Building History

[DonM]

Ron,

I have sent you PM with my email.

Don

[josey]

Further to Monica's reply re-Register of Sasines, here is their address index pre 1959 for Dalhougal. The number on the right denotes the property search sheet number for each property, which I could obtain. PM me if you need any further help.

Josey

[bfr89x]

Josey,
Thank you very much for your kind offer I am sure the search sheet would increase my knowledge even further.
My PM is ron8ken@gmail.com
Ron

[josey]

Have you seen the 1860 OS map at http://maps.nls.uk/view/74941084?

Josey

[bfr89x]

Again many thanks Josey. The house is marked on there, do you know where I would go to find the Key that explains the colours and the numbers on the maps.
Ron

[josey]

If it wasn't for the Saw Mill being red, I would say residential property in red & industrial [edit: non-residential] in grey.  The numbers are enclosure [field] numbers. They were changed later to another series of enclosure numbers & the areas included [imperial acres] on the 25 inch to the mile series OS maps. You can see this in 1896 at http://maps.nls.uk/view/82875546. You could email maps at [replace with @] nls.uk  they are extremely helpful & knowledgeable people there.

The lease of 1814 was 4 acres 2 roods 30 falls 7 ells. These would most likely have been Scots acres, about 1¼ Imperial acres; there were 4 roods to an acre, 40 falls to a rood, 36 ells to a fall. I suspect, seeing the lease was bound partly west by the road to Drymen & partly south by the burn, that the lease was enclosures 783, 784 & 785.

Josey

ADDED: having looked at the 1896, enclosure 785 is now 657 area 4.742 acres & 783 now 656 area 0.498 acres, so the lease would not have included the 1860 enclosure 783.

[bfr89x]

You are so helpful Josey thank you.
The actual house(s) I am interested in are across the road from the area described and are within enclosure numbers 779 and 780. I think that the red one (780) may have been the original and 779 a very large later extension.
The address index you sent is also interesting as I am not aware of any Muirhead being involved in either the sawmill business or the land and the person who owned the mill business was an Edmond and that name is hand written on to the index under Proprieters' Names.
Frustrating and fascinating.

Ron

[josey]

Ah, I see. All in new enclosure 651. The grey 'extension' has disappeared by 1896. It may have been a barn. I'll see what I can find.

Josey

[bfr89x]

How good are you! Well done.
I am pretty sure that the large grey one within 782 was a timber drying shed which was made of  wood and all the red ones are stone built.
Where did you find enclosure 651?

Ron