Doors Open Day: 10 & 11 September
Stirling Council Archives at the Engine Shed, Forthside Saturday 10th September, 10am – 4pm Sunday 11th September, 10am-4pm The Engine Shed, Forthside Way, Stirling, FK8 1QZ (over the spiky footbridge […]
Stirling Council Archives
Local Authority Housing in Stirling 1925 – 1954
The Stirling Dean of Guild plan series includes lots of plans of housing developments built by both Stirling Town Council and Stirling County Council. As well as being useful for […]
District Nurse’s House, Killin, 1935
Before the NHS was formed in 1948, District Nursing Associations (“DNA”) took responsibility for employing, paying and housing district nurses. In the 1930’s many DNAs began building modern houses for […]
From Gothic to Modernist, Two Stirling Churches, 1904 and 1970
The designs for these two churches, separated by 66 years, could not be more different and show the changes in attitudes to church architecture through the 20th century. The first […]
Council housing schemes: Braco, Kinbuck & Thornhill, 1930s
In the inter-war years the majority of new homes built in Scotland were part of local authority housing schemes. The Housing (Scotland) Acts of 1930 and 1935 intended to address […]
Stirling’s Old Post Office, Maxwell Place, 1894
The plans for Stirling’s new Post Office were drawn up by officials at HM Office of Works in Edinburgh in May 1893. This new building was to replace the previous […]
Poor Relief Indexes now online!
Thanks to a dedicated team of Archives volunteers it is now possible to search online for your ancestors who may have appealed to their Parish for assistance. The name indexes […]
Poor Relief Indexes: Strathblane
Click on the following links to view the name indexes for records of poor relief applicants held at Stirling Council Archives. Strathblane General Register, 1839 – 1910 Strathblane Applications […]
Poor Relief Indexes: Stirling
Click on the following links to view the name indexes for records of poor relief applicants held at Stirling Council Archives. Stirling General Register of the Poor, 1861 – 1878 […]
Poor Relief Indexes: St Ninians
Click on the following links to view the name indexes for records of poor relief applicants held at Stirling Council Archives. St Ninians Minute Book of the Parochial Board, 1845-1856 […]