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ALLOA, town and parish in Clackmannanshire. The town stands on the Forth, 7 miles east of Stirling ; has railway communication towards the four points of the compass, is a head port, a seat of manufacture, a police burgh, and the political capital of Clackmannanshire ; dates from ancient times, but has few marks of antiquity, and few associations with history ; shows well-built modern streets and some elegant outskirts, and has a head post office with all departments, a junction railway station, a ferry nexus with South Alloa railway station, 4 banking offices, 4 hotels, a county court-house of 1865, an archaeological hall of 1874, a steepled Established church of 1819, 2 Free churches, 2 United Presbyterian churches, a Baptist church of 1881, an Episcopalian church, a Sweden-borgian church, a burgh school of 1876, a beautiful small academy, and a new dock, formed in 1879-81. Its shipping in 1879 comprised 776 British vessels, of 95,900 tons, and 291 foreign vessels, of 46,281 tons, inwards ; and 755 British vessels, of 93,260 tons, and 298 foreign vessels, of 51,866 tons, outwards. Alloa Tower, on its east side, was the seat of the Earls of Mar, dated from the 13th century, was burnt in 1800, and is now a thick-walled shell, 89 feet high. Alloa Park House, eastward of the tower, is the seat of the Earl of Mar and Kellie, an ornate hollow quadrangle, 185 feet by 120. Pop. of the police burgh, 8812; of the town, including New Sauchie suburb, 10,591. The parish excludes New Sauchie, but includes Tullibody village and 2 islands, and is averagely 4 miles long. Acres, 5499. Real property in 1880-81, 55,330. Pop. 11,638. The part adjacent to the Forth is rich carse, and the rest is a fertile diversified assemblage of vales, rising grounds, and small hills. There are 10 schools for 2022 scholars, and one of them and a class-room for 450 are new.
