larbert parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
Larbert a village and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Larbert.

Place Type of entry Source
Arthur's Oven or Arthur's O'on a famous quondam Roman antiquity Groome
Arthur's Oven, or Arthur's O'on famous antique building Bartholomew
Carron village Bartholomew
Carron a village Groome
Carronhall village Bartholomew
Carronvale seat Bartholomew
Cuttyfield village Bartholomew
Kinnaird House an old-fashioned, three-storied mansion Groome
Nailerrow part of Bartholomew
Stenhouse a mansion Groome
Stenhouse seat Bartholomew
Stenhousemuir a small town Groome
Stenhousemuir town Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Stenhousemuir 0 2
Camelon 0 2
Arthurs Oven 1 2
Carron 2 4
Bainsford 0 3
Torwood 0 2
Grahamston 0 2
Denovan 0 2
Bonnybridge 0 2
Falkirk 10 2
Carronshore 0 2
Carron Hall 0 2
Denny 0 2
Plean 0 2
Dunipace 0 2
Callendar 1 2
Bothkennar 0 2
Laurieston 0 3
Airth 0 2
Haggs 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Larbert. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
LARBERT John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.