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Bridge of Allan (Continued) [continued from page 25]
the sequestered retreat of rural life to the favoured resort of elegance and fashion. The first house in the modern village was erected so lately as 1837; but such has been the rapidity with which houses and villas have since sprung up at this rising Spa, that the Visitor could scarcely credit the recentness of its origin. Handsome and commodious houses are annually reared, which from the liberal terms on which portions of ground for villas may be obtained in feu, and the inexhaustible supply of building materials that at very reasonable cost may be obtained in the immediate neighbourhood, are found to yield highly advantageous returns. Such is the demand for house-accommodation, that no sooner is the building of a new structure commenced, than offers are made to take it in lease, at least as a summer residence, on the fabric being finished."
"The village derives its name from the bridge across the river Allan, which bounds it on the west." *** "The few houses comprising the original village are situated nearest the bridge." *** "The main portion of the new village extends eastwards of the older hamlet on the level Carse, and immediately along the foot of the table-land on the north, on which the Mansion-house and grounds of Westerton are situated."
A Week at Bridge of Allan
by Charles Roger F.S.A. [Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries], 1853.

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