A short statistical note about Lochwinnoch The Statistical Accounts of Scotland cover,1791-1799 (the first ), and the period to 1845 (the second). Prepared by the ministers in the 938 parishes in Scotland, they are a wealth of information about each district, its geology, farming, history, industry and peoples. The Statistical Accounts are available on line […]
Land owners and values , Lochwinnoch 1818 From “A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew. Geo Crawfurd 1710, updated Geo. Robertson 1818. to next pages
The Poor Law Unions of Ireland. The collaboration of Hugh Casement is gratefully acknowledged in the preparation of this schedule of the Poor law Unions. In 1838 Ireland was divided into unions of parishes for administering the system of providing relief for the destitute. A workhouse and a fever hospital were built at each centre. […]
The Parishes of Ayrshire Number Name Number Name Number Name 576 Ardrossan 592 Fenwick 608 New Cumnock 577 Auchinleck 593 Galston 609 Ochiltree 578 Ayr 594 Girvan 610 Old Cumnock 579 Ballantrae 595 Irvine 611 Riccarton 580 Barr 596 Kilbirnie 612 St Quivox & Newton on Ayr 581 Beith 597 Kilmarnock 613 Sorn 582 Colmonell […]
The parishes of Wigtownshire and the year Registers commenced in each parish Parish Year Parish Year Glasserton 1700 Old Luce (Glenluce) 1731 Inch 1729 Penninghame 1695 Kirkcolm 1779 Portpatrick 1720 Kirkcowan 1788 Sorbie 1700 Kirkinner 1694 Stoneykirk 1744 Kirkmaiden 1699 Stranraer 1695 Leswalt 1729 Whithorn 1763 Mochrum 1720 Wigtown 1731 New Luce 1694 […]
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES – NOW AND THEN. This page is mainly about the weights and measures used pre decimalisation with an old explanation about decimals that you may not have come across before. Sections are as follow: METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES The advantages of the metric system are great, and are as follows:- (a) Reduction […]
Orr Databases These are the databases that I have and will search for you on request. Please provide as much information as you can to help narrow down the search. Spouse and sibling details are helpful because of the naming customs adopted by very many Presbyterian families eg the use of the wife`s maiden surname […]
Useful links. There is a continuous movement and change of URLs and ISPs such that it is sometimes pot luck if the site is still there when you visit. It is usually worthwhile visiting sites dedicated to providing links and which are regularly maintained. Sites always worth visiting regularly with many links and free access […]
The Parishes of Renfrewshire with Enumeration District Number. Number Name Number Name Number Name 559 Abbey 565 Houston & Killellan 571 Mearns 560 Cathcart 566 Inchinnan 572 Neilston 561 Eaglesham 567 Inverkip 573 Paisley 562 Eastwood 568 Kilbarchan 574 Port Glasgow 563 Erskine 569 Kilmacolm 575 Renfrew 564 Greenock 570 Lochwinnoch
Old Scottish Money Scottish money was abolished as a circulating currency at the Act of Union in 1707.However, the valued rent of land , and in many places, feu duties and ministers stipends , schoolmaster`s salaries, and other parochial payments were still reckoned by the pound Scots and the merk, or mark, for some considerable […]
Irish Flax Growers List, 1796 The 1796 Flax Growers Bounty List is held in the Linen Hall Library, Belfast which gives the names of farmers in all parishes who were awarded spinning wheels and looms for growing areas of flax. Lists are available for all the counties of Ireland except for Dublin and Wicklow, and […]
Dissenters in Ireland Although Ireland was always numerically dominated by Roman Catholics (about 4/5ths of the population ) there was a substantial and varied Protestant population. Those Protestant groups which refused to conform to the Church of Ireland suffered at various times, like the Catholics, from discriminatory laws and the requirement to pay tithes to […]
Proclamation declaring those persons at Bothwell Brig to be rebels and traitors, and prohibiting having any contact with them. [ Mackenzie, History of Galloway, ii, pt 1. p 231. Note the title Mr usually indicates a minister of the kirk.] Proclamation against rebels, June 16th 1679 Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great […]