Vote for your favourite 40th anniversary post
Over the last few months Stirling Council Archives has been celebrating their 40th anniversary by showcasing ’40 Items on our 40th Year’ in regular posts. At our upcoming Explore Your […]
40 Items on our 40th Year
The earliest surviving presbytery minute book in Scotland: Stirling Presbytery minute book, 1581 – 1589
This beautifully preserved record is the earliest surviving presbytery minute book in the whole of Scotland. It dates from the very first days of presbyteries in Scotland after the decision […]
An address to the Eastern District of Stirlingshire: A response to the threat of invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte of Stirlingshire
‘Great GOD!!! Shall the fair land of Caledonia be in reality contaminated by the sacrilegious feet of Frenchman?” Within the Stirling Council Archives Murray of Polmaise collection, there is a […]
Holy Rude Kirk Session minutes: golf on the Sabbath
CH2/1026/2 Stirling’s earliest written reference to golf. Holy Rude Kirk Session minutes, 30th January 1621 David Hart is recorded here being brought in front of the Stirling Kirk Session for […]
Wallace Monument Plans
Within the Stirling Burgh collection at Stirling Council Archives there are some very special architectural plans of the Wallace Monument. Recently conserved, the original plans by architect Thomas Rochead were […]
Oath of Allegiance to the Crown, 1734
This paper surviving from the 18th century gives a unique insight into the voting system before the reforms of 1832, anxieties relating to the Jacobites on the part of the […]
Disorder in the Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling, 1597
In this extract from the earliest surviving Kirk Session minutes for the Stirling area we can gain a glimpse of the often rather undisciplined behaviour of our forebears. First, in […]
City status granted to Stirling, 2002
Royal Warrant granted to the City of Stirling In 2001, a competition was launched by The Lord Chancellors Department to create Scotland’s sixth city. The competition was part of a […]
Electoral Reform, 1832
In 1832 Parliament passed two laws which would change the electoral system in Britain: the English and Welsh Reform Act and the Scottish Reform Act. Prior to 1832 there was […]
Jacobites, Chelsea Pensioners and the Penal Act of 1792: The Marriage and Baptism Register of Holy Trinity Church, 1807 – 1831
The Marriage and Baptism Register of Holy Trinity Church, Stirling is a remarkable record for many reasons. The register was created after long period of uncertainty and repression for Episcopalians. […]