# A picture of Stirling

Author: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871; Gellatly, J., 1803-1859 [Engraver]; Masson, A. S., 1806-1835? [Illustrator]

Genre: Stirling (Stirling, Scotland)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77794

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+picture+of+Stirling+Chambers&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

STIRLING, the capital of the county of the same name, the seat of a presbytery, and one of the oldest royal burghs in Scotland, is a town of about nine thousand inhabitants, situated upon an eminence near the river Forth, thirty-five miles north-west of Edinburgh, and about twenty-seven north-east of Glasgow. It is in 56 degrees 12 minutes north latitude, and 3 degrees 50 minutes west longitude from London. It is a place little noted for manufacture or commerce, although not altogether destitute of these advantages, the weaving of carpets, of tartans, and of cotton goods, having long flourished in it to a considerable extent, and the Forth being navigable up to the town for vessels of sma...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-picture-of-stirling-77794/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-picture-of-stirling-77794/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-picture-of-stirling-77794/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-picture-of-stirling-77794/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-picture-of-stirling-77794/chapters/5/index.md)