Perth Western District Council

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Perth Western District Council

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Perthshire County Council
  • Perth and Kinross Council

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1930 - 1975

      History

      Prior to 1845, most local administration was provided by the kirk session of individual parishes. Details of this can be found within the CH2 holdings for the ecclesiastical parishes within the Perthshire Western area. In 1845 the Poor Law (Scotland) Act set up parochial boards in each ecclesiastical parish in Scotland with a Board of Supervision established in Edinburgh to oversee the administration or relief for the poor. This produced a whole new series of records related to the provision of help for those in need. As well as this function, the parish was also responsible for other aspects of local administration such as recreation grounds, refuse collection and lighting. After 1925, care of local burial grounds was transferred to the parish authorities and at this time, all existing pre-1925 lair and burial records were given over to the care of the parish council. The Local Government (Scotland) Act of 1894 replaced the parochial boards with parish councils although the system of administration remained broadly the same. The 1929 Local Government (Scotland) Act transferred the functions of the parish councils to the district councils of the local county council. Perthshire Western District covered the civil parishes of Aberfoyle, Balquhidder, Callander, Dunblane and Lecropt, Killin, Kilmadock, Kincardine, and Port of Menteith, which includes the towns and villages of Tyndrum, Crianlarich, Glendochart, Doune, Deanston, Drumvaich, Buchany, Bridge of Teith, Blairdrummond, Thornhill, Lochearnhead, Strathyre, Kinlochard, Ruskie, Dykehead and Gartmore. In 1948, all provision for the poor became the responsibility of the National Assistance Board with the establishment of the Welfare State in that year.

      Places

      Perthshire Western District covered the civil parishes of Aberfoyle, Balquhidder, Callander, Dunblane and Lecropt, Killin, Kilmadock, Kincardine, and Port of Menteith, which includes the towns and villages of Tyndrum, Crianlarich, Glendochart, Doune, Deanston, Drumvaich, Buchany, Bridge of Teith, Blairdrummond, Thornhill, Lochearnhead, Strathyre, Kinlochard, Ruskie, Dykehead and Gartmore.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Dunblane & Lecropt Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0020

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Kilmadock Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0024

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Perth County Council (1890 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0012

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Balquhidder Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0017

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Aberfoyle Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0013

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Aberfoyle Parish is the predecessor of Perth Western District Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Callander Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0019

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Callander Parish is the predecessor of Perth Western District Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Kenmore Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0025

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Kenmore Parish is the predecessor of Perth Western District Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Killin Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0027

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Killin Parish is the predecessor of Perth Western District Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Kincardine-in-Menteith Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0028

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Kincardine-in-Menteith Parish is the predecessor of Perth Western District Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Port of Menteith Parish (1845 - 1975)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0031

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Port of Menteith Parish is the predecessor of Perth Western District Council

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      C0011

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997)

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          Created 10 Jun 2014; updated 08 Sep 2020

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