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
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk