Poor Relief Indexes: Aberfoyle
Click on the following links to view the name indexes for records of poor relief applicants held at Stirling Council Archives. Aberfoyle Parochial Board Minutes, 1877 – 1894 The indexes […]
Stirling Council Archives
Poor Relief Indexes
Click on each Parish below to find the name indexes for records of poor relief applicants held at Stirling Council Archives. Visit our searchroom to view the original records. […]
Crianlarich School
Crianlarich is a village in the north of the Stirling Council area, but was previously part of Western Perthshire. The village originally formed around the meeting of two military roads […]
“…and straik at hym with ane goiff club…” Thomas Ednem’s Case in the Stirling Burgh Court, 7th March 1561.
The Burgh Court books contain records of many colourful episodes in Stirling’s past. This is probably the earliest written reference to the game of golf in Stirling, even if a […]
Dunblane Fire Station, 1954
A Fire Brigade of ten men was formed in Dunblane in January 1902. The joiner, Mr Robert Cairns, was their Captain. Their first call out to a fire was in […]
Syllabuses for Perthshire schools, 1926
In June 1926 the Perthshire Education Authority produced ‘Schemes of Work for Primary Departments and Advanced Divisions’ (A1369). The Schemes were effectively a syllabus created by teachers but were not […]
Hotel extensions in Dunblane, Lochearnhead & Aberfoyle
The Railway Hotel, Dunblane, 1948 The Village Inn on Stirling Road, Dunblane was originally an 18th century barn. By the early 19th century it was converted into an inn, then […]
Mar Lodge, Children’s Home, 1944.
It would appear that the original Mar Lodge was built around 1817. The building was a private house until 1902, latterly belonging to Commissary General Thomas Alfred Grimaldi Satchwell. After […]
Dundarroch Lodge, Aberfoyle, 1922
Dundarroch Lodge is located at the east end of Loch Ard, close to the shore. The Lodge replaced a house on the same site sold by the Duke of Montrose […]
Viewforth – Council Buildings Old and New
The original house ‘Viewforth’ was built by a Reverend John McMillan, Moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland, in 1787. This house was bought by Peter Drummond, the Stirling […]