Feuing plan of Bridge of Allan, c. 1850
Post by James Marshall, Archives Volunteer This mid-19th century map of the Bridge of Allan and Sunnylaw areas immediately grabs any onlooker with its pageantry and detail. Dated to around […]
Post by James Marshall, Archives Volunteer This mid-19th century map of the Bridge of Allan and Sunnylaw areas immediately grabs any onlooker with its pageantry and detail. Dated to around […]
For our final post to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Royal Burgh of Stirling, we are taking a look at the background to one of our most used, and […]
On 6th February 1979, curlers were on alert as news outlets in Scotland announced that the Grand Match was to take place the following morning. The winter had been particularly […]
The Document of the Month for January 2025 celebrates the people of the Stirling area. There is a tendency to focus on notable events when commemorating historical anniversaries, and these […]
Ice skating was a common winter pastime in Victorian Stirling. Residents, however, lamented that the town did not have its own skating pond. A letter in the Stirling Observer in […]
The Stirling merchants’ guild, known as the Stirling Guildry, has very ancient origins. It is known to have been in existence in the early twelfth century, although it did not […]
On 5th April 1824, Stirling Town Council authorised its office-bearers to ‘examine the accounts relative to the escape of Campbell and other prisoners from the jail’. A reward was offered […]
For this month’s ‘Document of the Month’ feature we are examining more about just what made a Royal Burgh special. The inhabitants were known as ‘Burgesses’ and there were rules […]
On 23rd June 1975, the convener for Central Regional Council, James Anderson, received a letter from the Chairman of the Glasgow Sports Promotional Council to request his presence at a […]
For July’s Document of the Month, and as part of our ongoing commemoration of the 900th anniversary of the Burgh of Stirling, a volunteer at the Council Archives on a […]