Burgh of Auchterarder

Reference:GB 252 AA
Dates of Creation:1808-1977
Language of Material:English
Physical Description:

Scope and Content
Auchterarder Police Commissioners’ minute books, 1894-1901; Auchterarder town council minute books, 1901-1918, 1924-1934, 1938-1975; Committee minute books, 1903-1975; Chartulary of Auchterarder town council, 1862-1970; Correspondence of town council and various committees, 1926-1975; Bylaws and rules and regulations, 1953-1954; Auchterarder Police Court registers of cases, 1935-1975; Duncan Forbes bequest minutes, 1945-1946; Register of societies under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1963-1975; Register of the Public Works Loan Board, 1895-1968; Sunderland flying boat log, for the Auchterarder ‘Wings of Victory’ success, 1943; Assessment rolls, 1935-1974; Cash ledgers and books, 1894-1968; Auchterarder Weighbridge book, 1917-1931; Registers of houses, 1936-1973; Housing department letter books, 1950-1968, and ledgers, 1920-1967; Housing scheme cash books, 1929-1967; Rental registers, 1922-1974; Files relating to various aspects of burgh administration, 1833-1975; Auchterarder muir commissioners’ minutes, 1860-1893; Auchterarder water commissioners’ minutes, 1871-1903; Girnal House commissioners’ minutes, 1831-1903; Session papers in the process of the division of the commonty of Auchterarder, 1808-1852; Auchterarder Library committee minutes, 1884-1949, and accounts, 1884-1895; Auchterarder Institute committee minutes, 1896-1940; St Margaret’s Hospital minutes, 1926-1948, and letter books, 1926-1945.
Administrative / Biographical History
Auchterarder, Perthshire, was an ancient royal burgh, perhaps created as such in the 13th century. On only one occasion, in 1584, did it send a commissioner to the Scottish parliament and it is doubtful whether it had any burghal status after this time. Auchterarder was created a police burgh in 1894 under the provisions of the General Police & Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict, c. 101). Burgh administration was carried out by police commissioners who were responsible for the cleansing, lighting, policing and public health of the burgh. The police commissioners were replaced by the town council in January 1901 under the terms of the Town Councils (Scotland) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict., c 49). Auchterarder matriculated its arms in 1950 at which date the Lord Lyon accepted that it had been a royal burgh prior to the Union. It was reinstated as a Royal Burgh on the Roll of the Convention of Royal Burghs in 1951. The population of the burgh in 1971 was 2,446. Auchterarder Town Council was abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65). Its powers were assumed by Tayside Regional Council and Perth and Kinross District Council. These in turn were replaced by Perth and Kinross Council in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).
Arrangement
8 series to file and item level
Access Information
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