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Caledonian Railway Co Canal Dept
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From 1867 until 1923 the Forth & Clyde Canal Co was run by the Caledonian Railway Co. By Act of Parliament of 20 July 1867 (30 & 31 Vic c.106), the canal company was incorporated as the Forth and Clyde Navigation Guaranteed Company, a subsidiary of the Caledonian Railway Co. It was dissolved on 11 November 1881 under the Caledonian Railway (Guaranteed Annuities Stock No 2) Act of 8 April 1881. The Caledonian Railway Canal Department operated the canal. On 1 July 1923 the Caledonian Railway Co became part of the London Midland and Scotland Railway Co.
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Polmont Old Parish Church
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Polmont Parish was disjoined from Falkirk by the Commissioners of Teinds on 22 July 1724. In 1929 with the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland, the congregation took the name Polmont North Church, The name Polmont Old was adopted in 1977 when Polmont South changed its name to Brightons Parish Church. Redding and Westquarter was run as a church extension charge from Polmont North. Linked with Shieldhill from 10 September 1961 to1 November 1963. First church building completed 1734, second church building completed 1844.
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Denny & Dunipace Gas Commissioners
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In 1886 Denny & Dunipace Police Commissioners adopted the Burgh's Gas Supply (Scotland) Act 1876 and Denny Gas Consumer Company was transferred from private ownership to the Burgh of Denny & Dunipace Commissioners of Police. The Gas Commissioners were then established with a Gas Committee reporting to the new Gas Commissioners. By 1927 this had become the Gas Committee of Denny & Dunipace Town Council with a Gas Department running the gas works.
Predecessors: Denny Joint Stock Gas Company was formed around 1845. By 1861 it was defunct and a new company, Denny Gas Consumers' Company Ltd was formed and it erected Denny Gas Works in 1861. |
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Falkirk District Council : Building Control Dept
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Local council building control sections are responsible for the administration of building standard regulations (set by the Secretary of State for Scotland and approved by Parliament). The regulations apply to the construction, alteration, extension, demolition or change of use of a building. Building Control under Falkirk District Council was governed by the Building (Scotland) Act 1959, as amended by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970. The section was initially part of the Strategic Services Department and later was moved to form part of Leisure and Environment, renamed Community and Environmental Services. After 1996 with local government re-organisation, the section became part of Falkirk Council Development Services
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Falkirk District Council : Planning & Environment
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The Planning section of Falkirk District council was responsible for all aspects of development, including planning policies, local plans, and planning control over individual buildings. Planning takes account of issues such as the environment, neighbourhood concerns, town planning and development. Until 1997 the main legislation was the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 with subsequent amendments. The Planning section did not deal with standards of construction which are subject to separate legislation and are dealt with by the Building Control section of Falkirk District council. The Planning section was part of Falkirk District Council's Strategic Services Department from 1975-1996. It became part of Development Services of Falkirk Council in 1996.
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John Farquhar
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Joiner
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Jane Harvie
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Jane Harvie worked at Falkirk Iron Works enamel department until 1927, when she had to retire because of ill health (see A748.001)
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Falkirk District Council : Libraries
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The provision of libraries is a statutory function of local authorities. Legislation began with the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1853. The Education (Scotland ) Act 1918 extended library provision to rural areas. Falkirks public library was opened in 1903 while Grangemouths Victoria Public Library was opened in 1886 and Denny & Dunipace had a library by the 1920s. In 1975 at local government re-organisation, the various burgh and county branch libraries were brought together in the Department of Libraries and Museums, and in 1989 libraries became a section of Leisure Services (as did museums). At local government re-organisation in 1996, Falkirk Libraries were a section of Community Services (within Culture & Life Long Learning).
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Falkirk Council. Falkirk Libraries
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The provision of libraries is a statutory function of local authorities. Legislation began with the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1853. The Education (Scotland ) Act 1918 extended library provision to rural areas. Falkirks public library was opened in 1903 while Grangemouths Victoria Public Library was opened in 1886 and Denny & Dunipace had a library by the 1920s. In 1975 at local government re-organisation, the various burgh and county branch libraries were brought together in the Department of Libraries and Museums, and in 1989 libraries became a section of Leisure Services (as did museums). At local government re-organisation in 1996, Falkirk Libraries were a section of Community Services (within Culture & Life Long Learning).
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Thomson, D & partners
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M Simpson
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Forth & Clyde Canal Co
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The Forth & Clyde Canal Co was incorporated under Act of Parliament, 8 March 1768 (8 Geo III c.65) as the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation. The constitution was changed under Act of Parliament, 12 July 1805 (46 Geo III c.120) and the management vested in the Governor and Council of the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation.
The company was vested in the Caledonian Railway Company by Act of Parliament of 20 July 1867 (30 & 31 Vic c.106), and incorporated as the Forth and Clyde Navigation Guaranteed Company. It was dissolved on 11 November 1881 under the Caledonian Railway (Guaranteed Annuities Stock No 2) Act of 8 April 1881. From 1881 the Caledonian Railway Canal Department operated the canal and on 1 July 1923 the Caledonian Railway Co became part of the London Midland and Scotland Railway Co. |
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John Anderson
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Joiner
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Mottram, Patrick & Dalgleish
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The practice of Alfred Hugh Mottram was continued by his son James Arthur Hugh Mottram who had served part of his apprenticeship with Dunn & Martin and became a partner in 1950. In 1954 the younger Mottram took Thomas Edward Patrick, a friend from Edinburgh College of Art, into partnership; and in 1960 their long-serving chief assistant Andrew Martin Dalgleish also became a partner. The practice title then became Mottram Patrick & Dalgleish.
In 1968 the practice amalgamated with that of Donald P Whitehorn to become Mottram Patrick Whitehorn Dalgleish & Partners and some time later Mottram Patrick. In the same year Ronald Drylie was taken into partnership. [Source: Dictionary of Scottish Architects http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/] |
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James Hardie
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Architect
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Jeremiah Dixon
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Jeremiah Dixon FRS (27 July 1733 – 22 January 1779)[1] was an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason-Dixon line.
Dixon was born in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, in 1733, the fifth of seven children, to Sir George Fenwick Dixon 5th Bt. and Lady Mary Hunter. The Mason–Dixon line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware in Colonial America. It is still a demarcation line among four US states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (originally part of Virginia). It represents the cultural border between the Southern United States and the Northern United States. |
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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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McLuckie & Walker
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Civil engineers and architects
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Robert Thomson
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Joiner
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Falkirk : St Francis School
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St Francis Roman Catholic School, Falkirk was established in 1853. It became St Francis Junior Secondary School c 1950. In 1953 the secondary department was closed and the school became St Francis Primary School. Its official school number was 3124. Sometime around 1852 - the exact date is not certain - St Francis Xaviers Catholic School opened its doors for the first time in Manor Street . In 1880 sufficient funds were raised to build a completely new school on Silver Row described as of Gothic style. The old school building in Manor Street began the first of two spells as the meeting place of a new Young Mans Society. In 1887 an infant section of St Francis School was opened which in the following century would take over the old Free Church School in Meeks Road. In 1904 major alterations costing £3000 were made to St Francis giving it the familiar front entrance in Silver Row. By then there was one senior school mistress and five full time assistants looking after over 300 pupils.
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