100 Days in Balfron

Sources for the research.

100 Days in images and descriptors

Each image is accompanied by a brief description of the subject. I have drawn the material from personal knowledge, people I meet in the village and from several publications on my bookshelf.  Further research makes use of the internet.  I have listed my sources below.

Sources accessed include:

  • Statistical Accounts of Scotland; 1796, 1841, 1845
  • Balfron Past and Present
  • Strathendrick in Old Photographs
  • Old Killearn, Balfron and Fintry
  • Balfron Today
  • The Balfron Heritage; 1991, 2002, 2004
  • Balfron Heritage Group
  • Stirling Council
  • BT
  • Balfron Golf Club
  • Balfron High School
  • Public Contracts Scotland
  • Balfron Community Council
  • High School Brochure 2012/2013
  • The John McLintock Trust
  • Castles of the Clans; Martin Coventry
  • The Douglas Archives
  • The Parish of Strathblane and its Inhabitants from Early Times
  • Buchanan's Popular Illustrated Guide to Strathendrick, Aberfoyle and District
  • Stirling Observer
  • Key Publishing Ltd
  • Archaeology Data Service
  • Killearn Heritage
  • Balfron Pathways


  • Police Scotland
  • Historic Environment Scotland
  • Graeme Kirkwood
  • Times Educational Supplement
  • The Lost History of Ballindalloch
  • Stirling Archives
  • Right Move
  • Telephones UK website
  • The Patronage of Organised Sport in Central Scotland, 1820-1900; Neil. L. Tranter
  • BillionGraves
  • The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts
  • The Parish of Campsie: A Series of Biographical, Ecclesiastical, Historical, Genealogical, and Industrial Sketches and Incidents. D. Macleod, 1892.
  • The Story of St Anthony’s Church Balfron 1867 - 2017; Terry Delany and Caroline Smith
  • Fintry Museum
  • Trove Scotland
  • The Balfron Local Place Plan
  • Letter from a teenage accounting clerk in 1846: A Hidden voice in a micro-history of modern public accountancy; T. A. Lee
  • Land Assessment Scotland
  • A History of Killearn; edited by Fiona Glass