Electoral Rolls and Valuation Rolls Finding Aid
Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558) FALKIRK ARCHIVES Local authority records Electoral Rolls and Valuation Rolls Finding Aid This finding aid lists all the electoral rolls and valuation rolls held in Falkirk Archives for the Falkirk area. The information is also repeated in the appropriate Burgh and Parish finding aids. The valuation rolls and electoral rolls in this finding aid are arranged by the place they refer to rather than by the different local authorities responsible for creating them. However, researchers should note that after 1975, both valuation rolls and electoral rolls were compiled in volumes which covered the whole of Falkirk District. Before 1975 records were compiled separately for each Burgh and for the County as a whole. Falkirk Archives holds the records for Bo’ness, Denny & Dunipace, Falkirk and Grangemouth. The valuation and electoral rolls for other towns and villages, such as Bonnybridge, Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Polmont, Brightons, Slamannan, Maddiston, Redding, Whitecross, Shieldhill, California, Avonbridge and rural areas were compiled in volumes by the County of Stirling and these records are held by Stirling Council Archives. Please note that, by law, full electoral rolls less than ten years old may only be consulted for electoral purposes and may not be copied. Falkirk Archives holds very few pre-1975 electoral rolls. The National Library of Scotland holds electoral rolls for the whole of Scotland from 1947 to the present. Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558) Valuation & rating Valuation Rolls were first compiled in 1855 as a result of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c.91). They were compiled annually, and different local authorities were responsible for compiling the rolls in different areas and at different times.
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