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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunipace | Dunipace Dunipace Dunipace Dunipace |
Revd. William McLaren Statistical Account Valuation Roll for 1855-6 Nimmo's History of Stirlingshire |
The parish of Dunipace is in the Presbytery of Stirling, Synod of Perth and Stirling This parish was originally a chapel of the parish of Egglis, now St. Ninians, and was conveyed, along with the other chapels and oratories of that parish to the newly founded Abbey of Cambuskenneth, by Robert the Sixteenth Bishop of St. Andrews about the year 1130. At the period of the Reformation, Dunipace and Larbert were erected into separate parishes. Dunipace was then more populous, and by far more wealthy than Larbert, so much so, that the latter parish could not maintain a Minister. A union, therefore, with Dunipace was desired, and accomplished under the authority of two Acts of the Scottish Parliament 1617 and 1624. From various documents, and from immemorial usage, it appears that the terms of union were, "That there should be one minister only for the two parishes; that each parish should retain and maintain its own Church and its own school; that each parish [continued on page 2] |
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