Balfron Text

Balfron

 

Sources

 

RMS II (952) 1468, (2875) 1505

RMS IV (747) 1552-3

RMS VIII (2239) 1633

RMS IX (489) 1636

 

AS II (746) 1647

 

Stirling Retours (100) 1620, (123) 1627, (149) 1634, (186) 1646, (187) 1647, (237) 1665, (241) 1666, (256) 1670, (268) 1674, (304) 1686, (338) 1698, (377) 1613

 

GD8/43A 1513, GD8/44 1513

GD39/1/316 1671

GD39/5/140 1671

GD86/279 1586

GD220/1/D/5/7/1 1596, GD220/1/D/5/7/2 1610

GD220/1/D/5/7/9 1613

GD220/1/D/8/4/7 1633

GD220/1/E/2/3/2 1662, GD220/1/E/2/3/7 1591

GD430/87 1490, GD430/97/1 1495, GD430/98 1495, GD430/101/1 1509, GD430/107 1512, GD430/116 1543, GD430/131 1563, GD430/136 1573, GD430/147 1595

 

 

OSA Vol 17 No XXXVII pp 530-536, 1796, Mr James Jeffrey, Minister

 

RHP 15926 1834

RHP 1866/1

 

What is striking about Balfron is that we have a relatively small number of high-value units. It is almost as if the normal process of subdivision took place more slowly in this parish. Specifically we have:

Ballindalloch – at least 10m

Kilfasset 10m

Balfron 15m

Balgair 15m

Glinn 15m

 

I think a half-carucate was valued at 15m so Balfron was likely to have been at least 3 carucates.

 

The table gives us 96½m which, given attrition and missing data, suggests four carucates.