New tour reveals history of Stow

New tour reveals history of Stow

NEW HERITAGE TOUR OF STOW LAUNCHES.    Gala Water History and Heritage Association  have produced a new history tour of Stow looking at the village’s many legends and rich medieval history.   Working with the Scottish Borders Walking Festival, the tour will launch on Friday 10 September and will take approximately 2.5 hours.  Further information is […]

Stow Parish Archive Commemorative Poppy Display 2015

Stow Parish Archive, having been inspired by the recent Tower of London Great War poppy installation ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ and their own work on the Great War, wish to erect a commemorative poppy display in the village of Stow. The display would consist of a series of ceramic poppies displayed near […]

Stow Parish Archive

Lots of things are going on in Stow Parish Archive. We are collecting all kinds of records connected to the railway from local memories of the old Waverley Route to experiences with the modern construction and the opening of new railway. We are also working hard to get our catalogue online bringing Stow to the […]

Stow Parish Archive

Mary  Craig,  our  Community  Archivist,  works  in  the  archive  in  the Reading  Room  in  the  Town  Hall  on  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays.  Mary is focusing on outreach activities and just before Christmas we had a very  successful  session  in  Fountainhall.  We  have  several  interesting projects on the go, one of which involves recording the impact of […]

Stow Parish Archive welcomes Mary Craig

With the good fortune of a grant from the Windfarm Community Benefit Fund, Stow Parish Archive is entering a very exciting phase from which we hope the community at large will benefit and enjoy. Stow Parish has its very own Community Archivist which is probably a unique distinction for a place this size. Lucy Stock […]

Opening Out Stow Archive

Opening Out Stow Archive

Unveiled at our Annual General Meeting on May 1st were the facsimiles of Cuttings Books dating from 1850 stored on this beautiful lectern. This project was made possible with a grant from the Parish of Stow Windfarm Community Benefit Fund and the generosity and support of Scottish Borders Council Archive Service. The lectern was made […]

Stow Parish Archive AGM

Stow Parish Archive Group are holding their AGM and celebrating the completion of “Opening Out Stow Parish Archive Project” funded by the Windfarm Community Benefit Scheme. Witness the unveiling of 163 years of Stow’s History and come and see for yourself what is in the Archive. Everyone is most welcome! Light refreshments will be served. […]

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