Stirling Central District Council

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Stirling Central District Council

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        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 Stirling Central 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. Stirling Central No. 1 District covered the civil parishes of St Ninian’s and Logie, which include the towns and villages of Bannockburn, Cowie, Fallin, Plean, Whins of Milton, Cambusbarron, Polmaise, Throsk, part of Sauchie, Bridge of Allan and Blairlogie. 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.

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        Related entity

        Stirling County Council (1890 - 1975)

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        C0001

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        associative

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        Logie Parish (1845-1975)

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        C0030

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        temporal

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        Logie Parish is the predecessor of Stirling Central District Council

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        St Ninians Parish (1845 - 1975)

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        C0033

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        temporal

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        St Ninians Parish is the predecessor of Stirling Central District Council

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        Authority record identifier

        C0008

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        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 04 Mar 2014; updated 08 Sep 2020

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