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 […]
Document of the Month
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 […]
September 2020 – The Radical Uprising – the Execution of John Baird and Andrew Hardie
September’s Document of the Month commemorates the sacrifice made by two of the men who were involved in what we now call the Radical Uprising of 1820. John Baird and […]
Document of the Month – August 2020
Flooding in the Central Scotland Area, 18th January 1909 August’s Document of the Month features more records held at the Archives relating to our relationship with local waterways. In this […]
Burial and lair information in Kirk Session records
Trying to locate a burial pre 1855 can be hard, especially if the name you are looking for does not appear in the Old Parish Registers (Click here for more info) […]
Plan of the road from Polmaise House to St Ninians Kirk, 18th Century
Our Document of the Month for May focuses on an estate plan found in the Murray of Polmaise collection held here at Stirling Archives (PD189) The plans shows the road […]
Minutes of the Callander Burgh Fishing Committee
In keeping with this year’s theme of Scotland’s Year of Coast and Waters, the Document of the Month for March is the meeting minutes of the Callander Burgh Fishing Committee. […]
‘The great decay of their shore and heavin upon the water forth’ – Improvements to Stirling Harbour, 1603-1606
As part of the year of ‘Coast and Waters’, our document of the month for February focuses on improvements to Stirling Harbour from 1603-1606. Here at Stirling Archives, we hold […]