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Folks,  Old estate maps for Fairburn & Stirling of Fairburn's Tenant List. Formerly the property of MacKenzie of Fairburn who were forfeit for participation in the '45. These Stirling's were connected to Stirling of Keir & Major David Stirling of the Long Range Desert Group & the MacKenzie's of Gairloch.

http://www.fairburn-estate.co.uk/oldmap.html

A nice wee pedigree of some West Lothian Black's,

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~gmt/roots/bwblacks.pdf

Skoosh.

December 28, 1914, an Agnes Porteous, merchant, Crooksetter, Collafirth, Northmavine, was reported to the Procurator Fiscal for breach of the peace. She was caught wearing male attire and pretending to be a mysterious stranger.
Anybody add some flesh to the bones? 

Skoosh.

Folks, any idea why there was a corn mill named Jinkabout near the mouth of the River Avon, Bo'ness, prop' the Duke of Hamilton, like nearby Kinneil, and another named Jinkabout, corn/paper mill, on the Water of Leith, Edinburgh, can't just be coincidence?
 The first was the intended site for the Carron Iron Works but the land was strictly entailed and the developer could only obtain a 100 year lease, so the site on the Carron at Falkirk was chosen instead.
 The Bo'ness mill has vanished completely under industrial use.

Any thoughts appreciated,

Skoosh.
 

This house belonged to a Provost of Hamilton, it still stood in 1910. Anybody know if it's still there?


Skoosh.