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 […]
Stirling Council Archives
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 […]
Lease of Adam Erskine, Commendator of the Abbey of Cambuskenneth to Duncan Nairn January 1562
This deed recording a transaction relating to property in Torbrex near Stirling is unusual for a number of reasons. First, it relates to a time of great change in Scottish […]
The Dumyat Indicator & the Scouts
In 1935, as part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations for King George V, the Boy Scout Movement created a great chain of 1,775 bonfires and beacons running from one end […]
The University of Stirling
The University of Stirling was founded by Royal Charter in 1967. This was the first new university in Scotland since the University of Edinburgh was founded in 1582. In 1964 […]
A Single Mum in 1873 – the Callander Register of the Poor, 1845 – 1895
This register and others like it held at the Archives give some of the most detailed information that you can find about people living in the past. The Poor Law […]
The Lascivious Laird of Kippendavie – Beggar’s Benison Diploma, 1765
The Beggar’s Benison, or to give it it’s full title ‘The Most Ancient and Puissant Order of the Beggar’s Benison and Merryland, Anstruther’ was a secret gentlemen’s club that flourished […]
Alien Registration Cards
Stirling Council Archives holds a collection of alien registration cards from Stirlingshire Constabulary, 1916 – 1952. Any individual who resided in the UK and did not meet the criteria to […]