A TIMELINE OF STIRLING HISTORY
By Tim Lambert
C. 1125 Stirling is made a town by the king. In the town the main industry is weaving wool.
1145 Cambuskenneth Abbey is founded
1174 Stirling Castle is handed to the English. They hand it back in 1189
1415 A stone bridge is built at Stirling
1447 Stirling is granted 2 annual fairs
1547 A stone wall is erected around Stirling
1550 Stirling has a population of about 1,500
1572 Mars Wark is built
1606 Stirling is struck by plague
1630 The Argyl Ludging is built
1633 John Cowane leaves money to build almshouses
1645 Stirling has another attack of plague
1704 Stirling Tolbooth is built
1750 Stirling has a population of about 4,000
1777 Stirling gains its first bank
1799 Raploch begins to develop
1801 Stirling has a population of 5,271
1826 Stirling gains gas light
1833 Cholera strikes Stirling
1833 A new bridge is built
1848 The railway reaches Stirling
1857 Stirling gains a police force
1869 The Wallace Monument is built
1871 Stirling has a population of 11,788
1874 Horse drawn trams begin running in Stirling. The Smith Art Gallery and Museum opens.
1882 The Old Art Gallery is built
1900 Stirling gains an electricity supply. The population of Stirling has risen to 18,000.
1902 Stirling gains an electricity supply
1912 The first cinema in Stirling opens
1922 A War Memorial is erected
1967 Stirling University is founded
1977 The Thistle Centre opens
1995 Castle Business Park opens
2002 Stirling is made a city