Stirling Water Works

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Stirling Water Works

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Stirling Waterworks Commissioners

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1845 - 1939

      History

      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.

      Places

      Stirling, Touch

      Legal status

      Corporate Body created by Act of Parliament, the Stirling Waterworks Act, 1848. In operation 1848 - 1939 when the Commission was dissolved by the Stirling Burgh Order 1939.

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Responsible for the water supply to domestic and business premises in the Stirling area.

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Stirling Waterworks Act of 9th June 1848

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

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      Authority record identifier

      C0037

      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)

      Status

      Draft

      Level of detail

      Full

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created 14 Mar 2019; updated 08 Sep 2020

      Language(s)

      • English

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