Stirling Parish

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Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Stirling Parish

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Stirling Parochial Board
  • Stirling Parish Council

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    Other form(s) of name

    • Stirling Burgh

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    Dates of existence

    1845 - 1975

    History

    Prior to 1845, most local administration was provided by the kirk session of the parish. Details of this may be found in the minutes and accounts of the ecclesiastical parishes in Stirling at CH2/1026, CH2/640 and CH2/762. 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 of 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. In the case of Stirling, the Parish fell under the jurisdiction of Stirling Burgh Council. 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 Burgh (c.1124 - 1975)

    Identifier of related entity

    C0003

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Stirling Burgh is the successor of Stirling Parish

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    Authority record identifier

    C0032

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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 10 Jun 2014; updated 08 Sep 2020

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