Falkirk (council area): History
The town of Falkirk was made a burgh in 1600, and was then governed by a town council (also known as the corporation) until 1975. Scotland's counties, burghs and landward districts were abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and replaced with upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. A new Falkirk District was created as one of three districts within the Central Region. The new district was significantly larger than the old Falkirk burgh, covering the whole area of eight former districts and part of a ninth, which were all abolished at the same time:
From Stirlingshire:
Central No. 2 District, excluding most of Kilsyth parish
Denny and Dunipace Burgh
Eastern No. 1 District
Eastern No. 2 District
Eastern No. 3 District
Falkirk Burgh
Grangemouth Burgh
From West Lothian:
Bo'ness Burgh
Bo'ness District
The resulting area could also be defined in terms of parishes as:
Airth
Bo'ness and Carriden
Denny
Dunipace
Falkirk
Grangemouth
Kilsyth: Banknock polling district only
Larbert
Muiravonside
Slamannan
The new district and its neighbour Stirling were together made a new Stirling and Falkirk lieutenancy area. The last Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire became the first Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk.
Local government was reformed again in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which abolished the regions and districts which had been created in 1975, replacing them with unitary council areas. Central Region was abolished and each of the area's three districts, including Falkirk, became council areas.