40 Items on our 40th Year – do you have a favourite?
Our Archives staff have chosen 40 outstanding items from our repository to celebrate our 40th Anniversary. Each of these items will be showcased in posts which are being added weekly. […]
Stirling Council Archives
The first pistol in Scotland? Stirling Burgh Court Book, 9th May 1549
Curia burgi de Striueling tenta in pretorio eiusdem ix die mensis Maij anno Domini mo v c xlix o per Robertum Forester de Kilyemuk prepositum Valterum Cousland et Jacobum Watsoun […]
Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary
The 18-21 June 2015 marks the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. In March 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte had escaped from the island of Elba where he had been exiled since […]
First Burgh Charter
Charter of King David II (reigned 1329 – 1371) confirming the charter of King Alexander II granting to his Burgesses of Stirling a weekly market, a merchant guild and other […]
Grant of Coat of Arms to Central Regional Council, 26th January 1976
This charter granting Central Regional Council its coat of arms represents the huge change that took place in Scotland after the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 came into force in […]
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Stirling Council Archives’ 40th Anniversary
Stirling Council Archives welcomes you to our new blog celebrating 40 years of public service. The Council’s Archives first opened its doors to the public 40 years ago in 1975. […]