Where is/was The Estate of Littleclear & Ploughlands???

[Skinniedipper]

Could anyone give me any information on this Estate.

My 3rd Great Grandfather, Hugh Lermond/Learmouth/Learmonth, was a farmer and in the 1851 Census he was living at the Ploughlands Farmhouse on the estate, farming 280 acres and employing 7 labourers. In the 1841 Census his address was just given as Ploughlands, Maxton.

The only thing I can find on present-day maps is a road called Ploughlands in the Maxton area.

Cheers, Doug

[Kay99]

This 1859 map hopefully shows Ploughlands to the east of Maxton https://maps.nls.uk/view/74428468#zoom=5&lat=2856&lon=13916&layers=BT

Kay

And side by side with the modern map https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=55.5692&lon=-2.5882&layers=168&right=BingHyb

[hdw]

This might be of interest too.

http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/maxton.asp

It's Littledean, not Littleclear. My great-grandfather Thomas Wight Stephenson was born in 1847 at Littledean. His maternal grandfather William Wight was a farmer and carter in Maxton, William's mother's family, the Thomsons, were long-time farmers there, and William's father-in-law Robert Richardson was a blacksmith and an elder of Maxton church.

Harry

[josey]

If you enter Littledean OR Ploughlands in the search field here
http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/search.aspx
you will get details of any relevant holdings.

Some are tacks [leases]; I haven't looked through them but who knows - may concern your family. Ploughlands was unlikely to be a name limited to this farm/area.

ADDED:
This one looks interesting, with change of name for Ploughlands
Reference   GD157/130
Title   Alwardane, called Plewlands in barony of Maxton, sheriffdom of Roxburgh
Dates   1587-1801
Access status   Open
Location   On site
Description   Great seal charter of confirmation of charter, (--) February 1586/7, by James, commendator of Melrose, to Walter Ker of Littildane of a carrucate of land and a square piece of Alwardane, commonly called Plewlands. 10 April 1587. RMS v/1186.

John Ker of Littledeane, 1638.

Walter Ker of Littledean, lt. col., great great great grandson of Andrew Ker, son of John Ker of Littledean, 1801.

[josey]

And hdw, could this be one of your Wights?

Reference   GD157/1175
Title   Tack by John Strother Ker of Littledean, Alnwick, to John Wight, late baker in Leithholm, of the lands and farm of Craigover with salmon fishings on the Tweed for 21 years
Dates   7 Apr 1791
Access status   Open
Location   On site

[hdw]

Thanks, but no, he's not one of mine.

Harry

[Skinniedipper]

Thanks to everyone for the information and references.

hdw I can see how easily that could be mistranscribed.

Cheers, Doug

[Rosinish]

This one looks interesting, with change of name for Ploughlands

Alwardane, called Plewlands

It does look like a change of name but it's only a change of accent/pronunciation, "plew/ploo/pleu/plough" 

Annie

[josey]

It does look like a change of name but it's only a change of accent/pronunciation, "

I meant from Alwardane to Plough/Plewlands  but I was wrong  , sorry. It is a SQUARE PIECE of Alwardane that is called Ploughlands.