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The Scottish Board of Customs was established following the Act of Union of 1707. In 1722 this was replaced by a single Board of Customs (9 Geo.I c.21), but some commissioners continued to reside in Edinburgh for the transaction of Scottish business. In 1742 an independent Scottish Board of Customs was re-established but was again replaced in 1823 by a unified board for the United Kingdom (4 Geo.IV c.23). Certain powers were delegated to a subordinate board in Scotland which was formally abolished in 1833 (3 & 4 Will.IV. c.51).

The administration of excise in Scotland after 1707 was entrusted to Commissioners appointed in 1723. The administration of salt duties, however, was the responsibility of the Scottish Commissioners of Customs until 1798. In 1823 the administration of the excise throughout the United Kingdom was entrusted to a single board, certain powers being delegated to a subordinate board in Scotland (4 Geo. IV c. 23). The constitution of this subordinate board was modified in 1829 (10 Geo. IV c. 32) and it ceased to function in 1830. In 1849 the Board of Excise was amalgamated with the Board of Stamps and Taxes to form the Board of Commissioners of Inland Revenue. In 1909, (8 Edward VII c. 16) responsibility for excise duties was transferred from the Inland Revenue to the Board of Customs, which was re-named the Board of Customs and Excise.

The local work of the Boards of Customs and Excise was carried out by staff stationed in customs outports or excise districts. Although in many instances officials from both Boards were stationed in the same locations, the administrative structures of the two Boards were not identical. The Customs Board established outports which reported directly to the Board in either Edinburgh or London, and which in some cases had supervisory responsibility for subordinate ports or creeks. Excise was administered by local collections which were sub-divided into districts and divisions. Although the districts and divisions were subordinate to the collection, in many instances they also communicated directly with the Board in Edinburgh or London.

In addition to customs and excise work, local officers frequently maintained shipping registers and sea fishing boat registers on behalf of the Registrar-General of Seamen and Shipping.

Stirling Burgh Council applied to Parliament for an act to bring an additional supply of water to Stirling on 5th October 1847. The existing water supply for the Town from the Touch Hills was becoming inadequate for the needs of the people of Stirling with the expansion of its population in the mid 19th century. Calls to improve the supply were being considered by the Council from the late 1830s onwards. Parliament passed the Stirling Waterworks Act on 9th June 1848 as 11 Victoria Chapter 8. Although the Water Works Commission was an autonomous body, the Provost and 6 Councillors of the Burgh acted as Commissioners alongside 6 householders elected from amongst the ratepayers of the Burgh, and the Secretary of the Trustees was the Stirling Town Clerk so there were close links between the Water Works and the Council. The improvements were financed by the levy of a Public Water Rate, payable by existing ratepayers twice per year at Martinmas and Whitsunday. The Water Works Commissioners were dissolved in accordance with clauses 66 – 72 of the Stirling Burgh Order 1939 on the 16th May 1939. The water undertaking along with all of its property and premises were transferred to Stirling Burgh.

Kinlochard Primary School closed in 1998.

Balfron High School grew out of the old Parish School of Balfron. In 1919, the school became an intermediate, or "Higher Grade" school, and additional building was constructed. In 1925, it was upgraded to a full six-year secondary school and the name changed to Balfron High School. For 125 years, the main school buildings were situated on a rather restricted site between Cotton Street and Roman Road. In August 2001, a new building was completed.

A new school house was first proposed in Balquhidder in 1869 by the Heritors of Balquhidder. This was to replace the old school buildings in the village. Land was offered by David Carnegie to help form a Schoolmaster’s garden in Kirkton farm and Balquhidder Public School opened on the 4th April 1873. The school closed on 31st March 1994.

Lochearnhead School was built in 1897. The school closed in 2011.

Strathyre School was built c. 1850. A new school building was erected on the same site in 1960 and refurbishment of this building was carried out in 2018.

An Episcopalian congregation began worshipping in Dollar in 1863, using Tait House of Dollar Academy to hold services before being granted the use of the Free Church on Sunday afternoons. In 1864, the congregation moved to the Atheneum and remained there until 1882 when St James the Great Episcopal Church was consecrated.

The plans for the church were prepared by Alloa architect Thomas Frame and Son and the task of construction was given to a group of contractors from Alloa and Stirling. Construction began in the autumn of 1879 but soon halted due to the main gable being destroyed during what is known as the “Tay Bridge Storm”. Financial difficulty prevented construction from continuing but the congregation managed to gather the necessary funds and the church was completed in 1882 with the Vestry being added in 1934. The Church was built in an early English style of architecture and was intended to accommodate 300 people, costing a total of £2000.

On Thursday 06 July 1882, a ceremony was held for the consecration of the church, in which the deeds of the church were handed to Bishop Wordsworth. Following the ceremony, the congregation enjoyed a luncheon before an evening of singing and dancing.

Buchanan Primary School has been in operation since 1860 and continued until 2018 when it was temporarily closed due to the last pupils on the small school roll transferring to nearby Drymen Primary. In April 1912, new buildings were opened across from the original schoolhouse as the school became a “Higher Grade School” where additional space allowed for more practical activities to be taught. This building became the modern Primary School, with extensions in 1965 and 1995, and the original schoolhouse was converted into holiday accommodation.

Inversnaid Primary School was in operation from c. 1869 and closed in 2011.