Balfron and Killearn Temperance Polls, 1920-1964
With the local council elections and the snap general election just around the corner, we thought it would good to have our ‘Document of the Month’ for May run along […]
Document of the Month
Ashfield Mill & the British Silk Dyeing Company
In 1862 when Perthshire was surveyed for the Ordance Survey maps, Ashfield was then known as Millash and consisted of just a handful of buildings, including a small mill. The […]
Scrapbook of John Clink, Stirling Burgh Town Clerk
Our ‘Document of the Month’ for March is a fantastic recent donation to Stirling Council Archives. It is the scrapbook of John Clink, Stirling Town Clerk from 1938 – 1949. […]
Plans of Allan Park Church, Stirling, April 1866
These beautiful plans of this well-known Stirling Church have just been handed in to the Archives to join the written records of the Church that we already hold here. Allan […]
The Tufty Club, Bridge of Allan W.V.S, 1966
The Tufty Club was established in 1961 with clubs set up all over the UK. The main character, Tufty Fluffytail, was created by Elsie Mills. Tufty and his friends featured […]
Creating the Carron Valley Reservoir, 1935-1939
The Stirlingshire and Falkirk Water Board was constituted by the Stirlingshire and Falkirk Water Order Confirmation Act in 1921. It was the culmination of long negations between the Falkirk and […]
“A Vulgar, Rich, Independent People…” Letter from Lieutenant John Murray in New York to his father, 18th October 1757
Lieutenant John Murray was serving with the 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, otherwise known as the 78th Fraser Highlanders, in North America when he wrote this letter home. The regiment […]
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 […]
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 […]
Document of the Month – August 2016: Argaty Estate Photograph Album, c. 1920
Last month, we received a very kind donation to the archives: a photograph album of Argaty Estate. The album contains photographs of several buildings found within the estate. This includes […]