Printed: 2024-11-22
Subjects - Crofters
Clan Donald Lands Trust (Lord Macdonald papers)
Titles of lands in Inverness-shire and Argyllshire 1462-1920, including writs of the land and barony of Macdonald 1542-1920 and barony of Strathordell 1696-1881. Titles to other lands 1463-1881. Great Seal grant of Nova Scotia baronetcy to Sir Don...
Reference code
GB 1892 GD221
Date(s)
- 1462-1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Co-Chomunn an Iochdair Ltd, Iochar, South Uist
Minutes 1979-2011; accounts 1979-2011; membership records 1979-2011
Reference code
GB GBX TS3
Date(s)
- 1980-present day (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Co-Chomunn Nis, community co-operative, Ness, Isle of Lewis
Register of members c1970s-1980s; photographs c1970s-1980s; address stamps n.d.
Reference code
CEN CCN
Date(s)
- 1970s-1980s (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Congested Districts Board
The records of the Congested Districts Board cover the period 1879-1924 and consist of over 9000 files which include applications for assistance from Board funds. The Board was active across the Outer Hebrides, assisting crofters and fishing, inf...
Reference code
GB 234 AF42
Date(s)
- 1897-1911 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Crofting Development files
Crofting development files cover a range of subject files relating to the development and implementation of crofting legislation, 1948-1980
Areas covered include: Commission of enquiry into crofting conditions, Crofters Act 1955, grants and loans...
Reference code
GB 234 AF81
Date(s)
- 1948-1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Description of croft life
Reference code
GB GB CEUT DR2140/3/12
Date(s)
- n.d. (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Douglas-Hamilton Family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon
This is a rich and extensive collection of papers and correspondence relating to Robert Brown’s role as factor of the Seaforth estate on Lewis and also his involvement in the Uist and Barra estates where he was a trustee and advisor to the trouble...
Reference code
GB 800001 NRAS2177
Date(s)
- c1276-1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Emigration Files
This series relates primarily to the Colonisation Scheme established under the auspices of Lord Balfour, Secretary for Scotland in 1886 as a response to the congestion and poverty amongst the crofting community. The Scheme concentrated on Lewis an...
Reference code
GB 234 AF51
Date(s)
- 1885-1956 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Estate Management files
Estate management files, including correspondence, memoranda, reports, plans relating to estates across Scotland generated by the Department for Agriculture and Fisheries in Scotland and its successor departments at the Scottish Office, 1912-1972....
Reference code
GB 234 AF83
Date(s)
- 1912-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
Gillanders family of Highfield
Seaforth Estate papers, including, Lewis estate rentals 1740-1791; mainland (Ross-shire) estates rentals 1730-1787; Lewis estate tacks, sets and related papers 1752-1786; mainland (Ross-shire) estates tacks, sets and related papers 1766-1785; fact...
Reference code
GB 234 GD427
Date(s)
- 1727-1835 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Repository
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