Calatria

(the Journal of Falkirk Local History Society)

Since 1991 the Society has published a journal called Calatria containing articles on all aspects of the history of the Falkirk area.  Each edition is around 120 pages long and includes typically eight articles fully illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs.

Some of the earlier issues are out of print but can be consulted in Falkirk libraries.   Contact Ian Scott for more information on ianqscott@blueyonder.co.uk..

Listed below is an index of the articles in every issue to date, prepared by John Reid. Some of the articles are available on this website and are hyperlinked for your convenience, so that a click on the title will lead you to the article. As usual, those titles that appear in blue print are hyperlinks connected to digital versions of Calatria articles as they become available.

Issue & page	Article	Author
1 (p. 1)	Calatria	John Reid
1 (p. 5)	A Roman Fort in the Wall at Falkirk	Geoff B. Bailey
1 (p.19)	The Prison and Sheriff Court of Falkirk	Allan Meek
1 (p.33)	Doocots in the Falkirk District	Geoff B. Bailey
1 (p.57)	The Diary of Thomas Johnstone of Hallhouse	John Reid
1 (p.97)	Scottish Tar Distillers	A. Campbell / G. Bailey
1 (p.109)	The Old Statistical Account	Sir John Sinclair (ed)

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

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

4 (p. 1)	The Carselands of the Firth of Forth	John Reid
4 (p.33)	Queen Victoria’s Visit to Falkirk in 1842	Geoff B Bailey
4 (p.41)	Children Down the Mines	Craig Mair
4 (p.49)	The Aerated Water Trade in the Falkirk District	Geoff B Bailey
4 (p.79)	The Parishes of East Stirlingshire in the Feudal Period	John Reid
4 (p.89)	A Contract of Marriage	John Reid
4 (p.95)	The Old Statistical Account – Falkirk (1797)	Dr James Wilson

5 (p. 1)	Grangemouth Airfield	John Walker
5 (p.25)	The Stentmasters of Falkirk	John Reid
5 (p.45)	The Spiers Family and the Tomb at Lochgreen	Geoff B Bailey
5 (p.51)	Bothkennar Parish and the Census of 1851	Bernard Thompson
5 (p.67)	Within Three Suns	Allan Meek
5 (p.79)	The Disruption of the Church in 1843	Ian Scott
5 (p.105)	Aerated Water – an Inventory of Bottles	Geoff B Bailey

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

7 (p. 1)	The First Earl of Callendar’s Treasure	Geoff B Bailey
7 (p.13)	Russel and Aitken	William Anderson
7 (p.21)	The Feudal Divisions of Muiravonside Parish (Part 2)	John Reid
7 (p.87)	The Session Records of Bothkennar (1744-54)	William B Maclaren
7 (p.103)	Education and Heritors of Larbert (1808-80)	Ian Scott
7 (p.111)	The Old Statistical Account – Polmont Parish	Rev. William Finlay

8(p. 1)	The Persecution and Confession of Elenor Hay	Geoff B Bailey
8(p.21)	The Feudal Land Divisions of Denny and Dunipace (Part 1)	John Reid
8(p.49)	Callendar House in 1925	Extract
8(p.61)	The Origin of the Place Name Falkirk	W.F.H. Nicolaisen
8(p.73)	The Tattie Kirk – A Brief History	John Walker
8(p.87)	Carron Company in the 19th Century	Brian Watters
8(p.101)	The Burial of the Last Laird of Abbotshaugh	John W Reddoch
8(p.105)	The Old Statistical Account – Bo’ness Parish	Rev. Robert Rennie

9 (p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 1)	Geoff B Bailey
9(p.35)	The Feudal Land Divisions of Denny and Dunipace (Part 2)	John Reid
9(p.55)	The Curious Case of John Logie Baird	John Walker
9(p.67)	Carron Company – The Beginning	Brian Watters
9(p.75)	Water Power at Carron Works	Brian Watters
9(p.85)	John Russell, Watch and Clockmaker	Winnie R. McPherson
9(p.97)	James Bruce the Abyssinian Traveller	J. Morrison Clingan

10(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 2) Dunipace	Geoff B Bailey
10(p. 39)	The Barony of Abbotskerse	John Reid
10(p. 53)	The Post Office in Falkirk District	William Clarkson
10(p. 73)	Thomas Wilson of Tophill	Denis R. Shovlin
10(p. 85)	Scotland’s Earliest Canal?	John Reid
10(p. 93)	Falkirk at War (1939 – 1945)	John Walker
10(p.103)	An Iron Age Stone Lamp from Airth	Geoff B Bailey
10(p.107)	Spindle Whorls from Carriden and Airth	Geoff B Bailey
10(p.109)	Skinflats, the Origins of the Place Name	John Reid

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

12(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 4) The Tattie Kirk (See updated Tattie Kirk Graveyard article in this website)	Geoff B Bailey
12(p. 39)	The Visits of Robert Burns to the Falkirk Area	Brian Watters
12(p. 45)	The Old School at Stenhousemuir	John Reid
12(p. 59)	Reminiscences of Road Maintenance	William Ballantine
12(p. 85)	A Middle Bronze Age Axehead Fragment	Trevor Cowie
12(p. 89)	The Velunias Stone	John Reid
12(p. 93)	Lost Weapons and Battlefields	Geoff B Bailey
12(p.102)	The Tombs of the Warriors	John R. McLuckie

13(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 5) Airth	Geoff B Bailey
13(p. 47)	Lands and Baronies of the Parish of Airth	John Reid
13(p. 81)	Charles Gascoine and the Mistress of Elphinstone	Brian Watters
13(p. 85)	Reminiscences of Road Maintenance (Part 2)	William Ballantine
13(p.109)	Gold Armlet from Cowden Hill, Bonnybridge	Allan Meek
13(p.113)	Thoughts on the Heraldic Arms of Callendar	John Reid

14(p. 1)	The Records of the Baron Court of Falkirk	John Reid
14(p. 37)	Collier Serfdom in the Falkirk District	Geoff B Bailey
14(p. 69)	George Forrest, Botanist: The Falkirk Connection	Brian Watters
14(p. 73)	A Loose Cannon – Charles Gascoine in Russia	Jana L. Bara
14(p. 81)	Ordnance Survey Name Book – Airth	Geoff B Bailey
14(p. 97)	An Early Bronze Age Stone Mould for Flat Axeheads	Trevor Cowie
14(p.109)	A Short Account of Carron Company’s Nail Trade	Brian Watters

15(p. 1)	The Feuars of Falkirk	John Reid
15(p. 70)	A Mesolithic Barbed Antler Point from Carriden	Alan Saville
15(p. 81)	Ordnance Survey Name Book –Bothkennar	Geoff B Bailey
15(p. 87)	Bronze Age Metalwork from the Falkirk District	Trevor Cowie
15(p. 99)	Dunmore Pottery	Brian Watters
15(p.111)	Unpublished Roman finds in the Falkirk Area	Fraser Hunter

16(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 6) Corbiehall	Geoff B Bailey
16(p. 23)	Polerth: The Lost Dockyard of James IV	John Reid
16(p. 45)	Ordnance Survey Name Book – Denny	Geoff B Bailey
16(p. 69)	The Lands of Mungal	Brian Watters
16(p. 89)	Grossart’s School	James Love
16(p. 93)	The Dalnair Roman Rivet	Geoff B Bailey
16(p. 95)	Bo’mains Meadow, Bo’ness	Angus Smith
16(p.103)	Bo’mains Meadow, Bo’ness	John Reid

17(p. 1)	The Carron Company in Eastern Europe	Geoff B Bailey
17(p.23)	Local Cultivation Terraces	John Reid
17(p.29)	Ordnance Survey Name Book – Larbert	Geoff B Bailey
17(p.45)	Revealing Dunmore Debris	Graeme Cruikshank
17(p.59)	George Walker of Falkirk and Washington DC	W.F.T. Anderson
17(p.67)	Carronshore School and the Free Church Dispute	Brian Watters
17(p.79)	Memories of Ladysmill	John Reid
17(p.85)	A Bird’s Eye View of Victorian Falkirk	Robert Buchanan
17(p.95)	Local History Book Review	Geoff B Bailey

18(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 7) Carriden	Geoff B Bailey
18(p. 39)	Aspects of Timothy Point’s Map of Stirlingshire	John Reid
18(p. 55)	Blaeu Map of Stirlingshire: The Place Names (1)	John Reid
18(p. 73)	The McKenzie Farmers of Falkirk	Gerald Finley
18(p. 95)	The McLaren Jubilee Memorial Church	Brian Watters
18(p.111)	An Obituary for Grangemouth Shed	Jim Summers
18(p.117)	A Bronze Age Arrowhead	Saville & Bailey

19(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 8) Slamannan	Geoff B Bailey
19(p. 57)	The Baronies of Seabegs and Castlecary	John Reid
19(p. 79)	Falkirk Archaeological and Natural History Society	Jenny Service
19(p. 85)	Blaeu Map of Stirlingshire: The Place Names (2)	John Reid
19(p.101)	The Spy, his Wife and the Dark Blue Messerschmitt	John Walker
19(p.105)	Hammermen’s Charter of 1689	John Reid
19(p.107)	Linear Feature at Castlecary	John Reid
19(p.109)	A Terror to Them that Did Evil – a Victorian Policeman	Allan Meek

20(p. 1)	Wynds, Ways and Places in Falkirk	John Reid
20(p. 25)	The Mystery of the Meeks	Enrico Piana
20(p. 37)	Ordnance Survey Name Book – Falkirk	Geoff B Bailey
20(p. 77)	Falkirk Steeple	James Love
20(p. 81)	James Fitz Morris, Polmont’s Fighter Ace	Geoff B Bailey
20(p. 95)	The Carron Schools	Brian Watters
20(p.103)	Three Second World War Airmen	John Walker

21(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 9) Bothkennar	Geoff B Bailey
21(p.47)	The Improvement of Late Victorian Falkirk	David Ronald
21(p. 61)	East Stirlingshire Mills (Part 1)	John Reid
21(p. 91)	Ordnance Survey Name Book – Polmont	Geoff B Bailey
21(p.113)	Tolbooths Revisited	John Reid

22(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 10) Camelon	Geoff B Bailey
22(p. 23)	Russel and Aitken Archives	William F T Anderson
22(p. 33)	East Stirlingshire Mills (Part 2)	John Reid
22(p. 59)	Stained Glass in Falkirk Old & St. Modan’s	Ros Mitchell
22(p. 71)	My First School, Blair Lodge Academy (1854)	A.I. Grant/Allan Ronald
22(p.101)	Drove Roads	John Reid

23(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 11) Bo’ness	Geoff B Bailey
23(p. 89)	The Allandale Pipers	John Reid
23(p. 61)	Bankier and Rosebank Distilleries (1885)	Alfred Barnard
23(p.107)	A Letter from Falkirk to Paris: December 1819	Ian Scott
23(p.121)	Russel and Aitken Archive: Some Further Examples	William F T Anderson
23(p.127)	Index and Information on previous Volumes of the Journal

24(p. 1)	The Feudal Divisions of East Stirlingshire: Larbert	John Reid
24(p. 37)	An Early Timber Hall at Callendar Park	Geoff B Bailey
24(p. 59)	The Train Arrives	William W. Clarkson
24(p. 67)	Falkirk District 300 Years Ago	Sir Robert Sibbald
24(p. 79)	Tophill Dock	Mitchell and Ronald

25(p. 1)	Excavations at 36 Polmont Road, Laurieston	Geoff B Bailey
25(p. 11)	Carron Valley Reservoir	David Ronald
25(p. 17)	Grandsable Cemetery: Air Force Casualties	John Walker
25(p. 31)	Local Bells	John Reid
25(p. 49)	Polmont Church Car Park: A Watching Brief (2007)	Geoff B Bailey
25(p. 55)	The First Parish Church at Muiravbonside	Geoff B Bailey
25(p. 61)	The Employment of Women in the Collieries	Ian Scott
25(p. 81)	Ordnance Survey Name Book – Bo’ness and Carriden	Geoff B Bailey

26(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 12) Falkirk Parish	Geoff B Bailey
26(p. 63)	The Feudal Divisions of East Stirlingshire: Slamannan	John Reid
26(p. 79)	When Gael Meets Lowlander	Donald E. Meek & Rachel J. Meek
26(p.107)	The Man Who Hid the Stone of Destiny	Margaret Walker
26(p.115)	The Falkirk Dizzen	Stuart Mellor

27(p. 1)	Calatria	John Reid
27(p. 51)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 13) Carriden	Geoff B Bailey
27(p. 77)	The Boat Building Yard at Port Downie	Allan H Ronald
27(p. 89)	A Hillfort in Callendar Wood	Geoff B Bailey
27(p. 95)	Have We Been Here Before?	Andrew Bain
27(p.107)	The Tollhouse at Larbert Bridge	Geoff B Bailey
27(p.113)	Chartism in Falkirk	Hamish Fraser
27(p.127)	Central Scotland – A Transit Route for Viking Ships?	Ron Page

28(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 14) Broompark	Geoff B Bailey
28(p. 11)	The Barony of West Kerse	John Reid
28(p. 47)	Carronvale Suspension Bridge	Douglas Harper
28(p. 57)	Excavations at Callendar House (2010)	Geoff B Bailey
28(p. 65)	Evelyn Dewar	W.F.T. Anderson
28(p. 81)	Falkirk Tryst Remembered	John Reid
28(p. 99)	Mary Livingston of Callendar	John Reid

29(p. 1)	The Graveyards of Falkirk District (Part 15) Denny Parish	Geoff B Bailey
29(p. 15)	Bairns and Boers: Falkirk and the Boer War (Part 1)	Allan H Ronald
29(p. 45)	What the Papers Say (1746)	John Reid
29(p. 67)	Falkirk District’s Motor Sport Heritage	Kenny Baird
29(p. 77)	James ‘Persia’ Dawson (c1780-1865)	John Mathew
29(p.103)	The Quarter Pit Disaster	Phyllis Martin
29(p.121)	Tuck o’ Drum	John Reid
29(p.128)	Index and Information on Previous Issues of Calatria

30(p. 1)	Bairns and Boers: Falkirk and the Boer War (Part 2)	Allan H Ronald
30(p. 29)	The Bruce Monument at Larbert	Geoff B Bailey
30(p. 45)	Brick Marks from the Bo’ness Foreshore	Paul Shave
30(p. 57)	The Carse of Stirling in the 13th and 14th Centuries	John Reid
30(p. 75)	The Falkirk Poorhouse in 1855	Ian Scott
30(p. 81)	Falkirk and the Militia ‘Riots’ of 1797	Geoff B Bailey and Jessie M Young

31(p. 1)	Falkirk in 1723	Alexander Johnston
31(p. 5)	The Historical Survey	John Reid et al
31(p. 8)	The Crosskeys, 189 High Street	John Muir
31(p. 13)	The York Café, 179 High Street	Ian Scott
31(p. 16)	Falkirk Town Mission	Alan Russell
31(p. 24)	28-32 Cow Wynd	Ian Scott
31(p. 33)	Mathieson’s, 65-69 High Street	Elizabeth Boyle and Dianne Lamont
31(p. 43)	Burton’s, 88-86 High Street	Betty Fallon and Margaret Braidwood
31(p. 54)	Manse Place	Ian Crozier
31(p. 62)	National Bank Buildings	David Grieve
31(p. 69)	Tolbooth Tavern (Gaff Inn)	John Reid
31(p. 75)	The Pie Office	John Reid
31(p. 81)	The Tattie Kirk	Geoff B Bailey
31(p. 95)	Wynds, Ways and Places Revisited	John Reid

32(p. 1)	The Falkirk Steeple	Geoff B Bailey
32(p. 39)	The Stentmasters of Falkirk	John Reid
32(p. 55)	The Bells and Clocks of the Steeple	Geoff B Bailey and Ian Scott
32(p. 67)	The Men of the Steeple	Ian Scott
32(p. 71)	The Steeple Jail of Falkirk	Allan Meek
32(p. 79)	The Steeple Doors	Geoff B Bailey
32(p. 89)	The Cross Well	Geoff B Bailey

33(p. 1)	The Early Archaeology of Falkirk	Geoff B Bailey
33(p. 27)	The Dark Ages	John Reid
33(p. 51)	The Feudal Period	John Reid
33(p.103)	Falkirk’s Town Wall	Geoff B Bailey

34(p. 1)	The Making of Falkirk (1839-1860)	Geoff B Bailey
34(p. 93)	The Court of Regality of Falkirk	John Reid
34(p.151)	The Names in the Court Book (Vol. 2)	John Reid
34(p.103)	The Hospital of Falkirk (1640)	Geoff B Bailey
34(p.165)	The Kirk Session Records	George Murray

35(p. 1)	Auxiliary Hospitals in WW1 (See also these pages)	Geoff B Bailey
35(p. 43)	Adamson and Co.: Grangemouth Shipbuilders	Allan H Ronald
35(p. 65)	A Victorian Scot: James Wright of Denny	Phyllis Martin
35(p. 87)	Early Tobacco Pipes in Falkirk District	Geoff B Bailey et al
35(p.117)	Dr. John Corbet of Mount Vaccine	John Reid
35(p.129)	The Denny Longbow	Geoff B Bailey
35(p.139)	Calatria 1-35 Index of Articles	John Reid

36 (p. 1)	The Antonine Corridor	John Reid
36 (p. 9)	The Feu Lands of Falkirk	Allan Meek
36 (p.51)	The Bells of Falkirk District	Geoff B. Bailey
36 (p.117)	The 7th Argylls and the Battle for Rouex	John Walker
36 (p.127)	The Battle of Bonnymuir	Ian Scott
36 (p.151)	INDEX