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C0468 · Entidade coletiva · 1900 - 1929

Bridge of Teith began as a secession church formed in 1740. Originally meeting at Thornhill, the seat of the congregation was moved to Bridge of Teith in 1743. The first minister was ordained in 1747 and shortly after, on the issue of the Breach over the Burgess Oath, the church allied to the Associate Synod (Burghers). When the Associate Synod united with the General Associate Synod in 1820 the church became part of the United Secession Church and then, from 1847, part of the United Presbyterian Church. Bridge of Teith Church was in the Presbytery of Stirling (which was for sometime the Presbytery of Stirling and Dunblane). It was dissolved in 1948.

Stirling Burgh Assessor's Department
C0472 · Entidade coletiva · 1855 - 1975

Stirling Burgh Assessor's Department had the statutory functions of valuation of lands and property, compilation of the annual valuation roll and registration of voters (Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854, 17 & 18 Vict., c.91; County Voters Registration (Scotland) Act 1861, 24 & 25 Vict., c.83, and succeeding Acts).

C0473 · Entidade coletiva · 1890 - 1975

Perth County Assessor's Department had the statutory functions of valuation of lands and property, compilation of the annual valuation roll and registration of voters (Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854, 17 & 18 Vict., c.91; County Voters Registration (Scotland) Act 1861, 24 & 25 Vict., c.83, and succeeding Acts).

Cromlix House
C0477 · Entidade coletiva · 1874 -

Cromlix House is a Victorian mansion near Kinbuck, a hamlet in Stirling. A house was built on the site in 1874 as a family residence in the time of Captain Arthur Drummond Hay, but was destroyed by fire in 1878. It was replaced in 1880 by the house which forms the nucleus of the present building, and was subsequently operated as a hotel. The hotel closed in 2011 and in early 2013 it was bought by Dunblane-born tennis player Andy Murray (b. 1987). The hotel re-opened in April 2014 under the name Cromlix, managed by Inverlochy Castle Management International (ICMI).

There is little known about the Lords of Cromlix before the 15th century. Evidence of an earlier population has been found, including some stone coffins near the 'Big House'. The name Cromlix possibly derives from the 'cram lech' standing stone or 'Crom Leac', meaning the curve of sloping slab of a hillside. In 1593, the family name Cromlixes is recorded and in 1750, Cromlec is recoded. In 1723 the castle of Cromlix was recorded as Cromligs. Unfortunately the castle no longer remains, but the site is still slightly visible outside of the estate now at Cambushinnie.

However, there are records of Cromlix from the 1500s when the Bishop of Dunblane sold the lands of Cromlix to his brother, Robert Chisholm. The current house was built for Arthur Hay-Drummond, son of the Earl of Kinnoul. The house remained a family home for the Hay-Drummonds until the death of Evelyn Hay-Drummond in 1971, who had married Terence Eden, the 8th Lord Auckland. The Drummond name arose by marriage in the late 16th century and became Hay-Drummond in 1739.

Cromlix House was converted in May 1981 from what was the Eden family home, and retained much of the original furniture designed for the house as well as the original family portraits. It also contains Cromlix Chapel, a consecrated Episcopalian Church in the diocese of Dunblane dating from 1874, which was opened by Charles Wordsworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (1806 - 1892). The house sits in part of a 2,000 acres estate and occupies approximately 34 acres of parkland, forestry and four fishing lochs, as well as two mineral springs.

The house was converted from a private residence to a luxury country house hotel in 1981 and between the 1980s and its closure on 16 Feb 2012 due to financial difficulties, it was run as a four-star country house hotel, with 14 bedrooms including eight suites. In 2006, Cromlix House, including the game larder, ancillary building, gatepiers and garden boundary walls, was designated as a Category C listed building, while an obelisk sundial in the garden was designated as a Category A listed.

In Oct 2010, the hotel served as the wedding venue for Scottish tennis player Jamie Murray (b. 1986) and Colombian MBA student Alejandra Murray (née Gutierrez); his brother and fellow tennis player Andy was the best man, who purchased the hotel in Feb 2013 for £1.8 million. It opened as a 15-room five-star hotel in Apr 2014 and served as the venue for the wedding reception of Andy Murray and his wife Kim (née Sears).

Ordnance Survey
C0481 · Entidade coletiva · 1791 -

The Ordnance Survey was founded in 1791 by Charles Lennox (1735 - 1806), 3rd Duke of Richmond, Master-General of the Board of Ordnance 1782 - 1795. The need for an accurate survey of Britain had become apparent 46 years earlier when King George II had commissioned a military survey of the Scottish Highlands in 1746 following the Jacobite Rebellion. The first Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain date from 1801 with the publication of the 1 inch map of Kent. The marketing of maps for civilian use began in 1914 and coincided with an increase in outdoor pursuits such as cycling and walking. During the First and Second World Wars, the Ordnance Survey returned to its military role but following the end of each war, civilian needs again became important. In 1938, the report of the Davidson Committee recommended the re-surveying of Britain and introduced the mapping scales that are currently in use. The Ordnance Survey became a civilian organisation in 1983 but remains a government department.

Allan's Hospital
C0490 · Entidade coletiva · 1725 -

Allan's Hospital was founded in 1725.

D & T Stevenson
C0497 · Entidade coletiva · fl 1843 - 1892

David and Thomas Stevenson were brothers, and practised in partnership in Edinburgh principally as lighthouse engineers. They were sons of Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), with whom they previously worked in partnership as Robert Stevenson & Sons.

Following the deaths of the two brothers, the practice was continued by David Stevenson's sons David Allan and Charles. Thomas's son, Robert Louis, chose instead a literary career with some success.

Blyth & Cunningham
C0498 · Entidade coletiva · 1867 - 1886

The practice of Blyth & Cunningham had its origin in Blyth & Blyth, founded in 1848 by Benjamin Hall Blyth who took his brother Edward Lawrence Ireland Blyth into partnership in 1854. They quickly established a reputation as consulting engineers. Work flowed in from the Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Scottish Central, Dundee & Perth, Great North of Scotland and Portpatrick railway companies. They had a reputation for efficiency and thoroughness. Benjamin Hall Blyth died from overwork in 1866 leaving just over £56,000. The following year Edward took George Miller Cunningham, who had been the firm's chief assistant for many years, into partnership, the practice becoming Blyth & Cunningham. Benjamin Hall Blyth's eldest son (also Benjamin Hall Blyth) joined the partnership in 1871, having graduated MA at Edinburgh University and served as an apprentice and assistant in the family firm since 1867. Edward retired in 1886 and David Monro Westland, who had joined the firm in 1863 and had risen to the post of chief assistant, was taken into partnership, the practice title changing to Cunningham, Blyth & Westland.

The years 1870 to 1900 were the Blyth firm's busiest, mainly with railway work.

D & C Stevenson
C0499 · Entidade coletiva · 1887 - 1940

David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, the sons of the lighthouse engineer David Stevenson worked in partnership as civil engineers in Edinburgh from 1887 under the style of D & C Stevenson.

This was a continuation of the firm of David & Thomas Stevenson (see separate entry) following the deaths of their father and uncle in 1885 and 1887 respectively.

Scottish Special Housing Association
C0508 · Entidade coletiva · 1939 - 1989

The Scottish Special Areas Housing Association was established in 1937 on the initiative of Walter Elliot, then Secretary of State for Scotland. The Association was created to assist in the generation of employment within designated 'Special Areas' (of industrial depression) and to add to the supply of public sector houses in these localities. The organisation was initially intended to report to the Special Areas Commissioner but became directly accountable to the Secretary of State.

Under the terms of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1938 (2 & 3 Geo. VI, c.3), the Association was empowered to build outwith the Special Areas and in 1939 the word 'Areas' was dropped from its title. From 1944, the SSHA concentrated on deprived areas and was thereafter funded directly from central government rather than indirectly via local authorities.

During the Second World War, the Association was preoccupied in operating evacuation camps for children from urban areas of Scotland as well as emergency camps for 'war workers', victims of bombing raids and refugees.

After the war, the SSHA became involved in post-war planning and various housing programmes. From then onwards, it provided more than 110,000 houses in rural and urban Scotland - for mining communities, the Forestry Commission, the Glasgow 'Overspill' programme, 1959-1982, in support of economic growth areas and urban redevelopment schemes, eg Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal Project - GEAR, 1977-1988, and latterly to provide for the 'special needs' of the elderly and disabled.

Under the terms of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43), the SSHA was merged with the Housing Corporation in Scotland to form Scottish Homes. From April 1989, Scottish Homes acquired all the properties and staff of the SSHA which at that point ceased to exist.