Where to find property details?

[khalliday181]

I am looking for details of a couple of farms in Moffat. Specifically details of what they were like back in the late 1700's to about 1900. E.g. size, what was farmed etc. The farms are Newfieldbank/ Newfield Bank and what is now Alton or its previous incarnations as Oldtown, Auldton and various others as seen on BMD docs.

They do not come up on Scotlands Places and the valuation rolls only give limited details so i was wondering where else to look.

Thanks

[khalliday181]

Just read the Sassines thread which might give a little information but i won't be heading to Scotland for a long time. Anyone know of any on-line references?

[GR2]

Look at the on-line catalogues of the National Archives of Scotland and of the National Library of Scotland. They have some estate plans. For the second half of the 19th century the National Library has on-line large-scale Ordnance Survey maps (6"/mile & 25"/mile). From the valuation rolls you will know the owner of the estate. Look him up in the NAS catalogue and the NRAS (link on the NAS site) catalogue. There might be copies of tacks etc.

Graham.

[sancti]

1841 census

Heman  Halliday 60 born: Dumfriesshire, Scotland occ Farmer
Isabella Halliday 35
William Halliday 15
James Halliday 12
Heman Halliday 8
Samuel Halliday 5
Joseph Halliday 2
Thomas Halliday 6 MO

Address: Newfield Bank


1851

Ninian Halladay 76  born: Moffat, Dumfriesshire Occupation: Proprietor & Farmer Of Baeres Urable 
Isabella Halladay 50 wife  born: Wamphrey, Dumfriesshire
James Halladay 22 son Occupation: Tea Dealer Master
Ninian Halladay 18
Joseph Halladay 13
Thomas Halladay 11
Agness Henderson 18 Occupation: In Door Servant

Address: Newfield Bank


1861

William Halliday 35 Head Born Moffat Occupation: Shepherd Propicter Of & Loom
Isabella Halliday 60 mother Occupation: Housekeeper
Thomas Kalliday 20 Brother born Moffat Occupation: Linendraper

Address: Newfieldbank


1871

Isabella Halliday 70 Head Occupation: Housekeeper
William Halliday 10 Grandson  born: Killway Co, Ireland  (possibly Galway)

Address: Newfield Bank

 
 

[DonM]

The Directory of Landownership c 1770 list Johnston and the Marquis of Annandale as owning the majority with seven others having small holdings (1 merkland). Technically all non residents except for Lorimer.  There were no portioners in Moffatt.  Newfield isn't listed in any although it would be part of Johnston's 5 merkland of Auld. Moffat was rough country mountains, deep valleys lots of water, bogs, moss and even sulphur. Suggest you read the 1834 Statistical Account of Moffatt it will give a fairly accurate picture albeit flowery.   

Dumfries register of sasines runs (1617-1780) and that is it.  Sasines don't generally give size or extensive property description simply names and value...6 pennyland, 1 merkland, etc. The only records you might find that identify your kin are the cess accounts or from feu duties found in pocket books if they still exist and they will be found in the records of the superiors who I'm betting is the Johnston family.  You can email the NAS and ask if they hold the Johnston papers but you may end up looking south because Johnston's lived in London.

If you really need to find out details of the farm you need to look to post 1900 when actual surveys were compiled. The Inland Revenue Valuation Office did this in 1911-12 which you can access through the NAS.

Don

[sancti]

There is an old property called Newfield Bank in Old Edinburgh Road, Moffat that can be viewed on Google Maps

[sancti]

It looks like Newfieldbank is one of a number of smallholdings along the main road to the north of the town in 1857

http://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch/view/?sid=74944954

[flst]

Hi, just to say that the 1851 census result that sancti posted  should read - acres arable.
Hope this helps,
flst

[sancti]

Hi, just to say that the 1851 census result that sancti posted  should read - acres arable.
Hope this helps,
flst

Aye, but how many