The execution of Baird and Hardie – the question of decapitation
One of the most unsettling items in the bundle of letters held at the Archives is a memorandum on the subject of how best to go about removing the head […]
One of the most unsettling items in the bundle of letters held at the Archives is a memorandum on the subject of how best to go about removing the head […]
Authorisation to Alexander Littlejohn, Town Clerk of Stirling to engage an executioner for the execution of Hardie, Baird and Clelland, 30th August 1820. Stirling 30th August 1820 We hereby authorise […]
Over the next few weeks, we are going to be blogging documents relating to the execution for treason of John Baird and Andrew Hardie, the two weavers who were identified […]
Flooding in the Central Scotland Area, 18th January 1909 August’s Document of the Month features more records held at the Archives relating to our relationship with local waterways. In this […]