Balfron
Edgar(1745) is the map in Nimmo’s Stirlingshire (1777) which was based on W. Edgar’s survey of 1745.
Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
Ballindalloch
(estate) |
40m | 1666 | Stirling Retours (241) 1666 gives 40m Ballindalloch comprehending the ‘terras dominicales’ (Mains) of Ballindalloch, Little Ballindalloch, Keirhill, Polgairis, Kilfossets, Ibert, Bent & Mullannacleirich. Mains is marked by Blaeu. | ||
Ballindalloch
Westirballandach Nether Ballindalloch Little Ballindalloch |
5m 5m |
1468 1620 1666 |
NS 5488 | Pont(32)
Blaeu(Lennox) RHP 1866/1 |
2½m Baddurdalloch-Westir in RMS IV (747) 1552-3 Stirling Retours (100) 1620 Stirling Retours (241) 1666 |
Keirhill | NS 5388 | Blaeu(Lennox) | |||
Kilfasset | 10m | 1468 | NS 5588 | Blaeu(Lennox) | Kilfasanys (1468). 5m for 2 Kilfassets in 1552-3. Blaeu also specifies 2 Kilfassets. See also under Ballindalloch below. |
Bent | Blaeu(Lennox) | Just west of 2 Kilfassets | |||
Balfron | £10 (15m) | 1698 | NS 5488 | Blaeu(Lennox)
Edgar(1745) |
K. of Bafron (Blaeu).
Balfron + ‘terris ecclesiasticis vocatis Ibert’ (ecclesiastical lands called Ibert) in Stirling Retours (338) 1698. |
Ibert | NS 542893
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RHP 15926 ?
Grassom(1817)
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Stirling Retours (241) 1666 – part of Ballindalloch estate.
‘Terris ecclesiasticis vocatis Ibert’ (ecclesiastical lands called Ibert) – with Balfron – in Stirling Retours (338) 1698. Grassom (1817) marks Ibert where OS(1861-3) puts Little Camoquhill. Also GD39/1/316 & 39/5/140 1671. |
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Spital | NS 544897 | Roy(GM26)
Grassom(1817) OS(1861-3) |
OS 6″ 1st Series Stirlingshire Sheet XV.
McNiven pp 32-3 claims = ‘of Camquhall’, Gracie p 49. In L.R. Timperley, A directory of Landownership in Scotland c. 1770, p 323, the smallest property listed is Gallbreath Spittal. (I am assuming there was only one Spittal in Balfron). |
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Mollinclerich | 1666 | NS 545894 | OS(1861-3) | Stirling Retours (241) 1666.
OS 6″ 1st Series, Stirlingshire Sheet XV, 1861-3. |
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Forest of Balfron | 40s (3m) | 1630 | Guthrie Smith, Strathendrick, pp 23-4 | ||
Cremannan (estate) | 20m | 1666 | See below. | ||
Cremannan (farm) | 5m? | 1591 | NS 5489 | Edgar(1745)
RHP 1866/1 |
Cramenan is NNE of Balfren K. in Edgar.
See below. |
Park | 2m | 1552-3 | NS 550912 | Grassom(1817)
OS(1861-3) |
‘2m parce lie Parke de Crannynnane cum lie Scheane’ in RMS IV (747) 1552-3. OS 6″ 1st Series Stirlingshire Sheet XV. |
Shian | 1552-3 | NS 5589 | Blaeu(Lennox)
RHP 1866/1 |
‘the Shien’ Roy(GM26). See Park above. | |
Cairnhall | NS 5589 | RHP 1866/1 | |||
Tombrake | NS 5490 | Blaeu(Lennox)
Grassom(1817) |
Stirling Retours (100) 1620 refers to Cumbreck (=Tombrake?) in barony of Ballindalloch. Dumbreck in Grassom. | ||
Camkell/Camokell | ⅛ land | Cartularium de Levenax pp 31-2 ‘in which Rachorkane is situated, and which borders on the the land of Balinodalach’ (early 14th century). See below under Camoquhill. | |||
Meikle Camoquhill
Little Camoquhill
Wester Camoquhill Camoquhill Douglas Camoquhill Logan |
26s 8d (2m)
2½m |
1613
1586 |
NS 5289
NS 542893
NS 5389 NS 5389 |
Blaeu(Lennox)
OS(1861-3) |
Camochals (Blaeu). See below.
OS 6″ 1st Series Stirlingshire Sheet XV. E of Camoquhill Douglas. But see Ibert above. Retours (Stirling) (377) 1613.
GD86/279. =Little Camoquhill (Stirling Retours (241) 1666). |
Gaisland | 2m | 1552-3 | NS 5390 | Grassom(1817) | See below under Cremannan (estate). |
Edinbellie | £5 | 1595 | NS 5789 | Edgar(1745)
Grassom(1817) |
E & W in GD430/147 1595. This, along with properties in Drymen, was part of the Napier-Edinbellie estate (see table under Drymen). |
Ballochearn | £5 | 1595 | NS 5888 | Blaeu(Lennox) | GD430/147 1595. This, along with properties in Drymen, was part of the Napier-Edinbellie estate (see table under Drymen). |
Thomdarroch | 5m | 1595 | 5m Thomdarroch in GD430/147 1595. I have not managed to locate this but it was probably in Balfron, possibly in Drymen. I think it was different to the Tomdarroch in Fintry parish.
See below. |
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Balgair
Easter Balgair |
£10 (15m)
£5 |
1468
1662 |
NS 603885 | Blaeu(Lennox)
OS(1861-3) |
Polgaris(1505). RMS IV (747) 1552-3 lists 2½m Wester Bawgar & 5m Eister Bawgar. This makes a total of £5 (7½m) which is half what was given in 1468. However GD220/1/E/2/3/2 1662 gives £5 Easter Balgair. OS 6″ 1st Series Stirlingshire Sheet XV. |
Overglinns (to N)
Nether Glinns (to S) Cummings Glins |
NS 6088
NS 6088 c. NS 604885 |
Blaeu(Lennox) OS(1861-3) |
Glens is marked twice in Blaeu. ‘Terris de Glennis alias Cunisglene’ Stirling Retours (123) 1627, (149) 1634, (187) 1647, (237) 1665. OS 6″ 1st Series Stirlingshire Sheet XV.
See below. |
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Dalhilloch | 40s (3m) | 1513 | NS 624904 | Grassom(1817)
OS(1861-3) |
2 settlements in Grassom. GD8/43A 1513, GD8/44 1513.
OS 6″ 1st Series Stirlingshire Sheet XV. |
(Mains of) Glinn | £10 | 1577 | NS 6391 | Roy(GM26) | Glyn (1479, 1483), The Glyn (1510, 1535, 1545). £8 (1622).
See below. |
Colquhounes-glenes
Colquhoun & Boydis-Glennis Colquhoune-Glens |
£10
£10
£10 |
1633
1636
1674 |
RMS VIII (2239) 1633.
RMS IX (489) 1636
Owned by John Colquhoun of Glens, Stirling Retours (268) 1674. |
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Easter Glinns
W. Glinn |
NS 6491/6591 | Edgar(1745)
Edgar(1745) |
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Total | 96½m |
Ballindalloch
Cartularium de Levenax pp 67-68, Malcolm Flemyng, earl of Wigton granted Andrew de Cunninghame:
totas terras nostras de Kilfassane et de Ballindallach infra comitatum de Levenax
(all our lands of Kilfassane [Kilfasset] and Ballindallach in the earldom of Lennox).
For estate see separate table.
Cremannan (estate) (See separate table)
Cremannan (farm)
GD220/1/E/2/3/7 1591 refers to 5m Cremannan lying in the parish of Luss. This makes identification with the Cremannan in Balfron difficult. There was a place with a very similar name in the parish of Buchanan which did belong to Luss in 1591 but I think it was probably much too small to be worth 5m. However in the charter from Cartularium de Levenax pp 67-68 given above under Ballindalloch it is stated that Kilfasset & Ballindalloch had formerly belonged to Duncan of Luss. Possibly part of Balfron was reckoned as Luss during his family’s ownership.
Camoquhill
Cartularium de Levenax pp 31-32, Malcolm, earl of Lennox to Patrick Galbraith:
illam dimidiam quartariam terre que vocatur Camkell, in qua Rachorkane est, intus et propinquius terre de Balinodalach adjacentem
further on called Camokell
(that half quarterland (i.e. eighthland) called Camkell, in which Rachorkane is, within and lying next to Balinodalach)
This may imply that Camoquhill was once reckoned part of Ballindalloch. Ballindalloch was certainly an estate name but possibly it was also the name of an arachor.
Thomdarroch
This is listed as part of the Napier-Edinbellie estate in GD430/87 1490; GD430/97/1 1495; GD430/98 1495; GD430/101/1 1509; GD430/107 1512; GD430/136 1573; GD430/147 1595. I have argued that this is different to the Tomdarroch in Fintry but what makes things more complicated is that GD430/116 1543 and GD430/131 1563 refer to Easter Thomdarroch and the Galbraiths. I have assumed Thomdarroch is different to Tombrake.
Overglinns/Nether Glinns/Cummings Glins
I have difficulty in distinguishing between this property and Glinn proper. The latter seems to have belonged to the Colquhouns but Cawnysglyn was granted to the Edmonstones in RMS IV (1838) 1568-9. (Although GD220/2/1/64 1473, which is printed in Fraser, Lennox, II pp 94-6, only calls it ‘the Glyn’). Cunisglene belonged to Livingston of Kilsyth in Stirling Retours (123) 1627, (149) 1634, (187) 1647.
Glinn
Glinn or Glyn is confusing because, even as the crow flies, over three miles lie between Nether Glinns in NS 6088 and Easter Glinns in NS 6491/6591. In early times the name Glyn probably encompassed the glen of the Lernock, a tributary of the Endrick. Over time it decomposed into a number of different farms. I think Cawnysglyn probably refers to what are now Overglinns and Nether Glinns while Mains and Easter are the ‘outer part’ given below.
Cartularium de Levenax p 24, Malcolm earl of Lennox to Malcolm of Luss:
dimidiam carucatam terre et dimidiam quartariam terre in exteriori parte de Glyne, jacentes inter terram et metas de Syf et Lekych … dictam dimidiam carucatam et dimidiam quartariam terre de Glyne
(half a carucate and an eighthland in the outer part of Glyne, lying between the boundaries of Syf and Lekych … the said half-carucate and eighthland of Glyne).
This is clearly Glinn and Lekych is Leckie in East Stirlingshire. Where is Syf? The only suggestion I can make is Kilsyth. In early documents (e.g. Fraser, Lennox, II, No 202, p 401, 10/8/1217) Kilsyth is spelled Kelnasydhe. The first element is unlikely to be Kil (<Sc. G. cille church) since the church of Kilsyth is consistently called Moniabrocd (RRS IV Pt 1 No 7 pp 60-61, 1251) or similar. It might be from coille (wood) as in Kiltrochan in Balfron parish. The middle element ‘na’ is presumably for ‘of the’ leaving us with ‘sydhe’ as the final element. I wonder if Syf and Sydhe are the same and perhaps from Sc. G. sithean little hill or fairy hill – perhaps some sort of pre-Christian sacred site. The northern boundary of the parish of Kilsyth was the River Carron while Leckie is near the River Forth. Leckie was once an important site and it is not completely improbable that a property on the north side of the Fintry hills could be said to be between Kilsyth and Leckie. However this explanation leaves me less than convinced.
A half carucate would match well with the £10 valuation of Glinn and it may be that the eighthland in the ‘exteriori parte de Glyne’ refers to Easter Glinns although I cannot show that this was a 50s unit.
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