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Star Aerated Water Co
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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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Archibald Johnston Aerated Water Manufacturer
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Robert Barr
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Founder of Barr's aerated water firm in Falkirk, 1880s, which later became AG Barr & Co. Robert Barr started manufacturing aerated water in 1880 in Falkirk.
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Andrew Greig Barr
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Andrew Greig Barr (d 1893) was a son of Robert Barr who founded the aerated water business in Falkirk. In 1892 A G Barr took over Parkhead Works, Glasgow from his brother, Robert Fulton Barr, who had begun Parkhead Works in 1887. He was in the process of turning the private company of Robert Barr into a limited company when he died. The company was named AG Barr & Co Ltd when formed in 1904.
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Buchanan
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Aerated Water Manufacturers
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Aggie Graham
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William G Barr
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Aerated water manufacturer
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Scottish Gas Board
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James Marshall
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Bottler and Manufacturer of Aerated Water
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Barr, Robert Ltd.
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Founded by Robert Barr, cork cutter in 1830.Bottler and Aerated Water Manufacturer.
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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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Crouch & Hogg
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Office of the Surveyor of Taxes
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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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Kyle & Frew
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Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors
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Trustees of James Marshall Trust
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James Marshall is described as Bottler, Falkirk, in these records and lived at Garthall Cottage. At the date of his death in 1914, when the Trust was established, he was described as Aerated Water Manufacturer. His factory was at Burnhead. The trust was wound up in 1955.
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James Watson
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Consulting Engineer, 1890s
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Neilson Brothers
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This was the oldest established business in the Falkirk area,and was begun by Mr James Marshall, manufacturing aerated waters.
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William Snodgrass Barr
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William Snodgrass Barr was the third son of Robert Barr (who founded the aerated water company in Falkirk). W S Barr took over the company following the death of his brother A G Barr in 1903 (his elder brother Robert Fulton Barr had previously moved to Ireland).He was chair of A G Barr Ltd until 1931. [Source: http://www.agbarr.co.uk/about-us/our-history/family-history/, accessed 2/10/2017]
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