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Bo'ness Town Council. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
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Denny & Dunipace Town Council. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
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Falkirk Town Council. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Falkirk Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to Falkirk District Council |
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Ayr Burgh. Burgh Surveyor
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The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for sewers, roads and bridges, cleansing, public works, lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners.
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David Ronald
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David Ronald (1874-1960) was Falkirk Burgh Engineer and Burgh Surveyor.
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Stirling County Council. Roads Surveyor
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Sam Cook
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Burgh Surveyor
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William Wood Neilson
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W W Neilson occupied several posts in Falkirk Town Council as well as being an Aerated Water Manufacturer. In 1902 he became an elected Member of Falkirk Town Council.
He was Burgh Surveyor. He was Sanitary Inspector (1894-98). He was Superintendent of the Fire Brigade (1883). In a precognition for Falkirk Burgh Extension Order 1911, he said he had been "a member of the Town Council for about nine years...a member of every Committee of the Council..held the position of Dean of Guild for ...six years...Convenor of the Works Committee of the Falkirk and Larbert Water trust for...six years...Prior to entering the Council was Sanitary Inspector, Road Surveyor Burgh Surveyor and held several other minor appointments under the Town Council for a period of about 20 years in all...also Superintendent to the Falkirk and Larbert Water Trustees..Engineer for the Gas Bill in 1894, Engineer for the Gas Arbitration in 1895, Engineer for the Water Bill in 1896...prepared plans for a proposed Burgh Improvement Scheme...in 1897...not proceeded with..(and was) an Aerated Water Manufacturer and own Works in Falkirk, Motherwell and West Calder" |
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John Barrie
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Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor
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William J Gibson
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William J Gibson was the Falkirk Burgh Surveyor in the 1920s and Falkirk Burgh Engineer in the 1930s. He designed his own house, Hatherley, in 1904, in co-operation with Thomas Copland, in an Arts & Crafts style.
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Falkirk Burgh. Stentmasters
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The Falkirk Stentmasters were established during the 17th century with representatives from each of the town's four quarters and the merchants and trades of the town. They had no legal powers but levied assessments on inhabitants in the burgh, managing initially the water supplies and later the sanitation, street cleaning and lighting out of their funds. They were 28 in number, and were elected annually. In 1814 they erected a new town steeple. The Stentmasters were effectively abolished by the Falkirk Police and Improvement Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict., ch.cxxiii) under which the police commissioners were to be the Town Council, and obtained authority to take over the water, sanitation, street cleansing, public works and improvements, and various other powers previously held by the Stentmasters. Their property and privileges were to be vested in the commissioners (ie the magistrates and town council), their records were to be handed over, and their right to levy assessments abolished.
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W M Alston
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Chartered Surveyor
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Falkirk Town Council. Sanitary Inspector
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Sanitary Inspectors were appointed by local authorities from the 1850s. Sanitary Inspectors reported on the environmental conditions that affect health , such as sewerage, removal of nuisances, adulteration of food, etc. Falkirk Town Council appointed a Sanitary Inspector from at least 1852. Prior to 1918 responsibility for refuse collection lay with the Roads Surveyor & Cleansing Inspector. By 1921 the departments were re-organised and the Sanitary Inspector was also the Cleansing Inspector (and from 1950 given the new title of Sanitary Inspector and Director of Cleansing). In 1975 the responsibilities were transferred to the Director of Cleansing of Falkirk District Council. The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict., c.38) gave the Local Government Board for Scotland supervisory powers over local authorities with regard to the regulation of medical officers and sanitary inspectors.
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Bo'ness Town Council. Burgh Treasurer
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Bo'ness Town Council. Burgh Chamberlain
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Grangemouth Town Council. Burgh Chamberlain
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Falkirk Town Council. Burgh Chamberlain
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The Burgh Chamberlain was responsible for the financial accounts of Falkirk Town Council and its predecessors. The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Falkirk Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to the Director of Finance of Falkirk District.
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Falkirk Burgh Commissioners and Police Commissioners
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Commissioners under Falkirk Police & Improvement Act, 1859 In 1859 Falkirk adopted the Police of Towns (Scotland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict., c.33). The means of doing so was a local act of parliament, the Falkirk Police and Improvement Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict., ch.cxxiii). Under this the police commissioners were to be the Town Council, and obtained authority to take over the water, sanitation, street cleansing, public works and improvements, and various other powers previously held by the Stentmasters or Feuars including the raising of assessments to pay for works in the town. This Act sought to clarify what authority was responsible for which function in the town. In 1873 Falkirk adopted the 1862 General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act (25 & 26 Vict, c 101) which gave additional powers in lighting, cleansing, improvements and police matters. The Falkirk Corporation Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict., ch.xiv) confirmed the powers of the Town Council as police commissioners, transferred all of the Feuars' remaining powers and property to Falkirk Town Council, and extended the municipal and police boundaries. The Town Councils (Scotland) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict., c.49) provided for the incorporation of burghs and was adopted by Falkirk in 1900, leading to any responsibilities held by the Burgh or Police Commissioners being passed to the Town Council.
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Bo'ness Town Council. Burgh Engineer
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The Burgh Engineer was responsible for the engineering aspects of local authority drainage, sewage and water supplies.
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Grangemouth Town Council. Burgh Engineer
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The Burgh Engineer was responsible for the engineering aspects of local authority drainage, sewage and water supplies.
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