The ferry crossing over the River Forth at Cambuskenneth
Visit Scotland has extended Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters for another year, so for the first Document of the Month of 2021, we are once more focusing on the […]
Log Book of the Honourable East India Company ship ‘The Lady Melville’ 1820 – 1821
This remarkable volume is held at the Council Archives as part of the Stirling Burgh collection. It is not clear why this record ended up being held by the Council, […]
Stirling Fishing Club
As 2020 is Scotland’s year of Coast and Waters, November’s Document of the Month looks at the records held here at Stirling Council Archives for Stirling Fishing Club. Stirling Fishing […]
The King Street cobbles, 1834 – 1837
If you have ever driven, cycled or walked up King Street in Stirling, one feature you will no doubt noticed is the distinctive cobbled road. We don’t know when the […]
Doors Open Day 2020 – Building plans presentation
Doors Open Day usually welcomes the public to venues across the historic Stirling area for free but this won’t be possible this year due to the current Scottish Government COVID-19 […]
The execution of John Baird and Andrew Hardie – 8th September 1820
Today, we commemorate the brave sacrifice made by John Baird and Andrew Hardie, who stood up for the rights of the common man 200 years ago. Baird and Hardie were […]
The execution of Baird and Hardie – publicity
This letter, written on the 6th September 1820, two days before the execution, is to William Galbraith from John Wright of the Glasgow Chronicle, asking that he be secured a […]
The execution of Baird and Hardie – a job done
William Galbraith comes across as a cold-hearted individual in this letter, describing his game of chess and fretting about legal documents in between the discussion of the final arrangments for […]
The execution of Baird and Hardie – the need for secrecy
On the 4th September 1820, William Galbraith is writing to Alexander Littlejohn about finalising the arrangements for engaging the hangman and decapitator. he is to meet the medical student that […]
The execution of Baird and Hardie – the executioner is engaged
Both Clerks wrote to each other on the 3rd September 1820, Galbraith was still in Edinburgh chasing his ex-soldier to see if he would act as executioner. Meanwhile, Littlejohn was […]