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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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Falkirk 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
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Grangemouth became a Police Burgh in 1872 with a seal in 1888 and the Coat of Arms matriculated in 1930. Grangemouth Town Council was abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65). Its powers were transferred to Central Regional Council and Falkirk District Council. These in turn were replaced by the unitary authority Falkirk Council in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).
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Carnoustie Town Council
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John Russel
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Provost John Russel was the younger son of James Russel (of Russel & Aitken) and Catherine Crawford. He was educated in Falkirk and Campbeltown and then became a law apprentice with Russel & Aitken.He was elected to Falkirk Town Council in 1856, elected a Bailie in 1861, second Bailie in 1864, Senior Bailie in 1865 and Provost in 1867. He was also Chairman of Falkirk Burgh School Board from 1872 and held various honorary positions including Sheriff-Substitute for Stirlingshire & Dumbartonshire, Commissioner of Supply, JP for Stirlingshire, clerk to the Feuars of Falkirk, president of the Eastern District of Stirlingshire Agricultural Association, and convenor of committee to establish Grahamston Parish Church.
IN 1856 he married Mary Gaff Rennie, daughter of James Rennie of Gowan Bank, Grahamston, and had four children of whom only the eldest, Mary Cook Rennie Russel, survived to adulthood. Ref: Love's Notes & Queries vol 3 pp177-184 |
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A Gardner
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Goods Clerk
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Robert Smart
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Clerk
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William Stevenson
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Provost of Falkirk from 1934 to 1937. He practiced as a solicitor. Became Town councillor in 1914. Was simultaneously a member of he Town Council, Parish council and Falkirk Burgh School Board.
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Falkirk Town Council. Children's Committee
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Bo'ness Police & Burgh Commissioners
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Replaced Bo'ness Town & Harbour Trustees in 1883. Replaced in turn by Bo'ness Town Council in 1903.
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Stirling County Council. Eastern No 2 District Council
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Eastern No 2 District Council covered the area of Polmont Parish Council and the landward area of Falkirk Parish Council. The area therefore included Laurieston, Polmont, Old Polmont, Brightons, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Wallacestone and Shieldhill. The five wards were Falkirk Central, Falkirk East, Polmont, Redding and Shieldhill.
District Councils were established following the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929. They were set up by the relevant County Council and although they were separate legal entities, the membership was made up of all the county councillors for the electoral divisions in the district along with a few separately elected members. They inherited many of the responsibilities of the parish councils which were abolished. They also undertook work as agents for the County Council and were involved in various joint committees with other local authorities. Until 1948 they also administered poor relief. District councils were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973 (c. 65). It should be noted that their powers differed from those of the district councils which existed from 1975 to 1996. Eastern No 2 District included the villages of Brightons, California, Glen Village, Laurieston, Polmont, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Shieldhill, Wallacestone and Westquarter. The District Clerk, James Waddell was based in Brightons and was also the Clerk for Eastern No 3. Eastern No 2 District Council covered the area of Polmont Parish Council and the landward area of Falkirk Parish Council. The area therefore included Laurieston, Polmont, Old Polmont, Brightons, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Wallacestone and Shieldhill. The five wards were Falkirk Central, Falkirk East, Polmont, Redding and Shieldhill. District Councils were established following the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929. They were set up by the relevant County Council and although they were separate legal entities, the membership was made up of all the county councillors for the electoral divisions in the district along with a few separately elected members. They inherited many of the responsibilities of the parish councils which were abolished. They also undertook work as agents for the County Council and were involved in various joint committees with other local authorities. Until 1948 they also administered poor relief. District councils were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973 (c. 65). It should be noted that their powers differed from those of the district councils which existed from 1975 to 1996. Eastern No 2 District included the villages of Brightons, California, Glen Village, Laurieston, Polmont, Redding, Reddingmuirhead, Shieldhill, Wallacestone and Westquarter. The District Clerk, James Waddell was based in Brightons and was also the Clerk for Eastern No 3. |
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William Ferguson
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Railway Goods clerk
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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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T Marshall
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Assistant Junior Booking Clerk
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E Crossland
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Railway Goods clerk(ess)
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Thomas Ferguson
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Railway Chief Goods Clerk
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J Ferguson
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Railway Goods clerk(ess)
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Clerk, Donald & Son Ltd
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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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William Buist
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Member of the Ironfounding Workers Association Executive Council in 1939; Councillor for Falkirk North Ward (Falkirk Town Council).
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