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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Thornhill like this:
Thornhill, a village in the detached section of Kincardine parish, Perthshire, 4 miles WSW of Doune and 9¼ WNW of Stirling. It has a post office under Stirling, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, two inns, Norriston Established and Free churches, a public school, and fairs on the first Tuesday of January andthe second Tuesday of March. Pop. (1861) 621, (1871) 498, (1881) 474.—Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
Thornhill is now part of STIRLING Council. Click here for graphs and data of how STIRLING has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornhill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornhill, in Stirling and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22282
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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