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Dunblane Free Presbytery
C0322 · Corporate body · 1843 - 1900

At the Disruption of 1843 over 450 ministers seceded from the Church of Scotland. Most of these went on to form a new church, the Free Church of Scotland. As a Presbyterian church the organisation of the Free Church was much the same as that within the established Church of Scotland, based on a hierarchy of synods, presbyteries and kirk sessions. The Free Presbytery of Dunblane superintended the kirk sessions and ecclesiastical activity within its boundaries, and also elected the ministers and elders who were to attend the annual General Assembly. 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.

Dunblane Fund
C0279 · Corporate body · 1996 - 1999

The Dunblane Fund was established following the murder of 16 children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996. A Discretionary Trust, the Dunblane Fund's primary purpose was to make provision for the relief of loss suffered by those affected by the tragedy. It was closed in 1999.

Dunblane High School
C0636 · Corporate body · 1974 -

Opened in 1974, Dunblane High School is a non-denominational six-year comprehensive school providing courses for pupils of all abilities at all stages. Work on the new building finished in November 2007.

C0054 · Corporate body · c.1872 - c.1980

Prior to the 1930s, this school was Dunblane Public School. By the 1930s, the main structure of Scottish secondary schooling had settled into a pattern of three-year ‘junior secondary’ and five-year ‘senior secondary’ courses and the Dunblane School became a Junior Secondary. Junior Secondary schools were intended to prepare people for training and work. Senior Secondary schools were intended to lead to the professions either directly or through university. Allocation of pupils between these courses was mainly on the basis of tests of intelligence and of attainment in English, arithmetic and mathematics, taken in the final year of primary school.

C0294 · Corporate body · 1929 – 1952

Following the union with the Free Church in 1900, this church became known as Dunblane Leighton United Free Church. It then followed the UF Church into the union with the Church of Scotland in 1929 and became known as Dunblane Leighton Kirk Session. This union resulted in there being three congregations of the same denomination in Dunblane; the Cathedral, the Leighton, and the East.

Originally, Dunblane Leighton began as a Secession Church of the Associate Synod (Burgher). In the 18th century, Reverend Ebenezer Erskine, the ‘famous champion of dissent’ was said to have frequently visited Dunblane and addressed members of the community on the slopes of Holmehill. In 1740, the first official meeting was held in a house on Millrow and in 1758, the first Burgher church was built for the congregation of Seceders. However, in the same year the congregation decided to join with Bridge of Teith in Doune, Perth and did not disjoin and regain their own session until 1765, at which point the congregation had grown significantly. The first minister of the church, Reverend Michael Gilfillan was ordained in 1768 and received a stipend of £55. Under Reverend Gilfillan, meetings took place at what is now the Haining. Remarkably, the congregation only had three ministers over the span of 132 years, Reverend Michael Gilfillan from 1768-1816; Reverend James Anderson from 1818-1854; and Reverend William Blair took up the post in 1856 after the church lacked a settled minister for two years (at which point the church was then United Presbyterian). Reverend William Blair received his degree of D.D from St Andrews University in 1879 and by 1858 was Moderator of the Church. After he retired from active ministerial work in 1900, he was succeeded by his nephew, Reverend George Blair.

The Associate Synods united in 1820 to become the United Secession Church and in 1847, the church then joined with the Relief Church and the Dunblane congregation to become United Presbyterian. In c. 1836, the original meeting house of the congregation was rebuilt on the same site, which is now a private residence that incorporates the old porch and hall, for roughly £1500. The building was empty for several years before being converted into a dwelling house as part of the Scottish Churches House complex.

In 1952, the church was then united with Dunblane East to form Dunblane St Blane's in the Presbytery of Stirling. While unions of congregations can often be difficult, within ten years the identity of St Blane's was firmly established in the town and the housing boom that began in the 1960s led to an influx of members. The building of St Blane's is located on the High Street of Dunblane and has a tower with a spire that contains a single bell that was cast by John C. Wilson of Glasgow in 1854. The church is in good condition and is currently used as a place of worship for the congregation.

C0293 · Corporate body · 1900 – 1929

Following the previous church's union with the Free Church in 1900, the church was known as Dunblane Leighton United Free Church. It then followed the UF Church into the union with the Church of Scotland in 1929 and became known as Dunblane Leighton Kirk Session. The union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church in 1929 resulted in there being three congregations of the same denomination in Dunblane; the Cathedral, the Leighton and the East.

C0572 · Corporate body · 1952 - 1975

School management committees were set up by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c.48). They represented individual burghs, parishes or groups of parishes and were composed of representatives of teachers, parents, and the education authority. Under the 1947 Local Government Act they were replaced by sub-committees or local education sub-committees, which were themselves abolished in 1975 (Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, 10 & 11 Geo. VI, c.43; Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, c.65).

Dunblane Primary School
C0603 · Corporate body · 1963 -

Built in 1963, the school was completely refurbished in 1998.

C0280 · Corporate body · 1918 - 1939

A football club was formed in Dunblane in around 1877 but was disbanded in 1914. After the First World War Dunblane Rovers was formed and became a successful junior club in the local league, playing at Duckburn Park. The club closed with the outbreak of the Second World War. A new juvenile club was formed after the war but this was called Dunblane Victoria. A second club was opened in the 1950s which took the name Dunblane Rovers. This second Dunblane Rovers played at Laighills but only survived until 1960.

Dunblane School Board
C0568 · Corporate body · 1873 - 1898

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.