Bondagers/hinds in t he Scottish Borders

[terianne]

don't get hung up on the farming terms too much in the Scottish Borders the duration on serve depended on the employers and the hiring - length of employment not guaranteed it depended on if the employer was pleased with your work or not and the employee could leave for better pay at the hiring.

As for the difference of a Farm Servant and a Farm Steward in this area - Farm Servant is a general term for a person who work for the farmer, where a farm steward is similar to an overseer/foreman for the farmer.

[alan14578]

suek i suggest you read "Bondagers" by Dinah Iredale.ISBN 978-0-9569905-0-1 available from Martins the printers, Sea View Works, Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 1RS (194 pages)

The lady came and gave us a great informative lecture resulting in me buying the book which is full of pictures and cutting from the Scottish Borders. It deals with everything one would want to know.

I recommend it to anyone interested,

alan