History

History

The history of Clackmannanshire is extremely rich and varied. Here we try to shine light upon what's gone on over the years. If you would like to share your or your family's past experiences or historical knowledge from your time within the county, then please get in touch.

Articles
Title	Modified Date	Hits
Alloa - The way we were	14 June 2026	1185
The Moubray Family	10 January 2026	3731
The Haig Family	22 August 2026	6254
Devon Valley Diary	10 January 2026	3848
The Complete Distiller	05 August 2025	6164
Alloa Corn Exchange	05 August 2025	4590
The Jameson Family	08 June 2025	6322
Tillicoultry in olden times	08 June 2025	6683
The Clackmannan quarry death	24 May 2025	5165
Alloa in the 1920s	18 May 2025	8792
The Philp Family	21 April 2025	4706
The Stein Family	22 April 2025	6228
Sir Archibald Page	20 April 2025	4332
Whisky Excise Laws	13 April 2025	8133
Clackmannanshire's Whisky Heritage	13 April 2025	4085
John Blaw - Jacobite and Criminal	17 February 2025	6221
The Clackmannan Kirkyard Riot 1858	09 February 2025	4305
Clackmannan and Kinross	11 January 2025	5855
Hugh Collins	30 November 2024	5030
Alloa - Operation Sea Lion	09 November 2024	5012
Alloa sixty years ago	16 November 2024	17786
Subsidence in Clackmannan 1929	29 September 2024	4785
A General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Kinross and Clackmannan	11 January 2025	6504
Witches in Clackmannanshire	19 April 2024	8807
County Road Surveyor's Report 1911	09 March 2024	5077
Old Clackmannanshire	24 February 2024	15273
Alloa Burgh Centenary	09 February 2024	6180
Robert Stein Column Still Patent	03 February 2024	7711
Gazetteer of the Counties of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan	13 January 2024	5486
Inquiry into the condition of mining villages in Scotland	03 January 2024	8170
Down by the Riverside	10 December 2023	6776
Truths about Whisky	23 June 2024	7958
Tommy Speirs	10 December 2023	7091
Furnacebank Pit Accident	18 October 2023	5562
One Hundred Years in Coal : The History of the Alloa Coal Company	10 December 2023	15406
An Enterprising Family : The Balds of Alloa	27 May 2024	6938
The History of Clackmannan	10 December 2023	24394
A Short History of Alloa	10 December 2023	14160
Third Statistical Account - Clackmannan Parish	10 December 2023	6305
Clackmannan Historical Pageant 1949	20 August 2026	6021
Third Statistical Account - Alva Parish	10 December 2023	8896
Third Statistical Account - Tillicoultry Parish	10 December 2023	7807
Third Statistical Account - Menstrie	10 December 2023	6559
Third Statistical Account - Tullibody	10 December 2023	6552
Third Statistical Account - Sauchie	10 December 2023	6693
Third Statistical Account - Dollar Parish	10 December 2023	6143
Third Statistical Account - Cambus	10 December 2023	5487
Third Statistical Account - Logie Parish	10 December 2023	5058
Pavilion Cinema - Alloa	10 December 2023	7151
Aberdona House	10 December 2023	8057
New Statistical Account - Alloa Parish	10 December 2023	12435
Between the Ochils and Forth	10 December 2023	17146
New Statistical Account - Muckart Parish	10 December 2023	6048
Statistical Account - Muckart Parish	10 December 2023	4870
Abercromby	10 December 2023	7955
Patons Sports Pavilion	25 July 2026	7797
Dundas	10 December 2023	8115
Solsgirth House - home of pioneering entrepreneurs	10 December 2023	9963
New Statistical Account - Dollar Parish	10 December 2023	6955
Book of Bruce	10 December 2023	23973
Clackmannanshire's Health Care	10 December 2023	7582
Devon Colliery Tragedy 1897	10 December 2023	5890
Pretoria Pit Incident, 1906	10 December 2023	6305
The Tillicoultry Tea Plantation	10 December 2023	7202
Tillicoultry Quarry Accident	10 December 2023	6039
The Garlet	31 January 2024	6259
Collections Towards a History of the County of Clackmannan	10 December 2023	9931
Alloa and its Environs	10 December 2023	11856
New Statistical Account - Logie Parish	10 December 2023	5066
New Statistical Account - Tillicoultry Parish	10 December 2023	5340
New Statistical Account - Alva Parish	10 December 2023	5505
New Statistical Account - Clackmannan Parish	10 December 2023	6151
Statistical Account - Alloa Parish	10 December 2023	5405
Thomas Forret	10 December 2023	5435
Reminicences of Dollar and Tillicoultry	10 December 2023	6240
Hillfoots Floods	10 December 2023	5328
John Jameson	10 January 2024	7793
Gean House	10 December 2023	6634
Statistical Account - Logie Parish	10 December 2023	4886
Old Maid of Mains Farm	10 December 2023	5428
William Chalmers	10 December 2023	5216
Broomhall Castle	23 February 2024	9254
Devon Iron Works	10 December 2023	7854
T. Crouther Gordon	10 December 2023	5231
Statistical Account - Tillicoultry Parish	10 December 2023	5727
Statistical Account - Clackmannan Parish	25 May 2024	6113
Statistical Account - Dollar Parish	10 December 2023	6517
The Tower of Clackmannan - The Ancient Seat of the Bruces	10 December 2023	9729
Statistical Account - Alva Parish	10 December 2023	5028
A General View of the Coal Trade of Scotland	10 February 2024	6532
Robert Bald	10 December 2023	5992
Clackmannanshire's Mines	23 August 2026	30958
George Brown	10 December 2023	8397
Marshill Burial	10 December 2023	6937
Alloa-Built Loyd Personnel Carriers	10 December 2023	8086
Alloa's Bingo Club	10 December 2023	5966
Baron Forte	10 December 2023	6372
David Allan	10 December 2023	5819
Andrew Norman Meldrum	10 December 2023	6132
Air Accident at Sauchie	10 December 2023	5272
Glentana Mill	10 December 2023	6992
John Ferguson	10 December 2023	5688
Clackmannan Waggonway	10 December 2023	5326
Hartshaw	10 December 2023	6106
Inglewood House	10 December 2023	8752
Kennet House	10 December 2023	9881
Greenfield House	10 December 2023	8084
Ochil House	10 December 2023	7415
Bonnie Prince Charlie's Highland Army at Alloa	10 December 2023	6423
A Battle for Scotland	10 December 2023	5806
Alloa Waggonway	10 December 2023	6923
William McEwan	10 December 2023	6812
Alloa Town Hall	10 December 2023	8592
The Port of Alloa	10 December 2023	14187
Alloa Shipbuilding	10 February 2024	12538
The Barony of Clackmannan	10 December 2023	19022
Gartmorn Dam	10 December 2023	9146
Clackmannan Pier	10 December 2023	6068
Westfield	10 December 2023	8323
Clackmannanshire's Sheriffs	10 December 2023	7853
Alloa	10 December 2023	9788
Clackmannanshire's Railways	10 December 2023	10500
Clackmannanshire	24 February 2024	11085
Cambus	10 December 2023	8184
Tullibody Tannery	19 July 2025	10316
Alloa Coal Company	23 February 2024	8385

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