FALKIRK ARCHIVES. Local authority records. Bo ness Town Council Finding Aid

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1 FALKIRK ARCHIVES Local authority records Bo ness Town Council Finding Aid This finding aid contains lists of records of Bo ness Town Council, including Council Committees and departments. Records of the Dean of Guild Court are listed in a separate finding aid. Bo ness (Borrowstounness) was made a Burgh of Regality in 1668, a Burgh of Barony in 1748 and a Police Burgh in The Burgh was incorporated in Local Government originated with the Bo ness Harbour Trustees in 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. List of contents Bo ness Town Council Minutes Miscellaneous papers Committees Pensions Railway & Dock Extension Electricity Supply Housing & Environment Bo ness Cemetery Board Bo ness Development Working Party Records of the Town Clerk Records of the Burgh Chamberlain Valuation and assessment rolls Records of the Burgh Engineer Records of the Burgh Surveyor Records of the Sanitary Inspector

2 Bo ness Town Council Bo'ness Town Council was set up in 1903 under the Town Council (Scotland) Act which provided for the incorporation of burghs and the establishment of elected Town Councils where these did not already exist. It was abolished following the 1973 Local Government (Scotland) Act. Accession No Date Description A Extract of matriculation of the arms of Bo'ness Burgh. A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book

3 A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minute Book A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports A / Minutes and related reports Information Booklets A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information.

4 A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. A / Bo'ness Town Council information booklet , including List of Burgh Magistrates and Town Council, List of Committees, and Table of Municipal Information. Bo ness Town Council - Miscellaneous Papers Accession No Date Description A Sep 1904 Souvenir programme (bound) of the opening of Bo'ness Town Hall and Carnegie Library. Includes photographs of Town Clerk, Architect, various officials and committees and views of Bo'ness A /01 14 Sep 1904 Programme: opening of Bo'ness Town Hall. Performance of "Maritana" by Bo'ness Choral and Orchestral Union. Includes photographs A /02 15 Sep Souvenir Programme: Opening week of Bo'ness Town Hall 17 Sep 1904 A Sep 1904 Souvenir programme for opening of Bo'ness Town Hall and Carnegie Library. Includes articles on construction, programme of events, photographs of provost, magistrates, burgh officers and others connected with events A Notice of Bye-laws A Register of Plans and Sections under Burgh Police (Scotland) Act,1892 and register of certificates of inspection A May Dec 1928 Register of workshops in Bo'ness A Jan 1913 Proof in causa George Lindsay against the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of Bo'ness. Related to complaint of insufficient water for commercial laundry in Bo'ness owned by George Lindsay A /05 25 May 1889 Advertisement for promenade concert at Kinneil House A Oct 1889 Royal approval of Anderson's Bequest, Borrowstounness, under the Education Endowments (Scotland) Act 1882 with appendix A / Plan of Bo'ness War Memorial

5 A Sep 1899 Order of Service for unveiling monument in memory of Thomas Hope, J.P., banker, Bo'ness at Bo'ness Cemetery A (Early 20th Century) {nd} Leaflet produced by "No" campaign on plebiscite on Sunday games. Relates to offer to Bo'ness Town Council of public park on condition that Sunday games be permitted A Feb 1900 Letter, John McCaig and others, Edinburgh Castle to the Editor, thanking the people of Bo'ness for their hospitality. Relates to civic reception for soldiers prior to active service in Boer War. A /01 02 Jun 1902 Post Office Telegram, pencil note, no addressee "Boers accepted our terms" quotation from Balfour of Burleigh A /02 24 Jul 1902 Telegram British Press, Edinburgh to Journal, Bo'ness with notification of postponement of Coronation of Edward VII and details of illness and operation A (Early 20th Collection of trade letterheads, Bo'ness Century) {nd} A Early 20th Amended plan for Mr Brechin's Tenement Century {nd} A March 1918 List of those from Bo'ness who had been awarded Military decorations in WW1 A Diploma awarded to Bo'ness Burgh Council by the Saltire Society for the restoration of the North Block of Cottages, Kinneil A (1970s) {nd} List compiled by Scottish Record Office of documents deposited for examination by the Town Clerk, Bo'ness. [Present whereabouts of documents unknown] SRO Ref: T/105 Management of Kinneil Estate Kinneil Estate was taken over by Bo ness Burgh. A May May 1958 Inventory book Kinneil Gardens. Contains annual inventory of plants, tools, fertiliser and other equipment A / Kinneil Woods. Report commissioned by Bo'ness Town Council from J M Murray, Divisional Officer, Forestry Commission, Scotland. A /02 20 Oct 1937 Sale of timber on Kinneil Estates A /03 17 Jul 1940 Sale of timber on Kinneil Estates A / Conditions of let for cropping of Douglas Park, Ladywell Park and West Meadows, Kinneil A Report and Sketch Design, Kinneil Cottages. Relates to proposed restoration and re-use of cottages

6 Reservoirs A Plan showing sections of embankment and waste weir channel at Lochcote Reservoir for Bo'ness Water Works. Contract No.2, Sheet No.4 A Plan showing sections of embankment at Lochcote Reservoir for Bo'ness Water Works. Contract No.2, Sheet No.3 A (1897) Plan showing details of embankment and waste weir at Lochcote Reservoir for Bo'ness Water Works. Contract No.2, Sheet No.2. Draft copy, parts cancelled out. A (1898) Plan showing details for the widening of the waste weir and channel at Lochcote Reservoir for Bo'ness Water Works. Contract No.2, Sheet No. 2A A Jan 1898 Plan showing details of embankment and waste weir at Lochcote Reservoir for Bo'ness Water Works. Contract No.2, Sheet No.2 A Plan of Lochcote Reservoir outlet works for Bo'ness Water Works. Contract No.2, Sheet No.5 A Oct 1928 Plan showing farm boundaries in the vicinity of Lochcote Reservoir owned by Bo'ness Town Council. Plan includes names, lists tenants and proprietors of farms. Scale 1.25":1000ft A / Prescribed form of record relating to a reservoir under Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act 1930 for Carribber (small) Reservoir A / Prescribed form of record relating to a reservoir under Reservoir's (Safety Provisions) Act 1930 for Carribber (Large) Reservoir A / Prescribed form of record relating to a reservoir under Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act 1930 for Lochcote Reservoir A / Prescribed form of record relating to a reservoir under Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act 1930 for Bo'mains Reservoir Gormyre Estate- Water Works A (1897) Plan showing proposed locations of pipes and equipment built on land taken from the Gormyre Estate by Bo'ness Water Works. Scale 1":50ft. See also A A (1897) Plan of land proposed to be taken from the Gormyre Estate for Bo'ness Water Works. Includes description of type of land with names of tenants and acreage. Scale 1":200ft. See also A

7 Bo'ness Town Council. Pensions Committee A Letter book (wet copy) of Clerk to the Pensions Committee 400pp approx

8 Bo'ness Town Council. Special Committee on Railway Extension and Dock Accommodation A Oct 1923 Printed statements of W.G. Thomson and T. Stewart as members of deputation from Bo'ness to General Purposes Committee of Forth Conservancy Board. Relates to construction of new docks at Bo'ness

9 Bo ness Electricity Supply A (Early 20th Booklet on "Hire purchase wiring scheme" Century) {nd} A Printed Booklet of Agreements and Relative Documents concluded between Burgh of Bo'ness, The National Electric Construction Co. Ltd, Westminster and Messrs Burstall & Monkhouse, Consulting Electrical Engineers, Westminster relating to the provision of an electricity supply with the Burgh of B'oness

10 Bo'ness Town Council. Housing & Environment Committee A Minutes, related report A /14 11 May Minutes and related reports 17 Mar 1975 A West Lothian Survey Report Northern (No 1) Area. Report to accompany the Development Plan submitted by West Lothian County Council under the Town & Country planning (Scotland) Act 1947

11 Bo'ness Town Council. Bo'ness Cemetery Board A Minute Book. Cemetery Board A Minute Book. Cemetery Board A Jan Lairs sales book 23 Sep 1975 A Bo'ness. Interment Register A Lair sales book A Receipt book

12 Bo ness Burgh. Bo'ness Development Working Party A Jan 1964 Excerpts from report on and proposals for Bo'ness Town Centre, concerning reception of 600 families under terms of overspill agreement with the City of Glasgow Corporation. A Report and Proposals.

13 Bo ness Town Clerk 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. A Minute Book No 1. Bo'ness Burgh Local Authority. (Public Health) Letter books A Letter Book (wet copy) No 1 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 2 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 3 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients including Bo'ness & Carriden Parochial Boards A Letter Book (wet copy) No 4 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 5 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 6 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients including Bo'ness & Carriden Parochial Boards A Letter Book (wet copy) No 7 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 8 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 9 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 10 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 11 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 12 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 13 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 14 of Andrew Sharpe, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 4 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 5 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 6 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 7 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 11 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients

14 A Letter Book (wet copy) No 12 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 13 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 14 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 15 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 16 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 17 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 18 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 19 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 20 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 21 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 22 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 23 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 24 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 25 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter Book (wet copy) No 26 of Robert J Jamieson, Solicitor, Bo'ness. Contains letters on behalf of clients A Letter book (wet copy) Bo'ness Town Council No 11 A / Letter book A Letter book (wet copy) Bo'ness Town Council No 13 A Letter book (wet copy) Bo'ness Town Council No 14 A Letter book (wet copy) Bo'ness Town Council No 15 A Letter book (wet copy) Bo'ness Town Council No 16 A Letter book (wet copy) Bo'ness Town Council No 17 A Letter book (wet copy): F.CAP letters. Contains letters to the Local Government Board (Scotland) Correspondence A Apr 1803 Letter from John and James Rutherford to James Tod concerning their offer to carry out work on Bo'ness dry dock. A Oct 1809 Letter from John MacKenzie to Walter Grindlay concerning the title deeds of property in Bo'ness. A Oct 1817 Letter to Walter Grindlay, shipowner, Bo'ness, concerning his purchase of a house in Bo'ness from the family of the deceased James Smith. A /01 11 Sep 1829 Letter from Elizabeth Arkley to Henry Rymer, merchant, offering to sell him a property in Bo'ness.

15 A Jun 1830 Letter from John Handyside, Rosebank, to John Rymer, Edinburgh, concerning the signing of a disposition. A /02 06 Jan 1843 Letter from John Grindlay to John Anderson, offering to sell him a property in South St, Bo'ness. A /03 24 Jan 1843 Letter from Alexander Bennett to John Anderson concerning legal documents relating to the sale of Anderson's property in South St, Bo'ness to John Grindlay. A Oct 1878 Letters from Thomas Meik & Son (civil engineers) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the provision of granite facing for the entrance to Bo'ness Docks. A /04 23 Jun 1884 A /05 14 Aug 1884 A /06 05 Sep 1884 A /07 26 Jan 1891 A /08 13 Mar 1893 A /09 14 Feb 1893 A /10 04 May 1893 Letter from NW Millar of the North British Railway to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning a piece of ground in Bo'ness sold by the North British Railway to the Bo'ness Harbour Commissioners. Letter from NW Millar of the North British Railway to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning ground in Bo'ness conveyed by the Bo'ness Harbour Commissioners to the North British Railway. Letter from Thomas Meik & Sons to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning an unspecified feu disposition plan. Covering letter from Thomas Meik & Sons, civil engineers, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk, for an unspecified engineer's report. Letter from James Macaulay, Kinneil Estate, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the location of various feus relating to a proposed public park. Letter from Neil Wilkie to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the fact that his mother did not intend to sell her land at Braehead, Bo'ness, relating to a proposed public park. Letter to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the valuation of land at Bo'ness Acres, relating to a proposed public park. A /11 25 Jul 1893 A /12 09 Jul 1894 A /13 16 Aug 1895 A /14 28 Aug 1895 A / Letter from Tods, Murray & Jamieson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk relating to the possible sale of land to form a proposed public park. Letter from Oliver & Sons to the Bo'ness Town Clerk acknowledging receipt of a letter and two bonds. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning legal issues relating to Mr Bell's property. Covering letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk for a draft disposition relating to Mr Bell's property. Letters from W H Henderson (judicial factor for Lochcote Trust Estate) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning a claim brought by James Smith for damages incurred when a pipe was laid across lands tenanted by Smith at Wester Woodside Farm.

16 A /15 27 Dec 1897 A /01 22 Apr 1898 A /16 25 Feb 1899 A /17 14 Nov 1899 A /18 28 Nov 1899 A /02 Dec 1899-Jun 1900 A /01 Early 20th Century A /02 Early 20th Century A Dec 1900-May 1901 A /01 08 Dec 1900 A /02 20 Feb 1900 A /03 16 Feb 1900 A /04 07 Mar 1900 A /05 05 Jun 1901 A /06 13 Mar Mar 1901 A /01 13 Oct 1902 Letter from James Smith to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners agreeing to accept compensation in respect of damage caused by the laying of pipes on Wester Woodside Farm, Lochcote Estate. Draft back letter by the Trustees of the late John Anderson to John Cochrane restricting the rate of interest payable on bonds. Letter from Mrs Elizabeth Millar Hope to the Bo'ness Town Clerk thanking the Burgh Commissioners for their letter of condolence on the death of her husband. Letter from James Macaulay, Kinneil Estate, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Burgh's acquisition of feu no Letter from Tods, Murray & Jamieson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Burgh's acquisition of feu no 119. Letters from Tods, Murray & Jamieson (solicitors) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the composition payable by Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners for the property at Bo'ness Old Feus No 119. Includes a list of rentals for the property as at the date of its purchase by the Burgh Commissioners. Letter from Robert Dinkins to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for the position of assistant school board officer. Letter from Samuel Simpson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for the position of compulsory officer. Letters from Macandrew, Wright & Murray (solicitors) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning Astley's feu and the sale of the property by Mr Horwood to the Burgh of Bo'ness. Letter from A.S. Horwood to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Burgh's possible purchase of part of his property at Links (Astley's feu). Letter from Tods, Murray & Jamieson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Burgh's purchase of old feu no 119. Letter from Tods, Murray & Jamieson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Burgh's purchase of old feu no 119. Letter from Tods, Murray & Jamieson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Burgh's purchase of old feu no 119. Covering letter for deeds relating to the Bo'ness Improvement Order Confirmation Act 1899, from the Inland Revenue to the Bo'ness Town Clerk. Letters of acknowledgement for correspondence relating to the Bo'ness Improvement Order Confirmation Act 1899, from the Inland Revenue to the Bo'ness Town Clerk. Letter from G Washington Browne to George Donaldson appointing him as Clerk of Works for the construction of the Bo'ness Town Hall and Library.

17 A Oct 1902 Letter from G Washington Browne to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning offers to carry out work on Bo'ness Library. A /07 10 Jun 1903 A /08 22 May Nov 1905 A /01 14 May 1903 A /02 25 May 1903 A /03 02 Dec 1903 Letter from the General Register of Sasines to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about a possible error in the wording of a bond by D Peggie to the Trustees of John Anderson. Letters from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about legal procedures relating to properties in Corbiehall. Letter from Forsyth & Thomson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk confirming that they would deliver a back letter relating to a 6,000 loan for a public hall. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the legal procedures associated with drafting a bond agreement for 600. Covering letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk for various legal documents associated with a 600 loan related to subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A Jul 1903 Letter from Robert Simpson (joiner) to Bo'ness Town Council about the possible sale of his land at Links Rd, Bo'ness, for use as a generating station. A May 1904 Telegram to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the provision of staff to follow up other trades on an unspecified job. A /02 14 Dec 1904 A /04 12 May 1905 A /06 01 Jun 1905 A /07 13 Jun 1905 A /08 29 Jun 1905 Copy draft back letter by the Trustees of the late John Anderson to John Cochrane and John Peattie Cochrane restricting the rate of interest payable on bonds. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the settlement of a Sea Box bond related to the name of Bryce. Letter from William Donaldson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning legal documents relating to the Sea Box Society and Mr Bryce's property at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk stating that he has arranged to take up the loan of 550 by the Sea Box Society to Mr Bryce. Letter from William Donaldson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning a meeting to be held about Mr Bryce's bond. A /09 30 Jun 1905 A /10 17 Jul 1905 Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the discharge of Mr Bryce's bond for 550. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Treasurer of the Anderson Trust concerning a Mrs Gardner who wanted to borrow 550 from the Trust on first bond over a Corbiehall property recently acquired by her from her brother, William Bryce. The loan was required to replace one formerly held by the Sea Box.

18 A /11 20 Jul 1905 A /12 22 Jul 1905 A /13 28 Jul 1905 A /14 02 Aug 1905 A /15 01 Aug 1905 A /01 22 Jul 1905 A /02 17 Jul 1905 Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about legal work relating to the preparation of a 550 loan to be made by the Anderson Trust to Mrs Gardner with security over subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about legal work relating to the preparation of a 550 loan to be made by the Anderson Trust to Mrs Gardner with security over subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about legal work relating to the preparation of a 550 loan to be made by the Anderson Trust to Mr and Mrs Gardner with security over subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. Draft back letter from the Bo'ness Town Clerk to Mr and Mrs Gardner about a 500 loan from the Anderson Trust with security over subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about a 500 loan from the Anderson Trust to Mr and Mrs Gardner with security over subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. Letter from the Treasurer of the Anderson Bequest to the Bo'ness Town Clerk requesting his attendance at a meeting of the Board of Management of the Anderson Bequest. Letter from the Treasurer of the Anderson Bequest to the Bo'ness Town Clerk requesting his attendance at a meeting of the Board of Management of the Anderson Bequest. A Aug 1905 Draft back letter from the Anderson Bequest or Trust to Mr and Mrs William Gardner about a bond of 500 loaned to them by the Trust. A Mar 1905 Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking for the bonds held over Bryce's property in Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A Jan 1905 Letter from John Marshall, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking for a loan of the titles for Bryce's property in Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A Jun 1905 Covering letter from William Donaldson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk for a letter relating to paying up a bond on Bryce's property in Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A /09 05 Sep 1908 A /10 18 Apr 1908 A /11 12 Aug 1909 Letter from W Jackson of the North British Railway Company to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the payment of dues by vessels at Bo'ness Docks. Covering letter for a copy of the Provisional Order made under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899, from the North British Railway Company to the Bo'ness Town Clerk. Letter of acknowledgement from Maclay, Murray & Spens for a letter received from the Bo'ness Town Clerk.

19 A /12 03 Aug 1909 A /13 02 Oct 1909 A /14 07 Oct 1909 Letter from Maclay, Murray & Spens to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Town Council's possible purchase of ground at School Yard Brae, Bo'ness. Letter from Maclay, Murray & Spens to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Town Council's purchase of ground in Bo'ness from the Kinneil Company. Letter from Maclay, Murray & Spens to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the Town Council's purchase of ground in Bo'ness from the Kinneil Company. A Feb 1910 Letter from the Bo'ness Town Clerk to John Stanners, contractor, concerning the sale of land at School Brae, Bo'ness, to him by Bo'ness Town Council. A /02 15 Jun 1914 A /03 16 Jun 1914 A /02 Feb 1914-Mar 1914 Letter from James Calder & Co Ltd (distillers) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk stating that they have received a letter about the methylated finish store, Corbiehall. Letter from the Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning possible improvements to houses at 1-10 Furnace Rows. Letters from William Hodge & Co (printers and publishers) concerning the production of printed forms for Bo'ness Burgh. A Oct 1918 Letters to R J Jamieson, Bo'ness concerning attempt to find an appropriate school for two unidentified boys. A Feb 1923 Letter from Henry Alexander & Co (seller of Ford vehicles) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the provision of a one ton lorry for use by Bo'ness Fire Brigade. A /42 19 Mar 1925 Letter from Robert Taylor, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the possible purchase of a vacant site in North St, Bo'ness, by Bo'ness Town Council. A May 1925-Jul 1925 A /21 12 May 1925 A /28 15 May 1925 A /40 15 May 1925 A /41 15 May 1925 A /04 18 May 1925 Letters from the Scottish Board of Health to the Bo'ness Town Clerk concerning the granting of a loan from the Public Works Loan Board under the provisions of the Housing etc Act Letter from the Clerk of Linlithgowshire to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the cost of maintenance of patients from Bo'ness Burgh at East Fortune Sanatorium. Letter from Bo'ness Co-operative Society to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about road making at Castleloan. Letter from the Town Clerk of Glasgow to the Bo'ness Town Clerk confirming the date of the Glasgow Fair holiday for Letter from Moncrieff Warren Paterson & Co, solicitors, on behalf of the Hamilton Estates Trust, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the gift of Castlepark by Sir James C Calder to Bo'ness Town Council. Letter from Thomas Salmon to the Bo'ness Town Clerk thanking the Clerk for his temporary appointment as Burgh Fiscal.

20 A /25 20 May 1925 A /24 22 May 1925 A /27 22 May 1925 A /01 Jun 1925 A /31 02 Jun 1925 A /35 03 Jun 1925 A /06 04 Jun 1925 A /03 05 Jun 1925 A /34 08 Jun 1925 A /05 09 Jun 1925 A /30 13 Jun 1925 A /20 15 Jun 1925 A /02 19 Jun 1925 A /07 19 Jun 1925 A /02 19 Jun 1925 A /19 26 Jun 1925 Letter from Moncrieff Warren Paterson & Co, acting for the Hamilton Estates Trust, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the gift of Castlepark by Sir James C Calder to Bo'ness Town Council. Letter from Falkirk Post Office to the Bo'ness Town Clerk thanking the Town Council for agreeing to an alteration in the weekly half holiday at Bridgeness Post Office. Letter from the Linlithgowshire Education Authority to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the date of a holiday for Bo'ness schools. Letter from the Association of Burgh Officials of Scotland containing an agenda for the Association's Annual Meeting on 24 June Letter from Robert Kilpatrick, builder, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about possible damage caused by his workmen. Letter from the London & North Eastern Railway to the Bo'ness Town Clerk confirming receipt of an earlier letter about overhead power lines at Bo'ness. Letter from Ian Andersen to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking to be considered for the post of Burgh Chamberlain. Letter from A Donaldson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk thanking the Clerk for his appointment as Interim Collector of Burgh Rates. Letters from the Bo'ness Central Committee of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the possible use of a meeting room and dates of fundraising activities. Letter from John Lamont, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking to be considered for various Burgh offices which were then vacant. Letter from Davidson & Syme, solicitors, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking for a reply to an earlier letter. Letter from Bo'ness Juniors Football Club to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking if the Club could play at Castleloan Park. Letter from A Donaldson to Bo'ness Town Council applying for the job of Collector of Burgh Rates. Letter from AB Simpson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking to be considered for the post of Procurator Fiscal. Letter from Linlithgowshire Education Authority to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about a proposed extension to Kinneil School. Letter from Marion Sharpe to the Bo'ness Town Clerk thanking the Town Council for its letter of condolence on the death of her husband.

21 A /33 26 Jun 1925 A /36 26 Jun 1925 A /16 30 Jun 1925 A /38 03 Jul 1925 A /22 04 Jul 1925 Letter from the National Guarantee Suretyship Association Ltd to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about guarantees requested on behalf of the Interim Collector of Burgh Rates and the Interim Burgh Treasurer. Letter from Robert Taylor, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the mutual walls at James Campbell's property in Bo'ness. Letter from the Inland Revenue to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about a housing loan made to the Burgh of Bo'ness by the Scottish Board of Health. Letter from the Clerk of Linlithgowshire to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the possibility of enacting similar byelaws for regulating omnibus traffic across all Burghs in the County. Letter from Davidson & Syme (solicitors) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking for a response to an earlier letter. A /29 07 Jul 1925 A /39 07 Jul 1925 A /01 07 Jul 1925 Letter from the London & Lancashire Insurance Co Ltd to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about an insurance claim relating to a Mrs Brechin. Letter from the Airdrie PSE Association to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about getting the Town Council's permission to hold sacred band performances in a local church, for charity fundraising purposes. Letter from Linlithgowshire Education Authority to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the feuing of ground proposed for extension purposes at Kinneil School. A Jul 1925 Letter from the Hamilton Estates Office to the Bo'ness Town Clerk relating to the modification of an agreement about Kinneil foreshore. A /16 08 Jul 1925 Letter from Watson's Typewriters Ltd to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the possible purchase of a typewriter. A Jul 1925 Letter from Bo'ness Burgh Chamberlain to Bo'ness Town Clerk about the repayment of some Bo'ness Housing Bonds. A /18 10 Jul 1925 A /37 10 Jul 1925 A /01 10 Jul 1925 A /04 11 Jul 1925 Letter from the Bo'ness Central Committee of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about a proposed fundraising Infirmary Week to be held in Bo'ness. Letter from Robert Taylor, solicitor, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the mutual walls at James Campbell's property in Bo'ness. Letter to members of Bo'ness Town Council asking them to attend a monthly meeting of the Council on 14 July Includes an agenda for the meeting. Letter from the Public Works Loan Board to the Bo'ness Town Clerk stating that the Board has no power to grant loans for the redemption of housing bonds.

22 A /26 22 Jul 1925 A /32 22 Jul 1925 A /15 04 Aug 1925 A /17 21 Sep 1925 A /11 May 1926 A /02 04 May 1926 A /03 19 May 1926 A /04 24 May 1926 A /23 Circa 1927 A /01 08 Jun 1927 A /02 07 Jun 1927 A /03 07 Jun 1927 A /04 07 Jun 1927 A /05 07 Jun 1927 A /06 07 Jun 1927 A /07 07 Jun 1927 A /08 07 Jun 1927 A /09 07 Jun 1927 Letter from the National Guarantee & Suretyship Association Ltd to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking for a reply to an earlier letter. Letter from the Edinburgh Assurance Co Ltd to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about an unpaid insurance premium. Covering letter from the Clerk of Linlithgowshire to the Bo'ness Town Clerk for a note of treatment costs for patients in East Fortune Sanatorium. Letter from the Association of Burgh Officials of Scotland to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the next meeting of the Association. Letters from The Coal Merchants' Association of Scotland Ltd to Bo'ness Town Council relating to issues such as the location of coal stocks. Letter of acknowledgement from The Bridgeness Company Ltd to Bo'ness Town Council, stating that they are colliery owners rather than coal merchants. Letter from The Bridgeness Company Ltd to Bo'ness Town Council concerning the repair of some courts. Letter from The Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Company Ltd to Bo'ness Town Council concerning the completion of a form under the Coal (Emergency) Directions Testimonials for Mr Hugh Crawford, shale miner. Letter from Samuel Cowan to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from John Reid to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Walter Pettigrew to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from James Pender to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from R McLeod to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Robert McLean to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from John McLean to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Hugh Jones to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from James Hope Hamilton to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer.

23 A /10 07 Jun 1927 A /11 07 Jun 1927 A /12 07 Jun 1927 A /13 07 Jun 1927 A /14 07 Jun 1927 A /15 06 Jun 1927 A /16 06 Jun 1927 A /17 03 Jun 1927 A /18 06 Jun 1927 A /19 06 Jun 1927 A /20 06 Jun 1927 A /21 03 Jun 1927 A /22 06 Jun 1927 Letter from R Hackland to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from James Black to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Hugh Bernard to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Robert Anderson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Dougald Anderson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from William Smith to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from J McFarlane to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Andrew Park to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Thomas Hamilton to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Hugh Crawford to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from R Bron to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from J Balfour Robertson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. Letter from Peter Hill to the Bo'ness Town Clerk applying for a position as a temporary assistant attendance officer. A Jun 1927 Letter of application from James Adamson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk for the position of Temporary Assistant Attendance Officer. A /08 07 Jun 1927 A /10 15 Aug 1944 Letter from William Gray to the Bo'ness Town Clerk asking to be considered for an unnamed vacancy, possibly relating to electricity generation. Letter from Craig & Henderson, solicitors, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk, confirming the new owners of properties at Marnett Bank and Edgehill, Stewart Ave, Bo'ness.

24 A /01 18 Sep 1947 A /11 04 Jun 1948 A / A /09 11 May 1951 A /13 06 Feb 1952 Letter from C W McNay & Sons to Mr H Elsmore concerning his application for a job as a mouldmaker. Covering letter from R H & D Miller, solicitors, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk, for a notice of change of ownership of 3 Market St, Bo'ness. Letters from Liddle & Anderson, solicitors, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk on administrative matters relating to changes of ownership of various properties in Bo'ness. Letter from Liddle & Anderson, solicitors, to Baillie & Gifford, solicitors, confirming that Bo'ness Town Council were the new owners of land in Bo'ness with feu reference number 22 on a particular plan. Letter to the National Coal Board from Bo'ness Town Council concerning compensation due under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 and the Coal Industry Nationalisation (Options and Constitution of Compensation Units) Regulations 1946 and A /43 25 Mar 1952 Letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Industry Valuation and Compensation, to the Bo'ness Town Clerk about the payment of compensation to a particular compensation unit. A Correspondence file concerning the campaign for the establishment of the proposed East Stirlingshire University. A Correspondence file concerning Bo'ness Children's Fair Festival. A Correspondence file concerning miscellaneous topics. A /02 09 Apr 1973 Covering letter from Charles Patterson to the Bo'ness Town Clerk relating to photographs of the SS Carriden. Financial A / Receipt by Elizabeth Nimmo and her spouse John Milne to Henry Rymer for 5, being their share of the price of houses in Bo'ness which Elizabeth and her sister Jean had sold to Henry Rymer. A / Receipt by Jean Nimmo to Henry Rymer for 5, being her share of the price of houses in Bo'ness which she and her sister Elizabeth had sold to Henry Rymer. A / Receipt from Mr Cunningham to Henry Rymer, merchant in Bo'ness, for legal expenses relating to Rymer's purchase of houses in Bo'ness. A Account of amount payable by Henry Rymer, Bo'ness, to John Rymer WS, Edinburgh, in respect of legal work. A Account, Trustees of Bo'ness to Scott Rymer & Scott, solicitors.

25 A Sep 1876 Estimate, John Laurie, Edinburgh to Robert J Jamieson for chimney pieces. A Receipt, Daniel Macfarlane & Co, stationers, Edinburgh to Robert J Jamieson. A May 1877 Invoice reminder, Brick & Stone Company, Bath to Robert J Jamieson. A Jun 1883 Invoice to Robert Jamieson, solicitor, Bo'ness, for obtaining information on subjects in Bo'ness from the General Register of Sasines. A /02 13 Nov 1884 Receipt for 500 paid by Bo'ness Harbour Commissioners to Bo'ness Town Council in respect of drainage work. A /01 01 Dec 1885 Assessment form for Bo'ness Harbour Commissioners, detailing the assessment payable for the year from 15 May 1885 to 15 May A /02 11 Jul 1889 Receipt for expenses incurred for the release of mortgages in connection with the estate of the deceased James Arkley. A /02 20 Jan 1898 Copy receipt issued by James Smith for 22 10s paid to him by Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners for damages incurred when a pipe was laid through fields tenanted by him on the Lochcote Estate. A May 1901 Notes for settlement of purchase of subjects at east end of Bo'ness Burgh purchased by Bo'ness Town Council from Mr Horwood. A Jun 1901 Note setting out the legal expenses incurred in the purchase of subjects in South St and Vennel, Bo'ness. A May 1902 Note of expenses incurred by John Burnett (solicitor) in respect of the sale of subjects in Hamilton Square, Bo'ness, to Bo'ness Town Council. A Dec 1903 Notices of assessments for , issued to William Taylor, Richard Marshall, James Darien and Alexander Bell, by the Burgh of Bo'ness. A Receipts, Bo'ness Iron Co to Bo'ness Town Council. A /05 16 Apr 1904 Note of expenses incurred by Stirling Town Council for the treatment of John McFarlane for smallpox. A Note for settlement of cost of bond and disposition for 500 loaned by the Anderson Trust to Mr & Mrs Gardner, Bo'ness. A /05 10 May 1905 Note of account for settlement for legal work relating to bonds and dispositions in security by Mr Bryce to the Sea Box Society. A /01 Apr 1910 Note of expenses of disposition owed by John Stanners, Bridgeness, to Bo'ness Town Council, in respect of building ground at School Brae, Bo'ness. A /02 Apr 1910 Note of expenses of disposition owed by Thomas Brechin, Corbiehall, to Bo'ness Town Council, in respect of a piece of ground at Back Brae, Corbiehall, Bo'ness.

26 A / Tuberculosis Maintenance Grant Form. Statement of expenditure incurred by Bo'ness Town Council during the period 16 May 1919 to 15 May A Invoices for amounts owed by Bo'ness Town Council to the Bo'ness Journal, in respect of printing, advertising and newspaper delivery. A /02 A /01 Mar 1921-May 1922 Jul 1921-Mar 1922 Receipts for payments made to the Bo'ness Medical Officer of Health by the Bo'ness Burgh Treasurer. Includes payments for a nurse's salary and for work done under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. Invoices for amounts owed by the Bo'ness Medical Officer of Health to William Hodge & Co for the printing of forms. A /03 Aug 1921 Financial Statement as at 31 December 1920 for the Central Midwives Board for Scotland. Includes a request for Bo'ness Town Council to pay its share of the loss made by the Board. A Oct 1921 Invoice of amount owed by Bo'ness Town Council to Frederick Johnston & Co in respect of advertisements in the Linlithgowshire Gazette. A /02 13 Mar 1922 Estimate of rates expenditure for the Burgh of Bo'ness for the year A /02 13 Apr 1922 Invoice for an amount owed by Bo'ness Town Council to Bo'ness Co-operative Society Ltd for the provision of milk. A /03 24 Apr 1922 Invoice for an amount owed by Bo'ness Town Council to James Hill, dairyman, for the provision of milk. A May 1922 Auditors' report on the Burgh of Bo'ness Housing (Assisted Scheme) accounts. A /03 26 Nov 1923 Rates assessment form for nursing home, Cadzow Crescent, Bo'ness, for A /02 24 Apr 1925 Invoice for an amount owed by Bo'ness Town Council to Gilbert Thomson (civil engineer) for an investigation of Bo'ness foreshore. A /01 01 May 1925 Estimate of revenue and expenditure for Bo'ness Public Library for the year to Whitsunday 1926, produced by the Bo'ness Public Library Committee. A Jun 1925 Invoice for an amount owed by Bo'ness Town Council to Douglas & Douglas (stationers & printers). A Sep 1925 Invoice for an amount owed by Bo'ness Town Council to Watson's Typewriters Limited, for the supply of a Royal typewriter. A Mar 1929 Receipt, Thomas Ritchie, Grocer, Bo'ness to David Thomas. A / Register of Standard Grants.

27 General A /03 A / {orig}, 20th Century {photocopy} 1782 {orig}, 20th Century {photocopy} List of hearths for Bo'ness, Kinneil and Carriden, for the purposes of the hearth tax (photocopies). List of subscribers to navigable canal, Bo'ness. Consists of a summary of the proposal and 3 copies of the list (photocopies). A Account book, recording the feu duty paid by various residents on properties in Bo'ness. A Ready Reckoner, to help find the price of any number of articles priced from half a farthing to one pound. A Tickets for Bo'ness Popular Lectures. A Advertising card for the Property Investment Company of Scotland Ltd : Agent R J Jamieson. A Sep 1879 Report by J W W Stewart on a proposed scheme for a drainage system for Bo'ness. A Contract between Bo'ness Town Trustees and Masterton & Cook (contractors) relating to work on Easter Carribber reservoir. A /02 Circa 1880s {orig}, 20th Century {photocopy} View of the New Harbour and Dock, Bo'ness, opened December 1881 (photocopy). A /05 07 Oct 1881 Rules and regulations for the Fire Brigade in the Burgh of Irvine. A /01 30 Mar 1881 Report on proposed system of main drainage for the Burgh of Bo'ness, produced by Fred Jopling (civil engineer) for the Trustees of the Burgh of Bo'ness. A /02 09 Apr 1881 Report on complete drainage scheme for the Burgh of Bo'ness, produced by William Barrowman (Burgh Engineer) for the Bo'ness Town Commissioners. A /03 08 Apr 1881 Report on Bo'ness Burgh drainage scheme produced by W M Alston. A /04 09 Apr 1881 Report on Bo'ness Burgh drainage scheme produced by James L Houston (civil engineer) for the Bo'ness Town Trustees. A Dec 1881 Ticket for the Opening of the Bo'ness Dock. A Rules and Regulations of the Cemetery of the Parish of Borrowstounness. A /01 26 Aug 1886 Regulations under which the grant for the cost of maintenance of disturnpiked and other roads in Scotland was distributed in the financial year ending 31 March A / Byelaws for the management and regulation of the Linlithgow public slaughterhouses. A /09 May 1889 Byelaws for the management of the Ardrossan public slaughterhouse.

28 A / Resolutions adopted by the Glasgow Police Commissioners concerning local taxation and the Equivalent Grant to Scotland. A Scotch Education Department. Code of Regulations for Evening Continuation Schools. A /07 Jan 1893 Regulations and byelaws for the management of the slaughterhouse in the Burgh of Lanark. A Scotch Education Department. Code of Regulations for Day Schools. A Jul 1894 Report and proceedings of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Harbour Accommodation. A / Byelaws for the regulation of the slaughterhouse in the Burgh of Lochgelly. A Scottish School Boards Association constitution and rules. A /04 11 Jan 1897 Regulations for the Fire Brigade in the Burgh of Dunfermline. A Byelaws, Orders and General Regulations for the Burgh of Montrose. A / Rules, byelaws and regulations for the management of the slaughterhouse in the Burgh of Elgin. A /05 08 Jun 1898 Byelaws for the regulation of slaughterhouses in the Burgh of Alloa. A /03 17 Mar 1898 Copy Representation by the Medical Officer of Health under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890, stating that an area of central Bo'ness was unfit for human habitation. A /12 Nov 1898 Book of reference to the plans for the Bo'ness Burgh Improvement Scheme. Includes the names of property owners affected by the Scheme, and descriptions of their properties. A /10 10 Dec 1898 Notice to Occupiers re Bo'ness Burgh Improvement Scheme, providing notification of the Burgh's intentions to ask the Secretary for Scotland for an Order to confirm the Improvement Scheme. A /11 04 Jan 1899 Petition to the Secretary for Scotland concerning the Bo'ness (Housing of the Working Classes Act) Improvement Scheme. A (Late 19th Century) {nd} A (Late 19th Century) {nd} A (Late 19th Century) {nd} Cover of Petition by Parochial Board of Bo'ness Parish and John Paul, Inspector of Poor, for the designation of burial sites for the Parish of Bo'ness. (Contents lost prior to transfer to Museums). Public notice, unemployment insurance, advertising decision of umpire that contributions are payable by workers in specified jobs. Business card, John Stark & Co, slate merchants, Leith Walk.

29 A (Late 19th Century) {nd} A (Late 19th Century) {nd} Sketches of fireplaces. Indenture, Forthbank Foundry Co, Linlithgow. Printed, unused. A Circa 1900 Memorial on Technical Education submitted by the Stirlingshire branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland to the Burgh of Alva. A /09 Circa 1900 Blank form used to register dissent or agreement with the Bo'ness Burgh Improvement Scheme under the Housing of the Working Classes Act A /01 Circa 1900 Rules, regulations and byelaws for the management of the Kilsyth public slaughterhouse. A /02 Circa 1900 Byelaws for the regulation of the Grangemouth Burgh slaughterhouses. A (Early 20th Century) {nd} A (Early 20th Century) {nd} A Early 20th Century A /03 A /01 A /04 A /01 A /05 Early 20th Century Early 20th Century Early 20th Century Early 20th Century Early 20th Century Applicant schedule for Leith Certified Industrial School. Postcard advertising the Board of Trade Labour Exchange, Falkirk. List of materials wanted for Bo'ness Fire Brigade, including prices. School attendance card. Pro-forma card produced by a school board relating to the transfer of a pupil from one school to another. Poster listing the rules and regulations for the guidance of the Fire Brigade in the Burgh of Largs. Regulations relating to dairies and the supply of milk in the Burgh of Partick. Handwritten notes on housing in Bo'ness, including a list of some back courts to be tarmacked. Handwritten notes on why East St, Bo'ness, should not be altered. A Excerpts from minutes of meetings of the Linlithgow District Committee relating to Bo'ness Burgh Council taking over and maintaining roads within the Burgh. A / Byelaws for the management and regulation of the slaughterhouses in the Burgh of Maybole. A /02 05 Mar 1900 Rules for regulating the duties of the members of the Fire Brigade in the Burgh of Carnoustie. A /03 Jun 1901 Rules and regulations for the Fire Brigade in the Burgh of Wick, including a list of hydrants. A Jul 1900 Memorandum to Counsel relating to Bo'ness Burgh Council taking over and maintaining the roads within the Burgh. A Basement and ground floor plans for New Academy, Bo'ness. A Dec 1902 Minutes of a meeting of Stirling County Council held on 16 December 1902.

30 A Burgh of Bo'ness: Regulations enacted by the Magistrates and Town Council under Article 13 of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1885, relating to the regulation and inspection of dairies. A Mar 1903 Standing Orders of Bo'ness Town Council, enacted on 27 March A Dec 1903 Report by Burstall & Monkhouse (civil and electrical engineers) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk on a scheme for electric lighting in the Burgh of Bo'ness. A May 1904 Tender document for painter work on Bo'ness Town Hall and Carnegie Library, completed by Thomas Bonnar & Son. A /02 19 Oct 1904 Regulations relating to the supply of milk from diseased cows in the Burgh of Govan. A Syllabus for Bo'ness Lecture Association, season A /01 26 Jul 1905 Report and valuation of Mrs Gardner's property at Corbiehall, Bo'ness, by James Thomson (architect). A /01 09 Nov 1905 Poster listing the byelaws and regulations applying to theatres in the City and Burgh of Glasgow. A /02 09 Nov 1905 Poster listing the byelaws and regulations applying to music halls in the City and Burgh of Glasgow. A /03 01 Mar 1905 Poster listing the byelaws for the due licensing of theatres and other places of public amusement in the Burgh of Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven. A Rules for the management and regulation of infections diseases and smallpox hospitals in Bo'ness. A / Summary of replies from Scottish Town Clerks as to the practice of Provosts being recognised as ex officio members of Standing Joint Committees. A / Letter from the Edinburgh Town Clerk to the Agent of the Convention of Royal Burghs about membership of Standing Joint Committees. A /02 07 Dec 1908 Scottish Office circular to the Clerks to the Road Authorities of the Burghs concerning the making of claims on the Exchequer contribution to the cost of roads. A Post 1908 Book of certificates of attendance with counterfoils under the Education (Scotland) Act, A The Committee of Council on Education in Scotland : report. A Jan 1909 Programme for Bo'ness New Year Entertainments, held on 1-2 January A Public notice, accession of George V. A /03 01 Feb 1911 Regulations relating to the supply of milk from diseased cows in the Burgh of Motherwell. A /01 17 Mar 1911 Regulations relating to the supply of milk from diseased cows in the Burgh of Carnoustie.

31 A Nov 1911 List of people who suffered losses in a fire in North St, Bo'ness. Includes details of losses incurred. A / Copy of Application and Testimonials in favour of Thomas Adam, who had applied for the post of Medical Officer of Health for the County of Dunbarton. A /03 25 Apr 1912 Letter from the Scottish Office to the Clerk to the Bo'ness Burgh Road Authority concerning a payment for road maintenance. A / Memorandum of the Local Government Board for Scotland re the operation of the Housing, Town Planning &c Act A /04 12 Jan 1914 Memorandum by the Local Government Board for Scotland regarding Registers and Records of Cases treated in Isolation Hospitals belonging to Local Authorities. A /05 14 Jan 1914 Forms of record for cases of tuberculosis treated in institutions approved by the Local Government Board in terms of Section 16 of the National Insurance Act A /01 19 Feb 1914 Circular from the Scottish Office concerning the Fabrics (Misdescription) Act 1913 and the accompanying regulations. A /02 10 Mar 1914 Circular from the Board of Agriculture for Scotland concerning the Sale of Milk (Scotland) Regulations A /01 12 Jun 1914 Notice issued to property-holders about their requirement to make and pave a footway in front of their property. Includes a list of proprietors who received the notice. A /01 Aug 1914 Circular concerning the provision of employment for those who were made unemployed as a result of the First World War. A /02 19 Sep 1914 Circular from the Local Government Board for Scotland about the need to provide accommodation for new army recruits. A /04 27 Oct 1914 Circular from the Local Government Board for Scotland concerning the compilation of a Central Register of all war refugees. A /03 10 Nov 1914 Circular from the Local Government Board for Scotland concerning the need to inform Medical Officers of Health of any proposed billeting of troops in their district. A /03 Dec 1914 Statement of condition of employment in Bo'ness Burgh at December 1914 compared with December Includes names of employers, numbers of men employed at the two dates, number of men who had joined the army, and remarks about the prospects of keeping current staff employed. A /01 Circa 1915 Draft handwritten note about the main Bo'ness industries and about legal cases relating to road maintenance. A /01 02 Mar 1915 Circular from the Local Government Board for Scotland concerning the salaries of interim Medical Officers and Sanitary Inspectors.

32 A /02 26 Apr 1915 Provisional programme for a Road Conference to be held on June 1915, organised by the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers. A Circa 1918 Sale particulars for the Estate of Lochcote. Includes a description of the estate, and rental amounts for the farms and other land on the estate. A Jan 1918 Ticket for Public Reception to Captain Harcus Strachan, V.C., M.C., held in the Town Hall, Bo'ness. A Nov 1919 Edinburgh Gazette No 13,528, dated 21 November A /02 Circa 1920s Location plan of an area of land encompassing Marnett Bank and Edgehill on Stewart Ave, Bo'ness. A /13 Circa 1920s Location plan for a piece of ground at South St, Bo'ness. A / s Leaflet advertising Merryweathers firefighting equipment. A /04 Feb 1920 Explanatory statement of cost of maintaining roads within Bo'ness Burgh for the year ending 15 May A Apr 1920 Plan of Baxter's Patent 16"x5" Granulator mounted on wheels with diagonally screw punched screen. Shows longitudinal elevation and end elevation. A / Public Health - Return of Officials Form containing details of the public health officials in the Burgh of Bo'ness. A Feb 1921 Statistics for the licensing courts for the Burgh of Bo'ness for the year to 31 December 1920, showing e.g. the number of licence applications and the number of certificates granted for the sale of liquor. A / Circulars from the Scottish Office to local authorities relating to the maintenance of local services in the event of industrial disputes. A /01 Feb 1922-Mar 1922 Forms issued by the Bo'ness Public Health Department to various local businesses, ordering milk under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. A / Leaflet about Dennis hand or trailer-drawn turbine motor fire engines. A May 1923 Missing - Regulations (instructions to firemen). A / Annual Report for the Association of Burgh Officials of Scotland. A /01 13 May 1925 Circular from the Scottish Board of Health about parish council elections. A /01 23 Jul 1925 Circular from the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland about increasing co-operation between local authorities. A Oct 1925 Draft list of highways and private roads in the Burgh of Bo'ness, including the length of each road. A /02 23 Nov 1925 Declaration of candidate expenses for Alexander Sneddon for Parish Council elections in Bo'ness.

33 A /03 21 Nov 1925 Declaration of candidate expenses for John McKenzie for Parish Council elections in Bo'ness. A / Minutes of Bo'ness Town Council Committee meetings held from 9 June 1925 to 9 July A / Draft list of Bo'ness Town Officials produced for inclusion in Macdonald's Scottish Directory & Gazetteer A Jan 1926 Contract between Bo'ness Town Council and James Begg & Son relating to slater and roughcasting work on houses at Deanfield Rd, Calder Park and Cowdenhill sites in Bo'ness. A Jan 1926 Contract between Bo'ness Town Council and Cochrane Bros Ltd relating to joiner work on houses at Deanfield Rd, Calder Park and Cowdenhill sites in Bo'ness. A /06 07 May 1926 Circular from the Mines Department to local authorities concerning the relaxation of the Coal (Emergency) Directions in respect of cinematograph theatres. A /07 13 May 1926 Circular from the Mines Department to local authorities confirming that the Coal (Emergency) Directions 1926 had not yet been withdrawn. A /08 29 May 1926 Circular from the Mines Department to local authorities relating to the import of coal for industrial use under the Coal (Emergency) Directions A /09 27 Jun 1926 Circular from the Mines Department to local authorities concerning the Coal (Emergency) Supplementary Directions A /10 28 Oct 1926 Circular from the Mines Department to local authorities concerning the Coal (Emergency) Supplementary (No. 5) Directions A /01 01 May 1926 Circular from the Mines Department to all local authorities in Scotland concerning economy in the use of coal and the regulation of its distribution. Includes a list of District Commissioners and a form to be completed by institutions holding stocks of coal. A /01 10 Jun 1926 Request from A Ballantine & Sons to Bo'ness Town Council for a permit to enable them to obtain 40 tons of coal. A /02 Circa 1928 Article about the Bridge of Allan Union Box Society, reprinted from the Bridge of Allan Gazette, 8 December A Rates of Wages and Conditions of Labour arranged between Co-operative Societies and Master Bakers (Falkirk, Stirling, West of Fife and Clackmannan Districts) and the Scottish Union of Bakers and Confectioners and Bakery Workers. A "The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929: A popular exposition of its provisions", written by W E Whyte (solicitor).

34 A Advisory Committee on Water: Second Report of Legislation Sub-Committee, produced by the Ministry of Health. A Benevolent Rules of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (Bo'ness Branch). A / s Bo'ness Burgh: Book of pro-forma notices concerning the sweeping and washing of common stairs and passages. Five of the notices have been completed with details of the properties to which they were issued, and the rest are blank. A Circa 1932 Water meter catalogue produced by the Leeds Meter Co Ltd. A /03 25 Jun 1935 Copy notice from the Bo'ness Town Clerk to George Welsh Miller, owner of 2 South St, Bo'ness, requiring him to provide details of persons who have a heritable security over the property. A May 1936 Extract from an application to Linlithgow Sheriff Court to extend the boundaries of the Burgh of Bo'ness. A Report relating to the position of slow-burning films under the Cinematograph Act Produced by the Committee appointed to advise the Home Office and the Scottish Office on matters connected with the administration of the Act. A Bo'ness and Carriden Parishes Roll of Honour World War Also includes Blackness and District Roll of Honour. A s-1950s Album containing tickets for a variety of social events, held mainly in Bo'ness. A The B S P Pocket Book. A book of tables and technical information on pile driving operations produced by the British Steel Piling Co Ltd. A Memorandum of Agreement between the Falkirk and District Co-operative Wages Board and the Scottish Union of Bakers, Confectioners and Bakery Workers (Bo'ness, Falkirk and Kilsyth branches). The Memorandum relates to the terms and conditions of the workers. A / Government circulars produced by e.g. the Scottish Home Department (Fire Brigades Division) and the Ministry of Home Security concerning firefighting. A / Government circulars produced by e.g. the Scottish Home Department (Fire Brigades Division) and the Ministry of Home Security concerning firefighting. A / Government circulars produced by e.g. the Scottish Home Department (Fire Brigades Division) and the Ministry of Home Security concerning firefighting.

35 A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning civil defence issues, mainly staff-related, such as hours of duty, pay, clothing and holiday. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning civil defence issues such as lighting, accommodation and air raid shelters. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning civil defence issues such as demolition, salvage, emergency power regulations, and pay rates. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning civil defence issues such as the training of staff, and an interim scheme for the training and resettlement of disabled persons. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning issues such as demolition and clearance, and traders salvage schemes. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning civil defence issues such as sickness payments, tests for gas, decontamination, service badges and uniforms. A / Government circulars produced by e.g. the Scottish Home Department (Fire Brigades Division) and the Ministry of Home Security concerning firefighting. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning vehicles. A / Home Security Circulars produced by the Ministry of Home Security concerning civil defence and first aid. A / Memorandum produced by the Ministry of Education on the draft building regulations under Section 10 of the Education Act A /12 18 Jan 1944 Handwritten notes concerning the boundaries of the Edgehill feu, Bo'ness. A Apr 1944 General Conditions of Contract for works in connection with the preparation of housing sites. A Regulations and Orders relating to safety and health, made under the Coal Mines Act A /01 Sep 1948 Circular from the Ordnance Survey Office concerning the copyright of Ordnance Survey maps. A / Papers concerning valuation of compensation units under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 and the Coal Industry Nationalisation (Options and Constitution of Compensation Units) Regulations 1946 and 1947.

36 A Circa 1950s Catalogue of items produced by Prestongrange Fireclay Works and Whitehill Fireclay Works, National Coal Board, Scottish Division, Lothians Area. Includes access pipes, chimney cans, feeding troughs, grids and traps, gullies, ridge tiles and vent linings. A /02 18 Aug 1950 Memorandum No 653 from the Ministry of Transport concerning Roads in Rural Areas. A /03 29 May 1950 Department of Health for Scotland Circular No 42/1950 concerning Development Alongside Trunk and Classified Roads. A /01 May 1950 Port Rules agreed between the Bo'ness Dock Importers Association and the Transport and General Workers Union, Bo'ness Branch. A /05 Nov 1950 Notes for the Guidance of Applicants for Building Licences, issued by the Ministry of Works. A / Papers concerning valuation of compensation units under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 and the Coal Industry Nationalisation (Options and Constitution of Compensation Units) Regulations 1946 and 1947, in Bo'ness. A / Papers concerning valuation of compensation units under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 and the Coal Industry Nationalisation (Options and Constitution of Compensation Units) Regulations 1946 and 1947, relating to Miss Isabella Miller Rowe, Mrs Grace Simpson and the Burgh of Bo'ness. A Working Rule Agreement produced by the Civil Engineering Construction Conciliation Board. A Papers produced by the Department of Health for Scotland (under town and country planning legislation) relating to the reproduction of Development Plan maps. A / Memorandum produced by the Department of Health for Scotland on the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1950: Part VII, relating to the improvement of housing accommodation. A / Papers concerning valuation of compensation units under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 and the Coal Industry Nationalisation (Options and Constitution of Compensation Units) Regulations 1946 and 1947, in Bo'ness. A / Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations A / Report by a sub-committee of the Scottish Building Costs Committee on the increase in cost of maintaining houses. A /01 Nov 1953 UK Government paper on Housing Policy for Scotland.

37 A /02 Jun 1954 Port Rules agreed between the Bo'ness Dock Importers Association and the Transport and General Workers Union, Bo'ness Branch. A Aug 1959 Programme for the Bo'ness Regatta. A Dec 1959 Programme for Civic Reception given by Bo'ness Town Council to Kinneil Colliery Silver Band, to mark their achievement in winning a National Brass Band Championship. A Nov 1963 Report entitled "Central Scotland: A programme for development and growth", produced by the Scottish Development Department. Legal A Jun 1615 Disposition by John Hamilton etc to Alexander Gib of a tenement and garden in Bo'ness. A / Disposition by John Gib to James Gib of a tenement in Bo'ness. A / Charter for property in Bo'ness, by James Marchioness of Hamilton in favour of Robert Hamilton and Euphame Hamilton. In Latin. A / Disposition by James Gib of a tenement in Bo'ness. A Charter involving Dorothy Bilton and a tenement of land in Bo'ness. A Jun 1657 Disposition by the superiors to Ritchard Dalling of a tenement in Bo'ness. A Nov 1663 Instrument of sasine. A /01 03 Feb 1665 Disposition by John Gibb to Richard Darling of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Charter of resignation for tenements in Bo'ness, by John Gib in favour of Richard Dauling. In Latin. A /01 28 Nov 1668 Instrument of sasine in favour of Richard Hardie and Agnes Gib, his future spouse, in houses and an acre of land in Bo'ness. A /02 28 Nov 1668 Instrument of sasine in favour of Richard Hardie and Agnes Gib, his future spouse, in houses and an acre of land in Bo'ness. A Feb 1677 Instrument of sasine in favour of Richard Daulleing of tenement of land in Bo'ness. A Mar 1677 Instrument of sasine in favour of Richard Daulleing of land in Bo'ness. A Discharge involving the Drummond family. A Disposition in favour of Alexander Smith of subjects in Bo'ness. A Precept of clare constat in favour of Margaret and Ann Thomson.

38 A Apr 1701 Instrument of sasine in favour of Christian and Elizabeth Grindlay and Thomas Cousland, portioners of Thomas Grindlay, of tenement of houses and lands in Bo'ness. A Discharge by Charles Baird and his spouse to John Forsyth and his spouse, relating to a bond for 100. A Disposition by Malcolm Drummond to John Forsyth and Eupham Drummond of subjects in Bo'ness. A Aug 1706 Instrument of sasine in favour of Elizabeth Rind, spouse of William Dalling, for tenement of houses and lands in Bo'ness. A May 1708 Disposition by John Henderson to George Buchan of subjects in Bo'ness. A Bond containing assignation under which Eupham Drummond borrowed 100 merks Scots from Archibald Burges, maltman. A Letters of horning and poinding by Archibald Burges, maltman, against Eupham Drummond. A Bond by Eupham Drummond to Alexander Glen of Longcroft. A Heritable bond of relief by Eupham Drummond and John Forsyth (her son) to Archibald Grosert. A Bond by Eupham Drummond and John Forsyth (her son) to Archibald Burges. A / Letter of caption relating to an action brought by Archibald Burgess, maltman, against Eupham Drummond, widow of John Forsyth, for non-payment of a sum of 100 merks. A / Discharge by Archibald Burgess, maltman, Bo'ness, to Eupham Drummond, widow of John Forsyth, relating to a bond for 100 merks. A Discharge by Alexander Glen of Longcroft to Archibald Grosert, merchant, Bo'ness, relating to a bond of 200 Scots. A / General retour for John Forsyth as heir of the deceased John Forsyth of Bo'ness. In Latin. A / Agreement between Eupham Drummond and John Forsyth, her son, mariner, relating to the sale of her house in Bo'ness to her son. A Petition by John Forsyth, mariner, Bo'ness, to the Baillie of the Burgh of Bo'ness. He was fiar of a house in which his mother had lived until her death, and he was seeking permission to sell the house. A Jul 1736 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Hardie, treasurer for the poor of the barony of Kinneil, of annual rent of 50 merks out of tenement in Bo'ness. A Mar 1739 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Watterston, wright, Margaret Hunter his spouse and James Watterston their son of some houses in Bo'ness.

39 A Jul 1739 Special retour for Alexander Daling for property and land in the Burgh of Bo'ness. In Latin. A Charter of confirmation in favour of George Taylor for a tenement of land in Bo'ness. A Oct 1743 Special retour for William Daling for property and land in the Burgh of Bo'ness. In Latin. A Mar 1744 Charter of confirmation in favour of Alexander Daling for property and land in the Burgh of Bo'ness. A Mar 1744 Precept of clareconstat in favour of William and Alexander Daling for property and land in the Burgh of Bo'ness. A May 1744 Instrument of sasine in favour of William and Alexander Daling of subjects in Bo'ness. A /11 12 July 1744 Precept of Clare Constat by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners in favour of John Gib. In Latin. A Decreet of preference and payment by Robert Cram and other creditors of James Baird against James Rennie. A Jun 1746 Disposition by Robert Cram to William Mackie of subjects in Bo'ness. A Jun 1746 Disposition by Charles Addison to Alexander Wilson and Christian Calendar his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness. A Sep 1752 Disposition by Charles Addison to Alexander Wilson and Christian Calendar his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness. A Jun 1753 Instrument of sasine in favour of Janet Bonar of subjects in Bo'ness. A Oct 1753 Disposition by Alexander Dalling, minister, to Thomas Johnston, sailor, and Margaret Robertson his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness. A Nov 1753 Instrument of sasine in favour of Thomas Johnston, mariner, and Margaret Robertson of subjects in Bo'ness. A Nov 1753 Heritable bond by Thomas Johnston, sailor, to Barbara Dalgleish and Alexander Daling of subjects in Bo'ness. A Dec 1753 Discharge and renunciation of an annualrent by the Poor's Box of Kinneil to Alexander Daling. A Discharge by Archibald Burgess, maltman, Bo'ness, to James Bonney, relating to a bond of s Scots. A Precept of warning by Gabriel Thomson, sailor, Bo'ness, against James Rennie, mason, warning him to remove himself and his family from the house in Bo'ness owned by Thomson. A Disposition by Robert Stevenson, merchant, to John Pearson, merchant, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Aug 1759 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Pearson, merchant, of a tenement of houses in Bo'ness. A Renunciation and discharge by John Pearson, merchant, Bo'ness, to Robert Stevenson elder and younger, merchants, relating to a bond of 120.

40 A May 1761 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Anna Hall for a tenement of houses in Bo'ness. A Aug 1764 Disposition by Robert Stevenson, merchant, to himself and Anna Hall his spouse, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Instrument of sasine in favour of John Addison, merchant, for subjects in Bo'ness. In Latin. A Aug 1767 Instrument of sasine in favour of Dr John Roebuck for subjects in Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A Extract registered disposition and assignation by Alexander Wilson, brewer and mariner, to Archibald and James Wilson, his children, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Registered submission and decreet arbitral relating to a legal case involving John Shaw, butcher, Bo'ness, and Elizabeth and Janet Halket. A Feb 1768 Articles of roup and minutes of sale of tenements of land and houses in Bo'ness belonging to Gabriel Thomson, sailmaker. They were purchased by William Shade, merchant, Bo'ness. A Oct 1771 Instrument of sasine in favour of Archibald and James Wilson, sailors, for subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by John Hardie, brewer, and James Wood to John Gib of subjects in Bo'ness. A Inventory of writs of the tenement of land in Bo'ness belonging to John Hardie and James Woad. A Jan 1772 Articles and minutes of roup of a tenement of houses in Bo'ness belonging to James Wood and John Hardee. It was purchased by James Main, merchant, Bo'ness. A / Precept of clare constat by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners to James Grindlay. A Sep 1774 Instrument of sasine in favour of James Grindlay, shipmaster, for subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by James Smart, shipbuilder, to Robert Hart, merchant, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Extract disposition and assignation by Isabel Smart to James Smart of subjects in Bo'ness. A Inhibition by Alexander Low, shoemaker, Bo'ness, against Archibald Wilson, sailor Bo'ness, relating to various bonds. A May 1776 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert Heart, merchant, for subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by Archibald Wilson, sailor, to Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Anna Hall his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness. A May 1777 Disposition and assignation by Archibald Wilson, sailor, to Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Ann Hall his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness.

41 A May 1777 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Anna Hall of subjects in Bo'ness. A Discharge by William Baird, merchant, and Alexander Low, shoemaker, to Archibald Wilson, sailor, relating to several bonds. A Discharge by Archibald Wilson, sailor, to Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Ann Hall, his wife, relating to several bonds. A / Legal document relating to Archibald Wilson. In Latin. On the reverse is a note in English stating that the document was proclaimed from the market cross in the Burgh of Linlithgow. A / General retour for Archibald Wilson as heir of the deceased Alexander Wilson of Bo'ness. In Latin. A Mar 1778 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Anna Hall of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by Archibald Wilson, sailor, to Robert Stevenson, merchant, and Anna Hall his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness. A Decree absolvitor in relation to an action brought by Archibald Wilson, sailor in Bo'ness, against James Smart, shipbuilder in Bo'ness. A Summons relating to an action brought by Andrew Aikman, baker, Bo'ness, against Elizabeth Halket (spouse of John Grindly, shipmaster, Bo'ness) and Janet Halket. A Disposition by John Gibb to himself and Janet Gibb, his daughter, and John Gibb, his grandson, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Precept of clareconstat for Isabella Ritchie and James Cassels, by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners. A Feb 1788 Articles of roup of a tenement in Bo'ness belonging to James Cassells, Isabella Ritchie, William Grinly, Jean Ritchie, John Roberts, Agnes Ritchie, Robert Angus, Catherine Ritchie and Andrew Hunter. It was purchased by George Dick, shoemaker, Bo'ness. A Mar 1788 Instrument of sasine in favour of Isabella, Jean, Agnes and Catharine Ritchie, and James Cassels, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Instrument of sasine in favour of George Dick, shoemaker, Margaret Hardie and Robert Dick of subjects in Bo'ness. A Inventory of writs of the houses in Bo'ness belonging to Elizabeth and Janet Halket. A / Discharge and obligation by Margaret Johnston or Buchanan to James Johnston and the other Trustees of Thomas Johnston.

42 A / Discharge and obligation by Margaret Johnston and her spouse Andrew Donald to James Johnston and the other Trustees of Thomas Johnston. A Jan 1797 Disposition and conveyance by Margaret Grindlay to William Grindlay of subjects in Bo'ness. A Precept of clare constat to Thomas Grindlay, shipmaster, Bo'ness, acknowledging that he was the heir to a tenement in Bo'ness. A Jun 1798 Instrument of sasine in favour of Thomas Grindlay, shipmaster, of subjects in Bo'ness. A May 1800 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Baird, ship's captain, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Circa 1804 Inventory of writs for houses in Bo'ness belonging to Jean and Elizabeth Nimmo. A Disposition by Jean Nimmo, Elizabeth Nimmo and John Milne to Henry Rymer and Jean Mickle of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Charter of confirmation and precept of clare constat by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners to Jean and Elizabeth Nimmo, relating to subjects in Bo'ness. A Aug 1804 Instrument of sasine in favour of Jean and Elizabeth Nimmo of subjects in Bo'ness. A /01 20 May 1805 Instrument of sasine in favour of James Tennent, shoemaker, of subjects in Bo'ness. A / General retour for James Tennent as heir of the deceased William Mackie of Bo'ness. In Latin. A Disposition by Thomas Grindlay, merchant, to Margaret Brown and Alexander Wilson of subjects in Bo'ness. A Oct 1809 Instrument of sasine in favour of Margaret Brown and Alexander Wilson, shipmaster, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Nov 1813 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Renny of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Charter of confirmation and precept of clare constat by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners to Ann Stevenson, relating to subjects in Bo'ness. A Sep 1814 Instrument of sasine in favour of Ann Stevenson or Watson of subjects in Bo'ness. A Jun 1817 Letter from Thomas Rymer to Mr Hay Burns, Bo'ness, about legal matters relating to Thomas Gray, carrier. A Disposition by John Christie to James Brown of subjects in Edinburgh. A Disposition by John Padon, merchant, to James Meikle, flax dresser, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Inventory of writs of house in Bo'ness purchased by James Meikle from John Padon. A Inventory of title deeds for subject in Bo'ness disposed by James Robert Hart esquire of Drumcrosshall to Andrew Smith Tambour (agent in Bo'ness).

43 A / Charter of confirmation and resignation by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners to James Meikle, flaxdresser in Bo'ness, relating to a house in Bo'ness. A Disposition and assignation by the Trustees of the late Anna Stevenson or Watson to John Potter, blacksmith, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition and assignation by the Trustees of the late Mrs Anna Stevenson or Watson to Andrew Smith of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by James Robert Hart of Drumcrosshall to Andrew Smith of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Charter of confirmation and precept of clare constat by the Duke of Hamilton's Commissioners to James Robert Hart of Drumcrosshall, relating to subjects in Bo'ness. A May 1824 Instrument of sasine in favour of James Robert Hart of Drumcrosshall of subjects in Bo'ness. A Jul 1824 Instrument of sasine in favour of Andrew Smith of subjects in Bo'ness. A Inventory of title deeds of subjects at Bo'ness purchased by Andrew Smith from Mr Watson's Trustees. A Oct 1825 Instrument of sasine in favour of Andrew Smith and Janet Smith of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition and settlement by Andrew Smith to Janet Smith, his wife, Andrew Smith, his son, and Martha and Marion Smith, his daughters, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Nov 1829 Instrument of sasine in favour of James Meikle and Margaret Stark or Meikle of subjects in Bo'ness. A /07 09 Nov 1831 {original} Copy precept of clare constat by the Duke of Hamilton in favour of Andrew Henderson, relating to houses and yard in Bo'ness. A Jul 1836 Instrument of sasine in favour of Andrew Smith, Martha Smith or Robertson, and Marion Smith or Young of subjects in Bo'ness. A Dec 1836 Disposition by John and Walter Snowden with consent of Magdalene Taylor and Barbara Boag to John Anderson, merchant, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Dec 1836 Inventory of title deeds of the property in Bo'ness referred to in a disposition made by John and Walter Snowden in favour of John Anderson (merchant). A Disposition by Andrew Smith, Martha Smith or Robertson, Marion Smith or Young, and Robert Robertson to John Anderson, merchant, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Jan 1837 Articles of roup of subjects in Bo'ness belonging to the late Andrew Smith. A Dec 1837 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Anderson, merchant, of subjects in Bo'ness.

44 A Dec 1837 Instrument of sasine in favour of John Anderson, merchant, of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Charter of confirmation and precept of clare constat by the Duke of Hamilton in favour of Robert Dick, relating to subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by Andrew Smith, Martha Smith or Robertson, Marion Smith or Young, and Robert Robertson to Robert and James McNair of subjects in Bo'ness. A Inventory of title deeds of subjects in Bo'ness sold by Andrew Smith and others to Robert and James McNair. A Jan 1839 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert Dick of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by John Anderson, merchant, to Robert Hamilton, shipmaster, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Mortgage and assignment by the Bo'ness Harbour Trustees to the Commercial Bank of Scotland in relation to a loan of 2,300. A Mar 1846 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert McNair and James McNair, slaters and plasterers, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Jul 1846 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert Hamilton, shipmaster, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by James McNair, slater and plasterer, to Robert McNair, slater and plasterer, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Apr 1850 Instrument of sasine in favour of Robert McNair, slater and plasterer, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Extract from a Chancery court record confirming that the late John Gibb, merchant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the eldest born son of the deceased John Gibb, farmer in Mains of Kinneil, who died in 1849 without ever having been married. A Sep 1855 Instrument of sasine in favour of James Gibb, baker, of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Extract registered renunciation and agreement between the Duke of Hamilton and Dinah Clark or Mitchell, guardian of Henry Mitchell, relating to subjects in Bo'ness. A / Extract Special and General Service: Margaret and Janet Meikle to their father, James Meikle, relating to property in Bo'ness. A Disposition by Robert McNair, slater and plasterer, to John Johnston, labourer, and Janet Johnston his spouse of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by John Anderson, merchant, to John Cowie of subjects in Bo'ness.

45 A Copy disposition and settlement by Robert Hamilton, shipmaster, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition and settlement of a tenement in Bo'ness by Robert Hamilton, shipmaster, to his sister Isobel Hamilton or Heggie. A / Notarial Instrument in favour of Isobel Hamilton or Heggie and John Heggie for subjects in North St, Bo'ness. A / Notarial Instrument in favour of Isobel Hamilton or Heggie and Robert Heggie for subjects in North St, Bo'ness. A Disposition by John Cowie to John Anderson of subjects in Bo'ness. A Discharge for a bond of 250. The money was loaned by John Anderson, banker, Bo'ness, to John Cowie, writer, Bo'ness. A Notarial instrument in favour of Alexander Potter for subjects in Society Wynd, Bo'ness. A Mutual discharge between Robert Jamieson, clerk to the Bo'ness Trustees, and Alexander Blair, former Harbourmaster and collector of rates in Bo'ness, in relation to a dispute over the collection of rates. A General service confirming that Alexander Potter, private in the 75th regiment of foot, was the lawful heir of his four siblings. Alexander's father, John Potter, was a blacksmith in Bo'ness. A Disposition by John Anderson to John MacKay, innkeeper, and Margaret Campbell or MacKay his spouse of subjects in North St, Bo'ness. A Bond and disposition in security by John MacKay to John Anderson for 200 secured over subjects in North St, Bo'ness. A Disposition by Margaret Downie and Elizabeth Taylor or Downie to James Arkley, baker, of subjects in South St, Bo'ness. A Bond and disposition in security by John Leslie MacKay to Andrew Jamieson for 100 secured over subjects in North St, Bo'ness. A Disposition by John Leslie MacKay to James Gray of subjects in North St, Bo'ness. A Notarial instrument in favour of the Trustees of the late John Anderson. A / Discharge of a bond of 100. The money was loaned by Andrew Jamieson to John Leslie MacKay, innkeeper, Bo'ness.

46 A / Discharge of a bond of 200. The money was loaned by the Trustees of John Anderson to John MacKay, innkeeper, Bo'ness. A Nov 1871 Articles and conditions of roup and sale of subjects in Bo'ness belonging to John MacKay. A Bond and disposition in security by James Gray, merchant, to Major Gray's Trustees. A Lease between John Vannan (trustee of the late Henry Rymer) and John Johnston (merchant), for the shop and house in Bo'ness formerly occupied by Henry Rymer. A Notarial instrument in favour of Christian Gibb for a tenement of houses in Bo'ness. A Minute of agreement between John Johnston, merchant, and Richard Snedden, spirit merchant, concerning their properties in North St, Bo'ness. A Disposition by Alexander Potter to Baziel White, blacksmith, of subjects in Society Wynd, Bo'ness. A Disposition by Robert Heggie to John Heggie for a flat in a three-storey tenement in North St, Bo'ness. A Memorandum of agreement between John Marshall and the Bo'ness Town and Harbour Trustees relating to the construction of a drainage pipe through a field belonging to Marshall. A Minute of agreement between Robert Nimmo, farmer, Compston, Muiravonside, and the Bo'ness Town and Harbour Trustees relating to the construction of a drain on land owned by Nimmo. A / Draft disposition by Agnes Dalrymple Rymer, Anne Marshall Rymer, Margaret Rymer and Mary Calder Rymer or Meldrum to John Johnston, merchant and ship chandler, of subjects in Bo'ness known as Nimmo's Houses. A / Draft disposition by Agnes Dalrymple Rymer, Anne Marshall Rymer, Margaret Rymer and Mary Calder Rymer or Meldrum to John Johnston, merchant and ship chandler, of subjects in South St, Bo'ness, and a seat in Bo'ness Parish Church. A Copy agreement between Henry Temple Blair of Avontoun and the Bo'ness Town and Harbour Commissioners, relating to the use of land at Easter Carribber for the construction of a reservoir. A Discharge of a bond of 500. The money was loaned by the Trustees of Major Robert Gray to James Gray Junior, merchant, Bo'ness. A Disposition by Christian Gibb to Jessie Donaldson or Brechin of subjects in Bo'ness. A Nov 1880 Articles of roup of subjects in Bo'ness belonging to John Shaw Wright, ironmonger.

47 A Disposition by Margaret Meikle and Trustees of the late Janet Meikle or Denholm to the Bo'ness Town Trustees of Gushet House, Bo'ness. A Notarial instrument in favour of Henry Stark and others as Trustees of the late Janet Meikle Denholm, for subjects in Bo'ness. A / Fire insurance policy granted by the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company to Peter Hill, general draper, Bo'ness. The insured properties were on Kinneil St, Bo'ness. A Apr 1881 Articles and conditions of roup and sale of subjects known as the Gushet House, Bo'ness. A Discharge of bond and disposition in security by Baziel White to the Bo'ness Property Investment Building Society. A Bond and disposition in security by Peter Hill, draper, to Charlotte Paul, school teacher, for 500 with security over subjects in Bo'ness. A / Assignation of a building lease on a piece of ground in Bo'ness by the Reverend Robert McNair and others to Baziel White, blacksmith, Bo'ness. A / Assignation of a building lease on a piece of ground in Bo'ness by the Reverend Robert McNair and others to Peter Hill, draper, Bo'ness. A Transfer of bond from the Trustees of the Imperial Life Assurance Fund to the Alliance Assurance Co Ltd. The bond was for 2,000 borrowed by the Bo'ness Police Commissioners from the Church of England Life & Fire Assurance Trust and Annuity Institution. A Bond and Disposition in security by James Arkley, baker, to the Bo'ness Property Investment Building Society, for 350 over subjects in Bo'ness. A / Minute of agreement between the Police Commissioners of Bo'ness and the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Institution relating to a bond for 2,000. A / Minute of agreement between the Police Commissioners of Bo'ness and the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Trust and Annuity Institution relating to a bond for 800. A Bond and assignation in security for 800 by the Bo'ness Police Commissioners to the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Trust and Annuity Institution. The security related to subjects in Bo'ness. A Notarial instrument in favour of the Trustees of the late Christian Gibb for a tenement of houses in Bo'ness. A Disposition by James Brand, brick and fireclay manufacturer, to James Arkley, baker, of subjects at the east end of Bo'ness.

48 A Disposition by the Trustees of the late Christian Gibbs to John Thomson Williamson, joiner, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Special Service confirming that Isabella Arkley or Beck was the lawful heir of her father, James Arkley, baker, South St, Bo'ness. A Draft minute of agreement between various Bradford businessmen and the Bo'ness Police Commissioners relating to a loan of 2,000 to the Commissioners. A Copy search of incumbrances over subjects in Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A /01 11 Jul 1889 Covering letter from W.H. Pride, solicitors, Liverpool, for title deeds relating to the Arkley properties. A Draft memorandum of agreement between the Bo'ness Police Commissioners, John McKnight & Son (contractors) and John Walker (merchant), relating to the contract for increasing the water storage for Bo'ness at Carribber. A / Copy lease between W.H. Henderson, judicial factor on Lochcote Trust Estate, and James Smith, dairyman, for Wester Woodside Farm. A Copy minute of agreement between the Trustees of William Forbes and the Bo'ness Town and Harbour Trustees, relating to the use of land at Easter Carribber for water storage. A Jun 1893 Articles and conditions of roup of part of the lands of Deanfield, Bo'ness, by the Trustees of John McArthur Moir. A Jul 1893 Bond and disposition in security by James Gray, grocer, to John Macnab, distiller, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition by Robert Heggie, joiner, to Mary Ann Gibb or Heggie, Isabella Heggie and Margaret Heggie, of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Notarial Instrument in favour of James John Heggie for subjects in North St, Vennel, and Hamilton Square, Bo'ness. A / Notarial Instrument in favour of James John Heggie for a flat in a three-storey tenement in North St, Bo'ness. A / Receipt and discharge by Margaret Marshall or McNay to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners, relating to the construction of two new tenements to replace existing buildings at West Bog, Bo'ness. A / Assignation of a bond and assignation in security for 800 by Herbert Taylor, Trustee of the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Trust and Annuity Institution, to the Trustees of the Assurance Fund of the Imperial Life Insurance Company. The security related to subjects in Bo'ness.

49 A Oct 1894 Missing - Disposition relating to John Heggie and property in Bo'ness. A Draft disposition by Thomas Bell, flesher, to William Bryce, retired engine driver, of subjects at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A Draft feu disposition by James Auldjo Jamieson, Commissioner for the Trustees of the Duke of Hamilton, to James Lindsay White and Anne Williamson, of a piece of ground at Braehead, Bo'ness. A / Lease by Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners to Elizabeth Norval of Coffee House premises, North St, Bo'ness. A / Receipt and discharge by Margaret Marshall or McNay to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners, relating to the construction of a new tenement to replace existing buildings on Main St, Bo'ness. A Bond and disposition in security by James Lindsay White, Jeanie Williamson or White, and Anne Williamson to the Royal Bank of Scotland, for 500 with security over subjects in Bo'ness. A Disposition and assignation by James Gray, spirit merchant, to William Bain of subjects known as the Green Tree Tavern, Bo'ness. A Discharge of a bond of 800. The money was loaned by John Macnab, distiller, to James Gray Junior, spirit merchant, Bo'ness. A Draft memorandum of agreement between the Trustees of the Anderson Bequest, Bo'ness, and the Governors of the Anderson Educational Bequest, Bo'ness, concerning the administration and division of the annual revenue from the funds of the endowment known as the 'Anderson Bequest'. A Dec 1896 Bond and disposition in security by William Bain, spirit merchant, to Thomas Barr, wholesale wine and spirit merchant, for 1775 with security over subjects known as the Green Tree Tavern, Bo'ness. A Copy draft feu charter, Rev Robert Gardner, Bo'ness Parish to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners, of part of Bo'ness Glebe. A Copy draft bond, disposition and assignation in security by Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners to Rev Robert Gardner, Bo'ness Parish. Related to feu of part of Bo'ness Glebe. A Assignation by Robert J Jamieson in favour of Miss Charlotte Paul of 200 from accounts due to Jamieson for work undertaken on behalf of Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners for the Provisional Order on Water Supply.

50 A Disposition by the Trustees of William Bain to Thomas Barr, wholesale wine and spirit merchant, of subjects known as the Green Tree Tavern, Bo'ness. A Discharge of a bond of The money was loaned by Thomas Barr, wholesale wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow, to the Trustees of William Bain. A Sep 1897 Extract registered trust disposition (for behoof of creditors) by William Bain, spirit merchant, to George McCulloch, accountant. A State for settlement between Revd Robert Gardner and the Commissioners of the Burgh of Bo'ness concerning feu of part of Bo'ness Glebe. Also includes letter to R J Jamieson. A Disposition by Alexander Henderson, miner, to Alexander Henderson, carter, and Walter Henderson, joiner, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Draft disposition by Peter Hill, draper, to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners of subjects in Bo'ness. A Notarial instrument in favour of Alexander Henderson for subjects at The Vennel, Bo'ness. A / Partial discharge and deed of restriction, for a repayment of 200 on a bond for 600. The money was loaned by the Clydesdale Bank Ltd to Peter Hill, draper, Bo'ness. A / Discharge of a bond of 500. The money was loaned by Charlotte Paul to Peter Hill, draper, Bo'ness. A Copy minute of agreement between the Linlithgow District Committee of Linlithgow County Council, the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners, and James Calder & Co Ltd (distillers) concerning the construction of a railway line on land at the Wester Glebe of Bo'ness parish. A Minute of agreement between the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners, John Wallace Hamilton (proprietor of the Mill Farm and lands of Little Mill) and Elizabeth Fairbairn (tenant of the Mill and lands), concerning the provision of a mains water supply to the Farm. A Assignation of a building lease on a piece of ground situated between North St and Kinneil St, Bo'ness, by Peter Hill, draper, to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners. A / Draft mortgage document by the Bo'ness Town Trustees for Town Mortgage No. 9 for 10,000 in favour of the Trustees of the Friends Provident Institution. A Copy offer by Peter Hill and acceptance by Bo'ness Town Council relating to the sale of Mr Hill's property in North St, Bo'ness. A Search for incumbrances on land in Bo'ness. Solicitor: Robert Jamieson. A Disposition by Thomas Barr, wholesale wine and spirit merchant, to John Hunter, spirit merchant, of subjects including the Green Tree Tavern, Bo'ness.

51 A Bond and disposition in security by John Hunter, spirit merchant, to Elizabeth Johnston and Jane Johnston, for 1,000 with security over subjects in Bo'ness. A Discharge of inhibition by Robert McNish & Co wine and spirit merchants, Glasgow, in favour of John Shields, wine and spirit merchant, Bo'ness. It related to a sum of 50 payable by John Shields. A / Discharge by the Trustees of the Duke of Hamilton in favour of James Allan junior, relating to feu duties and casualties payable from subjects in Bo'ness. A /01 27 Nov 1899 Inventory of writs of property in Bo'ness referred to in a disposition by Reverend Robert McNair and others in favour of Peter Hill. A Early 20th Century Translation of notarial copy of charter of confirmation (dated 5 September 1638) by Alexander Hamilton of Kinglas and John Hamilton, fiar of Kinglas, ratifying a charter by Patrick Glen and others to his son-in-law John Langlands and spouse, of a piece of ground etc in Bo'ness. A Minute of Agreement between the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of Bo'ness, and Isabella and Margaret Alice Heggie. It relates to the construction of an additional storey over the Heggies' shop and cellar in Market Street, Bo'ness. It includes a plan, elevation and section for the property. A Receipt and discharge by Henry Walker, draper, to the Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners, relating to the construction of a new tenement of shops, warehouses and dwelling houses on the east side of Market Square, North St, Bo'ness, to replace existing buildings. A Oct 1900 Extract decree confirming that Jane Lyle or Ross was the lawful heir to property in the Burgh of Bo'ness previously owned by the late James Tennent, shoemaker. A /01 Circa 1900 Draft disposition by Augustus Spry Horwood, chemical manufacturer, to Bo'ness Town Council, of subjects in Bo'ness. A / Draft disposition by Augustus Spry Horwood, chemical manufacturer, to Bo'ness Town Council, of subjects known as Astleys Feu in Bo'ness. A Draft disposition by Augustus Spry Horwood, chemical manufacturer, to Bo'ness Town Council, of subjects in Bo'ness. A Notarial instrument in favour of the Trustees of the late John Johnston for subjects on North Street, Bo'ness. A Directions for Signing form, giving the names of witnesses to an unnamed legal deed which was signed at Bo'ness on 11 March A Copy will & testament of John Heggie. The original will was dated 5 September 1891.

52 A Discharge of a bond of 1,000. The money was loaned to John Hunter, spirit merchant, by Elizabeth and Jane Johnston. A / Search for incumbrances over Green Tree Tavern, Bo'ness. A /06 31 Mar 1902 Precognition by the Burgh Surveyor and Chief Sanitary Inspector concerning the sanitary condition of properties in South St and Society Wynd in Bo'ness. A Bond and disposition in security by David Peggie, spirit merchant, and James Calder, distiller, to the Trustees of the late John Anderson of subjects in Bo'ness. A Oct 1903 Extract registered trust disposition by Robert Kilpatrick, slater and plasterer, Bo'ness. A / Minute of Agreement between the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of Bo'ness, and The Northern Assurance Company. It relates to a bond for money borrowed from The Northern Assurance Company. A / Minute of Agreement between Thomas McCormick (dairyman) and the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of Bo'ness. It relates to a claim for damages caused by the laying of a pipe through a field at Kinneil used by McCormick for grazing. A / Draft receipt and discharge by Catherine Rankine Gorrie or White and James Burnett White to Bo'ness Town Council, concerning the construction of a tenement of shops and dwelling houses at Grangepans. A Award document relating to the case brought by Thomas McCormick, dairyman, Hillside Dairy, Bo'ness, against the Burgh of Bo'ness. A / Partial assignation of a bond and assignation in security for 800 by the Trustees of the Imperial Life Assurance Fund to the Alliance Assurance Company Ltd. The security related to subjects in Bo'ness. A Draft bond and disposition in security by William Gardner, engine driver, to William Thomson, for 500 with security over subjects in Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A / Lease by Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners to Elizabeth Norval of Coffee House premises, North St, Bo'ness. A / Receipt and discharge by Catherine Rankine Gorrie or White and James Burnett White to Bo'ness Town Council, concerning the construction of a tenement of shops and dwelling houses at Grangepans. A Bond and assignation in security for 1500 by the Burgh of Bo'ness to the Trustees of the Airdrie Savings Bank. A Draft memorandum for search for incumbrances over subjects in Corbiehall, Bo'ness.

53 A / Minute of Agreement between the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of Bo'ness, and The Northern Assurance Company. It relates to a bond for money borrowed from The Northern Assurance Company. A Draft legal document concerning a loan of 7,000 made by Airdrie Savings Bank to Bo'ness Town Council. A Draft disposition by the Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd to Bo'ness Town Council of plot of ground in School Yard Brae and ground at Shaw's Park, Bo'ness. A Draft disposition by Bo'ness Town Council to Thomas Brechin of piece of ground at Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A / Covering letter from Liddle & Salmon (solicitors, Bo'ness) to the Bo'ness Town Clerk, accompanying the return of the Extract Special and General Service A /01 to the Bo'ness Town Clerk. A / Lease by Bo'ness Burgh Commissioners to Elizabeth Norval of Coffee House premises, North St, Bo'ness. A / Draft agreement for the lease of Hebron Hall, School Yard Brae, Bo'ness, by John Stanners to the Trustees of the Christian Brethren. A / Draft agreement relating to the lease of Hebron Hall, School Yard Brae, Bo'ness, by John Stanners to the Trustees of the Christian Brethren. A Discharge by the Trustees of Mr and Mrs G. D. Findlay Hamilton in favour of Bo'ness Town Council concerning the lands of Gormyre. A Dec 1911 Disposition by William Gardner Thomson in favour of Mrs May Stevens or Thomson of subjects in Arm Place, Bo'ness. Registered in General Register of Sasines. A Discharge of a bond of 350. The money was loaned by George Ainslie to Bo'ness Town Council. A / Search for incumbrances over subjects at Braehead, Bo'ness. A Discharge of a bond of 850. The money was loaned by William Nimmo, farmer, to Bo'ness Town Council. A Memorandum of agreement between the Hamilton Trustees and the Trustees of Robert Kilpatrick, relating to additional feu duty over Subjects No. 22 on plan, Corbiehall, Bo'ness. A / Draft feu disposition by Bo'ness Town Council in favour of the Education Authority of West Lothian for a piece of ground relating to Kinneil School. A / Draft feu disposition by Bo'ness Town Council in favour of the Kinneil Cannel and Coking Coal Co Ltd for land to the west of Snab Brae, Bo'ness. A / Extract Deliverance in Application by Bo'ness Town Council for the extension of Bo'ness Burgh boundaries. Extracted from the proceedings of Linlithgow Sheriff Court.

54 A / Draft feu disposition by Bo'ness Town Council in favour of West Lothian County Council for a piece of land at Deanfield, Bo'ness. A / Agreement between the South East Scotland Electricity Board and the Burgh of Bo'ness for supply of electricity at the Burgh of Borrowstounness. A / Draft disposition by Bo'ness Town Council in favour of Alfred Wevling for subjects at East Partings, Bo'ness. A / Draft disposition by Bo'ness Town Council in favour of George Frank for a shop at 171 Dean Rd, Bo'ness. Legislation A / Bo'ness Private Acts of Parliament A / Bo'ness Private Acts of Parliament A / Bo'ness Private Acts of Parliament 1878, 1883, 1900, 1903 A / Bo'ness Private Acts of Parliament A Bo'ness Beer Duty Act. An Act for laying a duty on ale and beer brewed or sold in Bo'ness for repairing the harbour there. A Bye-laws and regulations for the Port and Harbour of Borrowstounness A Housing of the Working Classes Act A Mar 1879 Bill to amend the Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Act A Mar 1869 Bill to put an end to the establishment of the Church of Ireland and to make provision in respect of the temporalities and in respect of the Royal College of Maynooth A Feb 1869 Bill to amend the law relating to endowed schools and other educational endowments in England and otherwise to provide for the advancement of education A Feb 1869 Bill for the abolition of the landlords' right of hypothec in Scotland A Bill to amend and perpetuate the acts relating to contagious or infectious diseases among cattle and other animals and for other purposes A Bill to amend the law relating to life assurance companies A Bill to amend in several particulars the law entail of Scotland A A Bill involving the acts for preventing the introduction of or spreading of contagious or infectious diseases among cattle and other animals in Britain A A Bill to amend the law relating to the expenses of returning officers at elections

55 A A Bill to amend the laws for election of the magistrates and councils of Royal and Parliamentary Burghs in Scotland A Series of bills to amend the procedure of the Court of Session and the judicial arrangements in the Superior Courts of Scotland A A bill to amend the game laws of Scotland A /02 May 1926 Coal (Emergency) Directions 1926 dated 1 May 1926 (1 copy), and Coal (Emergency) Supplementary Directions 1926 dated 26 May 1926 (2 copies), made by the Board of Trade under the Emergency Regulations A /03 30 Jun 1947 Coal Industry Nationalisation (Valuation of Compensation Units) Regulations A /02 06 Aug 1897 Chapter CLVIII of the Borrowstounness Water Order Confirmation Act A Water (Scotland) Bill A / Rating (Scotland) Bill A /02 Circa 1925 Synopsis of the Rating (Scotland) Bill 1925, and a summary of the changes brought about by the Bill. A /01 Nov 1914 Order postponing the introduction of the Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Act A /01 Circa 1878 Draft Bill to amend the Borrowstounness Town and Harbour Act Includes handwritten comments on the draft text. A / A / A / A / A / A /02 Nov 1898 A / Borrowstounness Town Improvement and Harbour Act Local Government Superannuation Act 1953, Chapter 25. The Copper and Zinc Prohibited Uses (Board of Trade) Order Statutory Instrument 1951 No The Copper and Zinc Prohibited Uses (Minister of Supply) Order Statutory Instrument 1951 No Bo'ness Burgh Byelaws for preventing waste, contamination etc of water. Borrowstounness Improvement Order Confirmation Act 1899: Chapter CXVII. Borrowstounness Improvement Provisional Order, for confirming an Improvement Scheme under Part I of the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890.

56 Slum clearances in the 1930s A / Official representations by the Bo'ness Burgh Medical Officer of Health and reports by the Burgh Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector on proposed slum clearance areas in Corbiehall, North St, South St, Main St, Bridgeness Rd, East Bog, Thirlestane Lane, Grangemouth Rd, Snab Lane, Braehead and Kinneil Rd in Bo'ness and Main St in Grangepans. A Bo'ness Burgh: Second slum clearance scheme. Clearance Order, census data, maps and associated correspondence relating to slum clearance of properties in North St, Bo'ness. A /06 May 1932 Map No 1 for Bo'ness Burgh's first slum clearance scheme. Booklet of maps showing properties due for clearance in Corbiehall, Scotland's Close, Main St and Bridgeness Rd in Bo'ness. Also includes plans of properties in these locations and in Kinneil Rd, North St, Register St, Waggon Rd and Furnace Row in Bo'ness, and Main St in Grangepans. A /05 14 Dec 1932 Clearance Order for slum clearance of properties in Main St, Bo'ness. Includes a map showing the properties due to be cleared. A /03 14 Dec 1932 Clearance Order for slum clearance of properties in Scotland's Close, Bo'ness. Includes a map showing the properties due to be cleared. A /04 Dec 1932-Mar 1933 Clearance Order dated 14 December 1932 and Confirmation Order dated 25 March 1933 for slum clearance of properties in Scotland's Close, Bo'ness. Includes a map showing the properties due to be cleared. A Bo'ness Burgh: Third slum clearance scheme. Clearance Order, official representation by the Medical Officer of Health, report by the Burgh Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector, maps, floor plans and associated correspondence relating to slum clearance of properties in South St and Seaview Place, Bo'ness. Also includes maps of sites for rehousing. A Bo'ness Burgh: Fourth slum clearance scheme. Official representation by the Medical Officer of Health, report by the Burgh Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector, maps and associated correspondence relating to slum clearance of properties in Main St and North St, Bo'ness. A Draft Forms of Order for demolition of dwelling-houses in Bo'ness Burgh, relating to 207 & 209 Main St, Grangepans, and Kinneil Rd, Bo'ness. A Feb 1935 Notes from Bo'ness Housing Committee meeting. Includes information about building of new houses, and about houses to be closed due to overcrowding.

57 A /01 Oct 1935 Burgh of Bo'ness: Register of Accommodation. Entries for properties at 10 Commissioner St, 12 Commissioner St, and 30 North St. Includes the floor area of rooms, and the number and ages of the occupiers. A /02 Oct 1935 Burgh of Bo'ness: Housing Preliminary Survey (Form A). Completed surveys for some properties at Commissioner St, Kinneil Rd and Waggon Rd. Includes number of rooms and number of occupants. A /01 Circa 1937 Official Representation by the Bo'ness Burgh Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspector for demolition or closing orders on properties in North St, South St, Thirlestane Lane, Main St, West Bog, Avon Place, Corbiehall and Furnace Row in Bo'ness, and Main St in Grangepans. A / Bo'ness Burgh: Fifth slum clearance scheme. Official representations by the Medical Officer of Health, reports by the Burgh Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector, and associated correspondence relating to slum clearance of properties in North St and South St in Bo'ness, and Main St in Grangepans. A / Bo'ness Burgh: Fifth slum clearance scheme. Clearance Orders, maps and associated correspondence relating to slum clearance of properties in North St and South St in Bo'ness, and Main St in Grangepans.

58 Bo ness Burgh Chamberlain The Burgh Chamberlain was responsible for the finances of Bo'ness Town Council and its predecessors. The Chamberlain therefore dealt with assessment rolls and valuation rolls and produced the annual accounts of the burgh. The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Bo'ness Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to the Director of Finance of Falkirk District Council. A /01 Chartulary No. 1. Contains copies of sasines and other legal documents A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Valuation roll A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts

59 A Abstract of accounts A Abstract of accounts Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558)

60 Bo'ness Burgh Engineer A May 1901 Plan of workman's dwellings, sketch no. 2. Includes estimates of building cost, rental and interest. (Built under the Bo'ness Improvements Scheme of 1899?) Scale 0.125": 1ft A Dec Dec 1880 Plan of the town of Bo'ness showing schoolyard Pit workings and associated dykes and mine shafts. scale 1":100ft

61 Bo ness Burgh Surveyor The Burgh Surveyor was generally responsible for public works, for lighting and related services and for ensuring that buildings within the Burgh were kept in good repair by their owners. The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Bo ness Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to Falkirk District Council. A Letter book (wet copy) No 6 A Letter book (wet copy) No 8 A Letter book (wet copy) No 9 A Letter book (wet copy) No 10 A Letter book (wet copy) No 11 A Letter book (wet copy) No 12 A Account book (wet copy) No 3 A Account book (wet copy) No 4 A Register of Borrowstounness. Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops A Letter book (wet copy): specifications and paysheets A Letter book (wet copy): specifications and paysheets A Contracts, tenders, invoices, specifications, schedules of work, letters and accounts relating to various works in Bo'ness Annual Reports A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Sanitary Inspector and the Veterinary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year 1914.

62 A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / A / Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Includes a section on war work. Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year 1932.

63 A / A / A / A / A / Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year Burgh of Bo'ness: Annual Reports by the Burgh Surveyor, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector for the year A /01 20 May Sep 1962 "Fit for occupation" notices under Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, A / "Fit for occupation" notices under Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, A Notices to attend to defects in connection with discharge of roof water under Burgh Police (Scotland) Act A /01 Early 20th Century Report by the Bo'ness slaughterhouse committee on the reletting of the Tripery and the crane accommodation in the slaughterhouse booths. A /02 27 Jun 1906 Report by the Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor on the possibility of constructing premises at the Burgh slaughterhouse for tripe and feet cleaning and gut scraping. A /03 02 Apr 1909 Description of tripery at the Burgh slaughterhouse, and conditions of tenancy, by the Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor. A /04 Early 20th Century Offers to carry out building work on the proposed new tripery at the Bo'ness Burgh slaughterhouse. A Mar 1923-Apr 1923 Letters from individuals to the Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor concerning whether they wanted to take up or continue duties as firemen in the Bo'ness Fire Brigade. A Dec 1922 Letter from Merryweather & Sons Ltd (fire engineers) to the Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor concerning the provision of fire hoses for Bo'ness Fire Brigade. A /02 Aug 1914-Jan 1915 Minutes of correspondence between the Imperial Road Board, Local Government Board, the Trustees of the Duke of Hamilton, the Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd, J.W. Pratt M.P., and the Burgh Surveyor, relating to proposed works for the relief of unemployment as a result of the First World War. A /04 22 Jun 1914 Letter to Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor from Mr King asking for information about the cost of paving of footways in front of properties at Liston Terrace, Philpingstone Lane.

64 A Oct 1905 Letter from Archibald Macpherson to the Bo'ness Burgh Surveyor concerning feuing in Dean Rd, Bo'ness. New streets & housing improvements A / Plan showing proposed new line of street at Links Rd, Bo'ness A /02 08 Mar 1911 Plan showing proposed new line of street at Links Rd, Bo'ness. Scale 1": 1ft A Plan of proposed new street at Hen Row Scale: 1"=10ft A [Early 20 th Plan showing ground purchased by Bo'ness Town Council at Panbrae Rd, Bo'ness. Century] A [1910] Plan of proposed new line of frontage at Main St, Bo'ness A /01 (1911) Plan of proposed street improvements at Main St, Bo'ness. Scale 1":20ft A /02 (1911) {nd} Plan of proposed street improvements at Main St, Bo'ness. Scale 1":20ft A Dec 1898 Plan of proposed improvements to Boundary St A Jul Jul 1932 A Jan Nov 1924 Plan of huts for erection at Bo'ness Housing Schemes by Bo'ness Town Council Plan of Bo'ness North St and South St showing original layout and new developments and improvements. Indicates position and owners of properties on North St and South St A Volume of two plans showing lands for compulsory purchase under the Bo'ness improvements Scheme (Housing of the Working Classes Act) A /01 21 Mar 1928 Property Register under Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations (Scotland) Relates to inspection of Stewart Avenue, Panacre Place, Nos A /02 (1928) Sketch plans of buildings on Stewart Avenue and of Panacre Cottage A /03 A /04 (Early 20th Century) {nd} Bo ness Foreshore reclamation Photocopy of map of Grange showing coal waste and pits (SRO Ref: RHP 687) Street plan of Bo'ness, (area between South St and Braehead) showing proposed new streets and public park for "Stewart Avenue Project" A Oct 1924 Plan of sections of Kinneil Bings, part of Bo'ness Foreshore Reclamation A Aug 1923 Plan of sections of Bo'ness Foreshore proposed to be reclaimed by Bo'ness Town Council. Scale 1":100ft A Aug Oct 1923 Ordnance survey sheet NI.15, Linlithgowshire, NXXV.15, Stirlingshire. Scale 1:2500. Bo'ness harbour. Annotated to illustrate the plan of the Foreshore acquired for reclamation purposes. Includes written consent for the reclamation scheme from the Board of Trade. A Feb 1935 Ordnance survey sheet NI.15, Linlithgowshire, NXXV.15, Stirlingshire. Scale 1:2500. Bo'ness Harbour. Annotated to illustrate the Bo'ness Foreshore Reclamation Scheme. A Jun 1923 Plan showing sections of Bo'ness Foreshore to be reclaimed. Seabeaching. Plan No.M9359/23

65 A /01 10 Jun Jun 1922 Plan of the section of foreshore proposed to be reclaimed by Bo'ness Town Council. Seabeaching. Scale 1":5ft/1":75ft A /02 21 Jun 1922 Plan of the section of foreshore proposed to be reclaimed by Bo'ness Town Council. Seabeaching. Scale 1":5ft/12:75ft. Copy of A /01 A Aug 1923 Sections of foreshore proposed to be reclaimed by Bo'ness Town Council. Scale 1":5ft/100ft A Jun 1923 Plan showing sections of Bo'ness Foreshore to be reclaimed. Seabeaching. Plan No. M.9359/23 Annotated OS maps improvements, drainage, boundaries A Ordnance survey sheet I.8 Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:2500. Bridgeness - Carriden House. Annotated to illustrate Bo'ness Police Burgh Boundary A Ordnance survey sheet I.6 SE Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:1250. Enlarged for the Land Valuation Dept, Inland Revenue. Kinneil Collieries and Bo'ness Harbour. [Used in relation to the land reclamation scheme?]. Annotated to show divisions of land A Ordnance survey sheet I.8 NW Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:1250. Enlarged for the Land Valuation Dept, Inland Revenue. Bridgeness Pier and Harbour [Used in relation to the land reclamation scheme?]. Annotated to show divisions of land A Ordnance survey sheet I.7 NW Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:1250. Enlarged for the Land Valuation Dept, Inland Revenue. Bo'ness Harbour. [Used in relation to the land reclamation scheme?]. Annotated to show divisions of land A Ordnance survey sheet I.7 SE Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:1250. Enlarged for the Land Valuation Dept, Inland Revenue. Bo'ness - Cowdenhill. [Used in relation to the land reclamation scheme?] A Ordnance survey sheet I.8 SW Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:1250. Enlarged for the Land Valuation Dept, Inland Revenue. Drum - Carriden. [Used in relation to land reclamation scheme?]. Annotated to show divisions of land. A / Ordnance survey sheet I.16 Linlithgow. Scale 1:2500. Grangepans and the Firth of Forth. Annotated to show unidentified divisions and sites in Bridgeness. A Ordnance survey maps joined to show Bo'ness Harbour to Carriden. Scale 1:2500. Annotated to show waterfront timber yards and sawmills. A Ordnance Survey sheet NI.15, NI.16, NII.13, NXXV.15, Linlithgowshire. Scale 1:2500/ Shows Bo'ness, Grangepans, Bridgeness and Carriden. Annotated to show electricity works, pillars, distributors, underground boxes etc A Ordnance Survey sheet NI.15, NII.13 Linlithgowshire, NXXV.15 Stirlingshire Scale 1:2500. Bo'ness - Bridgeness Grangepans Carriden. Annotated to show uninhabitable houses, houses in need of repair, houses

66 demolished under 1930 Act etc in Bo'ness. A (1920s) Ordnance survey sheet of Bo'ness. Scale 1:2870. Showing the feus belonging to the Duke of Hamilton A (1925) {nd} Map of the town of Bo'ness. Annotated to show Grange Estate Boundary and the area of foreshore proposed to be reclaimed by the North British Co. Ltd A Jun 1935 Ordnance survey sheet N1 SE Linlithgowshire, NXXV SE Stirlingshire. Scale 1: Bo'ness Town and Bo'ness South. Annotated to show special lighting, scavenging, drainage and water supply districts. Burgh Extension A May 1935 Ordnance survey sheet N1 SE Linlithgowshire, NXXV SE Stirlingshire. Scale 1: Bo'ness Burgh. Annotated to show Bo'ness Burgh existing and proposed boundaries which are noted as cancelled. A Ordnance survey sheet NT 0181, West Lothian. Scale 1:2500. Bridgeness. Annotated to show Kinningars Park. A Ordnance survey sheet NS Scale 1:2500. Maidenpark - Borrowstoun Deanfield - Newtown. Annotated to show football, cricket grounds etc. A Ordnance survey sheet NXXV SE Stirlingshire, N1 SE West Lothian. Scale 1: Bo'ness and Carriden. Annotated to illustrate Bo'ness (Gauze of Kinglass) Compulsory Purchase Order of the lands of Mr T.B. Alexander and Mr J.A. Crawford. A Ordnance survey sheet NT 0280, West Lothian. Scale 1:2500. Carriden House A Ordnance survey sheet NS 98 SE, NS 97 NE, NT 07 NW, NT 08 SW. Scale 1: Bo'ness Burgh. Annotated to show existing and proposed extensions to Bo'ness Burgh. A Mar 1962 Ordnance survey sheet 61, Falkirk and Lanark. Annotated to show Bo'ness burgh existing and proposed water supply limits. Scale 1: See also A A May 1963 Ordnance survey sheet NT 0181, West Lothian. Scale 1:2500. Bridgeness. Annotated to show Bo'ness Burgh Boundary. A May 1963 Ordnance survey sheet NS 9881 and NS 9981, part of NS 9982, Stirlingshire. Scale 1:2500. Bo'ness Burgh, Mine Harbour. Shows Burgh Boundary. A May 1963 Ordnance survey sheet NT Scale 1:2500. Carriden and the Firth of Forth. Annotated to illustrate the Bo'ness Burgh Boundary A May 1963 Ordnance survey sheet NS 9679 and NS Scale 1:2500. Upper Kinneil. Annotated to show Bo'ness Burgh Boundary. A May 1963 Ordnance survey sheet NT Scale 1:2500. Bo'ness Grangepans. Annotated to illustrate Bo'ness Burgh Boundary

67 Bo ness Fever Hospital and Smallpox Hospital A (1890s) Sketch of boiler room/outhouse for Millarpit Smallpox Hospital A (1890s) Sketch of proposed new gate for entrance to Millarpit Hospital. Scale 1":1ft A Jun 1901 Plan of proposed emergency hospital to accommodate cases of smallpox to be built at Bo'ness Acres A (1901) Plan of the Smallpox Pavilion No. 2 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1":8ft A /01 (1901) Plan showing elevations, sections and floor plan of the disinfecting house, wash-house etc. at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1":8ft A /02 May Aug 1901 Plan showing elevations, sections and floor plan of the disinfecting house, wash-house etc. at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1":8ft. Design approved by the Local Government Board for Scotland A (1901) Sketch showing inspection window at Bo'ness Fever A /02 May Aug 1901 A May Aug 1901 A May Aug 1901 Hospital. Scale 1":1ft Plan (draft) showing elevations, sections and floor plan of the Enteric Fever Pavilion No. 1 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Design approved by Local Government Board for Scotland. Scale 1":8ft Plan showing NW elevation and roof plan of the Enteric Fever Pavilion No.2 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Design approved by the Local Government Board for Scotland. Scale 1":8ft Plan showing elevations and sections of the Scarlet Fever Pavilion No.2 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Design approved by the Local Government Board for Scotland. Scale 1":8ft A (1904) Plan showing details of the sun rooms for Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Mainly illustrates details of windows, lintels and sills etc. A (1904) Plan showing details of ward windows for Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1":4ft A Sep 1902 Plan and sections of the Enteric Fever Pavilion No.1 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. A Sep 1902 Plan showing elevations and sections of Scarlet Fever Pavilion No.2 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital A Sep 1902 Plan of foundations and floor plan of Scarlet Fever Pavilion No.1 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital A Sep 1902 Sketch showing proposed completed Enteric Fever Pavilion No.2 at Bo'ness Fever Hospital A /01 (1901) Sketches of the cornices for the Bo'ness Fever Hospital Administrative Block. A /02 (1901) Sketch of a section of skirting in the wards of Bo'ness Fever Hospital A (1901) Plan of the details of railings and gates at Bo'ness Fever Hospital A May Aug 1901 Block plan of the Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1":30ft. Approved by the Local Government Board for Scotland A May Aug 1901 Plan of the Administrative Buildings of Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1.25":10ft A (1901) Plan of the Enteric Fever Pavilion at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1.25":10ft

68 A May Jul 1902 Bo'ness Proposed Fever Hospital. Block plan showing proposed feu. Approved by the Local Government Board for Scotland. Scale 1":30ft A (1901) Details of Glass Doors to wards. Scale 1":1ft. (At Bo'ness Fever Hospital?) A (1900) Plan, elevations and sections of the Scarlet Fever Pavilion at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Sheet No.2 A (1901) Plan of the Administrative Building at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. No.2. Scale 1.25":10ft A Plan of the septic tank at Bo'ness Fever Hospital. Scale 1":2ft A Jul 1926 Plan of the heating chamber at Bo'ness Fever Hospital, showing the position of the boiler, smoke pipe and junction to flue. Scale 0.25":1ft Miscellaneous Plans from Burgh Surveyor s Office A Plan (tracing) of the Firth of Forth at Bo'ness in Traced from a copy (of the 1766 original) made by J Paul in 1869, owned by J D Moir A Plan of the Estate of Kinneil. Taken from Ordnance survey. Scale 1:10560 A Jun 1878 General finished plan, Bo'ness Harbour and Dock. A Mar 1881 Plan, Bo'ness Drainage Scheme. Showing existing drains and proposed new sewers. Sheet No.1. Scale 0.75":100ft A Nov 1882 Plan and sections of the proposed extension of harbour boundaries and reclamation works. Bo'ness Town and Harbour A Sep 1888 Plans, elevations, sections and floor plans of Bo'ness Clock Tower. Scale 1.25":10ft A Feb 1899 Plan of Corbiehall Frontage, bordering on the properties of Rev. Robert Gardner, Kinneil Colliery, Mr Brechin and Mr McIntosh A (1900) Plan showing the insanitary area of Kirk's Close and proposed alterations A (Circa 1903) Plan showing drainage system for Furnace Row and Snab, Bo'ness. Scale 1":50ft A Plan showing cross sections of proposed roadways at Bo'ness Acres No 2. Scale 1":4ft A (1903) Plan, elevations and detail of architectural stonework of Bo'ness Town Hall. Scale 0.25":1ft A Nov 1905 Plan of ground at School Brae, Bo'ness, belonging to the Kinneil Coal Co. Scale 1":20ft A Dec 1914 Plan of settling tanks at filter house, Bowmains A Nov 1924 Plan showing unknown coal mine, Bo'ness A Feb 1924 Plan of the Firth of Forth showing shipping ports, adjacent collieries and railway connections. Possibly copied from a 1915 original A Feb 1930 Plan of Bo'ness Dock No 2. Scale 1": 100ft. (See also A )

69 A Early 20th Century Plan showing the drainage system of the Royal Buildings Bo'ness A Early 20th Plan of Bo'ness Filter House (See also A ) Century A Aug 1932 Floor plans of existing buildings at 118 North St, Bo'ness, "The Alley", showing ceiling heights. Sheet No 1 See also A and A A Aug 1932 Floor plans and elevation of proposed reconstruction of "The Alley", Bo'ness, to form four shops and four houses. Sheet No 2 See also A and A A Aug 1932 Plan, elevations and floor plan of proposed tenements and shops on North St and South St, Bo'ness. Sheet No 3. See also A and A A (Circa 1950) Plan of Carriden Colliery, showing proposed reclamation of land. Includes limits of reclamation granted to the Grange Estate in Scale 25":1 mile A (1950) Plan of proposed new tarring shed for Messrs A Ballantine & Sons Ltd at New Grange Foundry, Bo'ness

70 Bo ness Burgh. Sanitary Inspector The Sanitary Inspector was responsible for water, drainage and sewage services, street cleansing, slaughterhouses and public health and sanitation. The post ceased to exist in 1975 when Bo ness Town Council was abolished and the functions were transferred to Falkirk District Council. A Notices to occupiers to cleanse areas under Burgh police (Scotland) Act Contains counterfoils recording names, addresses and areas to be cleaned. A Notices to occupiers to cleanse areas under Burgh Police (Scotland) Act Contains counterfoils and unused notices. A /01 20 Oct Apr 1954 A /02 (Early 20th Century) {nd} A (Early 20th Century) {nd} Notice to occupiers on "sweeping and washing of common stairs and passages". Contains counterfoils and unused notices Unused notices to whitewash or paint walls and ceilings of common stairs and common passages Unused volume of notices and counterfoils of areas to be cleansed by occupiers under Burgh Police (Scotland) Act,1892 A /01 (Early 20th Century) {nd} Printed notices for display in rooms for letting regulating number of occupiers of room (unused) A Plan, Bo'ness Drainage Scheme. Sections, details and elevations. Sheet No.2. Referred to in a report on the drainage of Bo'ness dated 8th Apr 1881 A (1881) Plan, Bo'ness Drainage Scheme. Sections and details. Sheet No.2. Scale 0.75":100ft A (1881) Diagram of Bo'ness Drains according to alterations plan. Sheet No.3. Diagram if referred to in the report on the Drainage of Bo'ness of 8th Apr A Oct 1878 General plan and section for Bo'ness sewerage. Drawing No 1. Plan No Scale 1":100ft A Apr 1881 Plan of Bo'ness Burgh proposed system of Main Sewerage. Sheet No.1. Scale 1":125ft A /01 21 Nov 1949 Plan of Bo'ness Burgh West End Drainage. Proposed outfall at Snab. Showing the line of the sewer on Bo'ness Town Council property. Scale 1":200ft A /02 21 Nov 1949 Plan of Bo'ness Burgh West End Drainage. Proposed outfall at Snab. Showing the line of the sewer. Scale 1":200ft A /03 20 Dec 1949 Plan of Bo'ness Burgh West End Drainage. Showing amended line of sewer on the property of the National Coal board at Kinneil Colliery. Scale 1":200ft