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 […]
Stirling Council Archives
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 […]
Proposed Iron Hospital – Western District of Stirling
Our document of the month for October is a bit of a mystery. It is the plan of a proposed iron hospital to be constructed at the direction of the […]
Battle of Bannockburn Celebrations, 1914 – 600th Anniversary
The Battle of Bannockburn remains one of the most significant events in Scottish history. In June 2014, the 700th anniversary was commemorated. The occasion was marked with large scale re-enactments, […]
“Murdered for the cause of Justice, Truth and Liberty…” Accounts relating to the execution of Baird and Hardie in Stirling, 8th September 1820
There is a small bundle of documents held at the Archives of letters and accounts relating to the arrangements made for the execution of two men who many at the […]
Great Fire of Glasgow, 1652
The Great Fire of Glasgow happened on the 17th June 1652, 14 years before the perhaps more famous conflagration in London but was no less devastating. The blaze began in […]
Schoolmaster’s Commonplace Book c.1679 – c.1707
There is a mystery surrounding this small volume, deposited with the Council Archives as part of the collection of records from Dunblane Cathedral. It is not at all clear who […]
Plan of the Estate of Robert Cunningham Graham, Gartmore and Buchlyvie, 1853
This huge, printed plan was commissioned by the Cunningham Graham family of Gartmore and shows the extent of their estate in the mid 19th century. Before the Ordnance Survey undertook […]
An Account of the Raising of the Siege of Sevastopol in the Murray Family Papers, 9th September 1855
John Murray, of the Murray family of Polmaise Estate near Stirling, was just 23 when he left for The Crimea on 24th November 1854. Murray received his commission as Lieutenant […]