Places - Lewis, Scotland

County of Ross & Cromarty: Commissioners of Supply

Ross: Minutes 1765-1926; committee minutes 1733-1890 Cromarty: Minutes 1765-1888; committee minutes 1868-1889; finance and miscellaneous 1698-1872

Reference code

GB 232 CRC/1

Date(s)

  • 1698-1926 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

County of Ross & Cromarty: Pre-1890 Highway authorities

Highlands Roads & Bridges : Reports 1803-1861 Commissioners for Roads & Bridges: Minutes 1805-1866 General Road Trustees: Minutes 1807-1890

Reference code

GB 232 CRC/2

Date(s)

  • 1803-1890 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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

Dr J L Robertson Bequest

Minute books 1930-1974; applications for benefit 1931-1974; registers of beneficiaries 1937-1975; general register: dead and transferred 1931-1970; forms of enquiry 1957-1965; cash books 1928-1975

Reference code

GB3002 RC7

Date(s)

  • 1928-1975 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Dun Berisay, residential care home, Lewis, Scotland

Minutes, agenda etc 1961-1970

Reference code

GB3002 RC5/7

Date(s)

  • 1961-1970 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Electoral registers Lewis District

Electoral registers for the Parliamentary County of Inverness and Ross & Cromarty for Lewis District area 1936-1979

Reference code

GB3002 RC8

Date(s)

  • 1936-1979 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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

Forfeited Estates: letters and memorabilia

Letters and memoranda written by the descendants of peers attainted in the 1715 Rising in an attempt to recover their titles and estates, mostly from the Earl of Mar, addressed apparently to the Earl of Seaforth, 1785 - 1794; Notes and copies of o...

Reference code

GB 233 MS.5209

Date(s)

  • 1785-1820 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

George Washington Wilson & Co photographic collection

The George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection consists of over 37,000 glass plate negatives, produced by the Aberdeen firm between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. This includes images from...

Reference code

GB 231 MS 3792

Date(s)

  • c1850-1905 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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
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