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Lennox General Resources
Lennox: General Resources There are a number of general resources for the Lennox area which I have listed here rather than repeat them many times under individual parishes. Nimmo, Stirlingshire, 1777 (particularly the map based on Edgar’s…
Kilmaronock Teinds
Teinds in 1528 – From Register of Cambuskenneth pp 218-222 No 158 This is useful in allowing us to see the constituent farms of the parish in 1528 and compare their teinds against their nominal value. Name Modern Name Bolls…
Galbraith Estate
Galbraith holdings in the Lennox. We can glimpse the enormous Galbraith estate in the Lennox by the properties held by the Douglas, Logan and Hamilton families who married Galbraith heiresses. This table only deals with the lands held by…
Haldane Estate
Haldane estate In each case I have used the spellings found in the first document. Inchcailloch was later part of Buchanan parish Farm name Modern name Parish RMS II (1546) 1482-3 Knokhill Ballarde Ballaird Drymen…
Paisley Abbey Properties
Paisley Properties This table compares Paisley properties in earlier and later sources. Lennox Cartulary Paisley Register (both from late 12th cent. on) RMS V (128) 1580-1 CCED (143) 2/5/1587* RMS V (1320) 29/7/1587 RMS V (2070) 1591-2 Dumbart.…
Kilpatrick Maps
Maps of Kilpatrick As the basis of my maps I have used Irving’s depictions of the parish facing pp 366 & 384 of his Book of Dumbartonshire Vol II. However there are some complications to be addressed. The OS…
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