The Examination of Jean Brown accused of Witchcraft, 20th February 1706
A spooky blog post for this month of Halloween about witches, alleged murder and escape from prison! This document is held at the Archives as part of the papers of […]
Month: September 2016
Cardross Home Farm (Brucehill), 1929
Home Farm is situated on the Cardross Estate near Port of Menteith. In 1929, estate owner, Brigadier General Sir Norman Orr Ewing, submitted plans to Perth & Kinross Joint County […]
Agents House, Killearn Railway Station – 1911
In 1911, North British Railway were granted permission to build an Agents House at Killearn Railway Station. The house is a reminder of the old Glasgow to Aberfoyle railway line […]
John Allan, Architect, and his Stirling buildings, 1893 – 1911
The Stirling Dean of Guild Collection has a number of sets of plans drawn by the idiosyncratic Stirling Architect, John Allan. The plans held show the variety of styles that […]
Six New Designs for Convenient Farm-Houses, 1751
Stirling Council Archives holds a small collection of Blair Drummond records deposited in the 1970s (PD17). The collection includes two pamphlets written by William Halfpenny, ‘Six New Designs for Convenient […]
Stirling photographers, Crowe & Rodgers
Stirling Council Archives accepts deposits of private collections. The Dr Jamieson of Barnach (PD78) collection includes some family photographs taken by Stirling photographers, Crowe and Rodgers. These small photographs are […]