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Bothkennar Parochial Board
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McCorquodale & Co Ltd
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Bo'ness Town & Harbour Trustees
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Bo'ness Town & Harbour Trustees were set up under an Act of 1843 to replace the Bo'ness Harbour Trustees, with authority to levy duties and deal with street repairs, lighting and other town matters as well as the repair and maintenance of the harbour. The 1843 Act also set a period of service and a qualification for election and electors.
The Borrowstounness Town and Harbour Act 1875 repealed previous acts and set up a new body of Trustees. The Borrowstounness Town and Harbour (Amendment) Act 1878 transferred the harbour undertakings to the Borrowstounness Harbour Commissioners and authorised them to borrow £185,000 from the North British Railway Co. The Borrowstounness harbour Act 1883 authorised the Harbour Commissioners to build additional works and to borrow a further £50,000 from the North British Railway Co. This led subsequently to the provisions in the North British Railway (General Powers) Act 1900 where the harbour was taken over by the North British Railway Co. The Town & Harbour Trustees were replaced in 1883 by Bo'ness Police & Burgh Commissioners when the town became a Police Burgh by the adoption of the 1862 Police & General Improvement Act. |
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Forth Ports Authority
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The Forth Harbour Reorganisation Scheme, 1967, led to Grangemouth Docks becoming part of Forth Ports Authority. In the 1970s, by volume of cargo, Grangemouth was Scotland's second largest port
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Bo'ness Harbour Trustees
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Bo'ness Harbour Trustees were established under the Twopenny Act in 1744. The Trustees were appointed with power to impose a duty of two pennies Scots...on every pint of ale or beer sold in Bo'ness for the clearing, deepening, rebuilding, repairing and improving the harbour and piers of Bo'ness. The duty was leviable for 25 years, renewed by Act in 1769, 1794, 1816 and 1843. Vacancies were filled by election by the existing trustees. The successive acts gave additional powers to the Trustees to levy rates on commercial premises and dwelling-houses, for the purposes of paying for lighting, cleaning and improving streets and erecting a town clock. The 1843 Act re-named the Harbour Trustees as trustees for the Town and Harbour and set a period of service and a qualification for election and electors.
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Grangemouth Docks
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Place owned by various companies. A dry dock was built in 1811, and leased by various companies including Dobson & Charles and the Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Work began in April 1838 in constructing a dock, following an Agreement between the Forth & Clyde Canal Co and the Earl of Zetland. This dock was opened in 1843 as the New Dock, but later was known as the Old Dock. Junction Dock was built in 1855, Carron Dock was built by the Caledonian Railway Co between 1877 and 1882 and the Grange Dock was built between 1898 and 1906. The Forth Harbour Reorganisation Scheme, 1967, led to Grangemouth Docks becoming part of Forth Ports Authority. In the 1970s, by volume of cargo, Grangemouth was Scotland's second largest port
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North British Railway Co
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The North British Railway (NBR) controlled the northern section of the east coast main line crossing the Border in 1846. By 1865 it had acquired the Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland, Perth and Dundee, West of Fife and Edinburgh Railways. The NBR was a prime mover in the building of the West Highland line to Fort William and Mallaig (1884 onwards) and was responsible for the Tay Bridges.
The NBR acquired Bo'ness Docks in 1900 from Bo'ness Town and Harbour Commissioners. In 1923 the NBR was one of several train companies which amalgamated to form the London & North Eastern Railway Co. |
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Steamboat Tavern
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Demolished after 1968.
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Bo'ness Burgh
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Bo'ness (Borrowstounness) was created a Burgh of Regality in 1668, a Burgh of Barony in 1748 and a Police Burgh in 1883. The Burgh was incorporated in 1903. Local government originated with the Bo'ness Harbour Trustees in 1744. The Trustees became Town and Harbour Trustees in 1843 with enlarged powers. In 1883 the Trustees were replaced by Police and Burgh Commissioners who were in turn replaced in 1903 by Bo'ness Town Council. In 1975 Bo'ness and the surrounding area became part of Falkirk District. Previously the surrounding area had been part of the County of West Lothian.
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Meik, Thomas & Son
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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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Coronation Bar
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Demolished after 1968. On corner of South Charlotte Street and North Harbour Street.
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Grangemouth Yacht Club
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Active at the harbour, Old Grangemouth c 1968
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Forth Tavern
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Hugh McPherson
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Hugh McPherson was the Chief Magistrate of Grangemouth from 1878 to 1892. In 1893 the post was replaced by that of Provost. As Chief Magistrate he oversaw the growth in the town and its industries, gifting land for civic purposes (such as the town hall), setting up the electric power station and enabling the docks to expand.
In 1877 Hugh McPherson joined with D McLaren to set up the Forth Saw Mill on the edge of the Docks, immediately north of Station Rd. It was known locally as “M & M’s”. There were several woodyards in the area specialising in pit props, telegraph poles, boxes, etc. Hugh McPherson died on 8th May 1899. |
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Bo'ness Town Council. Town Clerk
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The office of Town Clerk in Bo'ness pre-dates the establishment of Bo'ness Town Council. The Harbour & Town Trustees and the Police & Burgh Commissioners employed local solicitors as clerks and the office of Town Clerk evolved out of these appointments. The Town Clerk kept the minutes, correspondence and other administrative records of the local authorities and acted as their legal adviser. The post ceased to exist with the abolition of Bo'ness Town Council in 1975 and the functions were mainly transferred to the Chief Executive or to the Director of Law & Administration of Falkirk District Council.
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Robert Gray
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' As late as 1910 a loft in Carron Street Granary was utilised by a Mr Gray, who also had a shop in South Harbour Street. This South Harbour Street shop was still in use in 1968.' Porteous, p127
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James R Smith
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William Harrower
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Henry Rodger
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Harbour Master
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