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Notebook of Robert Young, a merchant in Kinross, concerning the hamlet of Meikle or Wester Balgedie in the parish of Portmoak.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15930

Scope and Contents

The notebook contains a key to a sketch of Meikle Balgedie (the sketch itself is missing); a history of the Youngs and other families in the parish; a list of proprietors and tenants of Portmoak in 1807; and material on methods of agriculture. This last was used by the author's grandson, Robert S. Young, in ‘About Kinross-shire and its folk’, pages 21-23.

Dates

  • Creation: 1852.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

29 Leaves ; Octavo.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

58 + many blank pages.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1967.

Bibliography

Young, Robert S. ‘About Kinross-shire and its folk’, (Perth, 1948).

Genre / Form

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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