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P0112 · Person · 1819 – 1901

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. She adopted the additional title of Empress of India on 1 May 1876. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.

C0169 · Corporate body · 1967 -

The department of history in the faculty of arts is one of the university of Stirling's original departments following the university's opening by royal charter in 1967. The department is still in operation today and offers students both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, the current areas of study include Scottish, British, European, American and African history alongside cultural, environmental and digital heritage.

C0325 · Corporate body · 1847 - 1900

The United Presbyterian Church was formed in 1847 on the merger of the United Secession Church and the Relief Church. As a Presbyterian church the organisation of the United Presbyterian Church resembled that of the established Church of Scotland, being based on presbyteries and kirk sessions, but it had a synod which had the same powers as a General Assembly. The United Presbyterian Presbytery of Stirling superintended the kirk sessions and ecclesiastical activity within its boundaries, and also elected the ministers and elders who were to attend the synod. As a court presbyteries had the power of review of decisions taken by kirk sessions or congregations. Its membership comprised ministers and certain elders. The presbytery?s main officials were a moderator (effectively chairman), clerk and treasurer. Presbyteries met more or less monthly.The Presbytery included amongst its tasks the oversight of records (e.g. kirk session minutes, accounts, communion rolls) produced by each kirk session. Within each five-year period it will formally visit each congregation. When a congregation lacked a minister, then the Presbytery had an important role in ensuring that the spiritual needs of the congregation were fully met, fulfilling its responsibility for the spiritual well-being for all parishes within its bounds. Presbyteries had the duty of caring for the well-being of its ministers, and for those who were candidates for the ministry. In 1900 the Free Church of Scotland united with the United Presbyterian Church to become the United Free Church of Scotland.

Union of Post Office Workers
C0452 · Corporate body · 1919 - 1980

The Union of Post Office Workers was formed in 1919. Postal workers had been actively campaigning for better pay and conditions since the 1840s, often in the face of severe opposition from employers. The first efforts to establish unions in the 1870s ended in failure but the formation of the Postal Telegraph Clerks Association in 1881 encouraged other postal workers to follow suit. In 1887 provincial postal clerks set up the United Kingdom Postal Clerks Association and the London based Fawcett Association was formed soon afterwards. In 1889 the postmen formed the Postmen's Union. Postal workers came out on strike in 1890 but failed to secure any concessions from employers. The failure of the strike led to the formation of the Postmen's Federation in 1891 which brought together workers from London and the provinces. At the beginning of the 20th century a series of public enquiries highlighted the working conditions in the postal service and in 1919 the Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association, the Fawcett Association and the Postmen's Federation amalgamated to form the Union of Post Office Workers and were joined by a number of smaller unions. A breakaway group from the Union of Post Office Workers formed the National Guild of Telephonists in 1928. In 1980 the UPW changed its name to the Union of Communication Workers and the UCM merged with the National Communications Union to form the Communication Workers' Union in 1995.

C0421 · Corporate body · 1900 - 1929

The Tullibody United Free congregation began as a Free Church formed at the Disruption from a section of the Alloa congregation. It became part of the United Free Church in 1900 and joined the Church of Scotland in 1929. More recently it has been known as Tullibody St Serf's.

C0422 · Corporate body · 1929 -

The Tullibody United Free congregation began as a Free Church formed at the Disruption from a section of the Alloa congregation. It became part of the United Free Church in 1900 and joined the Church of Scotland in 1929. More recently it has been known as Tullibody St Serf's.

The Tullibody St. Serf’s church, dating back to 1904, was built to replace the Old Kirk and was designed by P. Macgregor Chalmers; it is a Norman-style building. It consists of a nave with low north aisle and eastern apse and mostly round-arched, Romanesque windows. The interior remains equally intact with bare stone walls and open wooden roofs over the nave and aisle. The furnishings are completely contemporary with the building, as are the three stained glass windows, which were designed by Stephen Adam & Son of Glasgow.

Tullibody Free Kirk Session
C0420 · Corporate body · 1843 - 1900

The Tullibody United Free congregation began as a Free Church formed at the Disruption from a section of the Alloa congregation. It became part of the United Free Church in 1900 and joined the Church of Scotland in 1929. More recently it has been known as Tullibody St Serf's.

Trossachs School Board
C0579 · Corporate body · 1873 - 1919

The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict., c.62) created school boards in Scotland with a statutory duty to provide education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13. The boards had an elected membership made up of owners and occupiers of property of the value of £4 or over. They were responsible for the building and maintenance of schools, staffing and attendance of pupils. They were overseen by the Scotch Board of Education. The Education (Scotland) Act 1901 (64 Vict. and 1 Edw. VII, c.9) raised the school leaving age to 14. School boards were abolished by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c.48) and replaced by education authorities and school management committees.

Trossachs School
C0053 · Corporate body · 1875 - 2016

Trossachs School, Brig O’Turk was built in 1875. The school closed in 2016.

Trossachs Kirk Session
C0451 · Corporate body · 1866 - 1954

Trossachs Church was opened for worship to the congregation in October of 1849 by Reverend Dr Simpson, who was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Trossachs Kirk remained under the minister of Callander Parish until 1866 when it disjoined from Callander, Aberfoyle, and Port of Menteith. From then until 1954, it was an independent, Quoad Sacra parish before it became a part of the congregation of Callander by uniting with Callander St Kessog’s. In 1985, Trossachs Church became part of Callander Kirk Session following the union of churches in the town (Callander St Bride’s and Callander St Kessog’s). The current church building is located on South Church Street in Callander.

The Trossachs Church building is situated west of the hamlet of Brig O' Turk. It was built in 1849 by G. P. Kennedy in rubble with a slate roof and lies on a knoll overlooking Loch Achray, a small freshwater loch near Callander, and is surrounded by a small graveyard. The church has a bellcote on the east gable, a gabled porch in the centre of the south wall, and a bell that was cast by Charles and George Mears of the Whitechapel Foundry. The slate roof is designed in a fish-scale manner, which stripe the roof diagonally. The side walls have three pointed arch windows and the gables have a set of three narrow pointed arch stained glass windows. The east window features glass by Ballantine and Gardiner (also known as Ballantine and Son or A. Ballantine & Son), who were prolific stained-glass window manufacturers from Edinburgh.