CALATRIA

JOURNAL OF THE FALKIRK HISTORY SOCIETY

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The Society

Falkirk History Society was founded in 1981 and now has well over two hundred members. Visitors and new members are welcome to the Society's meetings which take place on the third Wednesday of each month in the hall of Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church in the heart of the town and district.

The Dunipace Brooch

The symbol adopted by the Society is based on a silver Celtic pin from about the 9th Century, discovered near Dunipace. The pin, which has a loose ring head once covered in gold, is similar in design to Irish brooches of the period, but the use of silver identifies this one as Scottish and very rare. It is now in the Museum of Scotland. The drawing is by John Reid

Obtaining copies of Calatria

There are a limited number of copies of most of the earlier volumes of Calatria available at the price of GBP 2.50 plus 60p UK postage. Please contact the Editor who is Ian Scott, at 11 Neilson Street, Falkirk. Telephone 01324-627692. Volumes 1 and 8 are no longer available but can be consulted in local libraries.

List of the Contents of each volume

Tom's note: I'm willing to do look-ups to help those who want to check out the odd family connection, but please don't ask me to copy any of the articles -

BUY THE BOOKS and support the local historians who put a great deal of effort into producing this information.

November 1991 (I don’t have a copy of this first volume)	Number 1	Page
A Roman Fort on the Wall at Falkirk
The Prison And Sherriff Court of Falkirk
Doocots in the Falkirk District
The Diary of Thomas Johnstone of Hallhouse (1846)
Scottish Tar Distillers
The Old Statistical account: Airth, Larbert and Dunipace (1791)

Spring 1992	Number 2	Page
A Roman Shrine Near Laurieston?	Geoff Bailey	1
Skaithmuir - a Baronial Corn Mill.	J. Reid / G.Bailey	5
John Roebuck: 18th Century Entrepreneur.	Sydney Gregory	17
Houskeeping Expenses 200 years Ago.	Falkirk Express (reprint)	27
Ice-Houses.	Geoff Bailey	33
Along and Across the River Carron.	Geoff Bailey	49
Local Roads in the 18th Century.	John Reid	85
The Old Statistical Account - Slamannan.	Rev James McNair	97
Reviews		105

Autumn 1992	Number 3	Page
The Thanes of Callendar	John Reid	1
The Grant of the Lands of Callendar to Sir William Livingston	John Reid	7
The Incident at Larbert Bridge and the Siege of Callendar House 1651	Geoff Bailey	9
The Last Earl of Callendar	Geoff Bailey	29
The Sale of the Callendar Estates in 1783	Thomas McGrouther	35
The Muir of Falkirk	John Reid	41
Mary Queen of Scots the Livingstons of Callendar	Ian Scott	49
Lime and Limekilns in the Falkirk District	Geoff Bailey	63
The Falkirk Water Bill Case (1886)	Stephen Hill	89
The Old Statistical Account - Denny (1791)	Rev Thomas Fergus	113

Spring 1993	Number 4	Page
The Carselands of the Firth of Forth	John Reid	1
Queen Victoria's Visit to Falkirk in 1842	Geoff Bailey	33
Children Down the Mines	CraigMair	41
The Aerated Water Trade in the Falkirk District	Geoff Bailey	49
The Parishes of East Stirlingshire in the Feudal Period	John Reid	79
A Contract of Marriage	John Reid	89
The Old Statistical Account - Falkirk (1797)	Dr James Wilson	95

Autumn 1993	Number 5	Page
Grangemouth Airfield	John Walker	1
The Stentmasters of Falkirk	John Reid	25
The Spiers Family and the Tomb at Lochgreen	Geoff B Bailey	45
Bothkennar Parish and the Census of 1851	Bernard Thompson	51
Within Three Suns	Alan Meek	67
The Disruption of the Church in 1843	Ian Scott	79
Aerated Water - An Inventory of Bottles	Geoff B Bailey	105

Spring 1994	Number 6	Page
Battle Monuments and War Memorials	Geoff B Bailey	1
The Wilsons of South Bantaskine	Alistair Campbell	61
The Development of South Bantaskine	John Wilson	73
The Falkirk Volunteers	John Thomson	77
The Feudal Divisions of East Stirlingshire	John Reid	79
Neolithic Stone Axe from Larbert	Geoff B Bailey	111
The Old Statistical Account -Bothkennar Parish	Rev David Dickson	113

Autumn 1994	Number 7	Page
The First Earl of Callendar's Treasure	Geoff B Bailey	1
Russel and Aitken	William Anderson	13
The Feudal Divisions of Muiravonside Parish: Part 2	John Reid	21
The Session Records of Bothkennar 1744-54	William B Maclaren	87
Education and the Heritors of Larbert 1808 - 80	Ian Scott	103
The Old Statistical Account - Polmont Parish	Rev William Finlay	111
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		115

Summer 1995	Number 8	Page
The Persecution and Confession of Elenor Hay	Geoff B Bailey	1
The Feudal Land Divisions of Denny and Dunipace	John Reid	21
Callendar House in l925	Extract	4V
The Origin of the Place-name Falkirk	W F H Nicolaisen	61
The Tattie Kirk -a Brief History	John Walker	73
Carron Company in the 19th Century	Brian Watters	87
The Burial of the Last Laird of Abbotshaugh	John W Reddoch	101
The Old Statistical Account - Bo'ness Parish	Rev Robert Rennie	105
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		121

Summer 1996	Number 9	Page
The Graveyards of Falkirk District. Part 1.	Geoff B Bailey	1
The Feudal Divisions of Denny and Dunipace. Part 2.	John Reid	35
The Curious Case of John Logie Baird	John Walker	55
Carron Company-.the Beginning.	Brian Walters	67
Water Power at Carron Ironworks	Brian Walters	75
John Russell, Watch and Clockmaker of Falkirk	Winnie R McPherson	85
James Bruce of Kinnaird, the Abyssinian Traveller	J Morison Clingan	97
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		108

Winter 1996	Number 10	Page
The Graveyards of Falkirk District: Part 2. Dunipace	Geoff B Bailey	1
The Barony of Abbotskerse	John Reid	39
The Post Office in Falkirk District	William Clarkson	53
Thomas Wilson of Tophill	Denis R Shovlin	73
Scotland's Earliest Canal?	John Reid	85
Falkirk at War 1939-45	John Walker	93
An Iron Age Stone Lamp from Airth	Geoff B Bailey	103
Spindle Whorls from Carriden and Airth	Geoff B Bailey	107
Skinflats - the Origins of the Place Name	John Reid	109
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		111

Winter 1997	Number 11	Page
The Graveyards of Falkirk District: Part 3. Muiravonside	Geoff B Bailey	1
Abbotskerse: Estates, Parcels and Portions	John Reid	63
Greed and Stupidity: the End of the Forth Oyster Beds	Derek Sloan	89
The Castlecary Railway Disaster (1937)	John Walker	95
A Companion for Canal Passengers (1823)	John Aitken	103
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		111

Summer 1998	Number 12	Page
Graveyards of Falkirk District: Part 4. The Tattie Kirk	Geoff B Bailey	1
The visits of Robert Burns to the Falkirk area.	Brian Walters	39
The Old School at Stenhousemuir	John Reid	45
Reminiscences of Road Maintenance	William Ballantine	59
A Middle Bronze Age axehead fragment	Trevor Cowie	85
The Velunias Stone	John Reid	89
Lost Weapons and Battlefields	Geoff B Bailey	93
The Tombs of the Warriors	John R McLuckie	102
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		111

Spring 1999	Number 13	Page
Graveyards of Falkirk District: Part5. Airth	Geoff B Bailey	1
Lands and Baronies of the Parish of Airth.	John Reid	47
Charles Gascoigne and the Mistress of Elphinstone	Brian Walters	81
Reminiscences of Road Maintenance: Part 2	William Ballantine	85
Gold Armlet from Cowden Hill, Bonny bridge	Allan Meek	109
Thoughts on the Heraldic Arms of Callendar	John Reid	113
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		116

Spring 2000	Number 14	Page
The Records of the Baron Court of Falkirk	John Reid	1
Collier Serfdom in the Falkirk District	Geoff B Bailey	37
George Forrest. Botanist: the Falkirk Connection	Brian Walters	69
A Loose Cannon - Charles Gascoigne in Russia	Jana L Bara	73
Ordnance Survey Name Book - Airth	Geoff B Bailey	81
An Early Bronze Age stone mould for flat axeheads	Trevor Cowie	97
A Short Account of Carron Company's Nail Trade	Brian Walters	109
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		117

Autumn 2001	Number 15	Page
The Feuars of Falkirk	John Reid	1
A Mesolithic Barbed Antler Point from Carriden	Alan Saville	70
Ordnance Survey Name Book - Bothkennar	Geoff B Bailey	81
Bronze Age Metalwork from the Falkirk district	Trevor Cowie	87
Dunmore Pottery	Brian Walters	99
Unpublished Roman Finds in the Falkirk area	Fraser Hunter	111
Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal		124

Spring 2002	Number 16	Page
The Graveyards of Falkirk: Part 6 Corbiehall	Geoff B Bailey	1
Polerth: The lost dockyard of James IV	John Reid	23
Ordnance Survey Name Book - Denny	Geoff B Bailey	45
The Lands of Mungal	Brian Watters	69
Grossart's School	James Love	89
The Dalnair Roman Rivet	Geoff B Bailey	93
Bo'mains Meadow Bo'ness	Angus Smith	95
Larbert Parish at the start of the 19th century	John Reid	103

Autumn 2002	Number 17	Page
Local Cultivation Terraces	John Reid
Ordnance Survey Name Book - Larbert	Bailey
Revealing Dunmore Debris	Cruikshank
George Walker of Falkirk and Washington DC	Anderson
Carronshore School and Free Church dispute	Watters
Unpublished Roman Finds in the Falkirk area	Fraser Hunter
Memories of Ladysmill	Reid
A Bird's Eye View of Victorian Falkirk	Buchanan
Local History Book review	Reid