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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

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Description of Property	Present Proprietors	Valuation Sub	Valuation
Lauriston Randelstone & ots [others] part of — Extending to 27 acres & 4 falls Scots
	The portion of said lands belonging to William Ramsay Ramsay ext. [extending] to 14 Acres 3 Ro. [Roods] 30 falls		£46.6.0
	The portion thereof belonging to Andrew Rutherford ext. [extending] to 12 Acres & 14 falls being 2 fields to N.E. [North East] of Rd. from Davidsons M'ns [Mains] to Cramond MKt. Nos [Numbers] 18 & 21 on Plan.		£37.9.4
	By Decreet 30 April 1846.		£83.15.4
Westfield & Thorn
	Lands of Westfield belonging to John Keir & consisting of about 155- Imp. [Imperial] Acres		£51.8.8
	Lands now called Muirhouse belonging to the Tr. [Trust] on the Estate of the late Roderick Mackenzie and consisting of about 41 1/2 Imperial Acres		£8.11.4
	By Decreet dated 30th April 1849.		£60.0.0
Corstorphine - Hill otherwise called Belmont - parts of the lands of.
	Those portions of these lands belonging to Lord Mackenzie		£32.0.0
	Those portions of these lands belonging to Sir David Dundas		£43.0.0
	By Decreet dated 30th April 1851.		£75.0.0
Wardie & Windlestrawlee
	The six portions of sd [said] lands after specified viz :- (1) The portion belonging to the Trs. [Trustees] of Professor T. C. Hope (1.61446 acres) (2) the portion belonging to the Edins. [Edinburgh] Perth & Dundee Rly. [Railway] Co. [Company] acquired by them from Dr. [Doctor] Hopes Trs. [Trustees] (.24200 acres)}
	(3) to Thomas Kennedy, Vintner, Wardie. (.30033 acre) (4) to John Swales, Tavern Keeper Edins. [Edinburgh] now Tr. [Trust] on his Estate or heirs of F. G. Smith as heritable Crs. [Creditors] thereon (.27556 acre) (the Trs [Trustees] of the Free Church being suprs. [superiors] of the 3 portions last mentioned)}
	(5) to James Hope, Jr. [Junior] W.S. [Writer to the Signet] being lot enclosed with Wardie Lodge (1.08284 Acs. [Acres]) and (6) to the said James Hope Jr. [Junior] facing the sea adjoining Mrs Colquhouns propy [property] (.496 acs. [acres])}		£10.11.6
	The 2 portions of sd. [said] lands belonging to the sd. [said] James Hope being lot of 2.02 purchased by him in 1849 and lot of 2.338 acs. [acres] purchased by him in 1851 in front of Mrs. C. [Colquhouns] propy [property]		£11.9.9
	Portion belonging to Duke of Buccleuch for Granton Rd. (3.7625)		£9.18.3
	The Remainder of sd. [said] lands belonging to the Trs. [Trustees] of the late John Donaldson Boswall & ots. [others]		£453.0.6
	By Decreet dated 5th October 1852.		£485.0.0
Over Liberton
	That part of these lands belonging to Alexander B. Wright of St. Catherines now forming part of the lands of St. Catherines and extending to 1 1/8 Scots Acre or thereby		£3.7.0
	The remainder of sd. [said] lands belonging to Walter James Little Gilmour ext. [extending] to 434 7/8 Scots Acres		£1293.13.0
	By Decreet dated 30 April 1856.		£1297.0.0
Craiglockhart
	Mansion House of C — [Craiglockhart] with garden policy &c being entailed lands belonging to Alexander Monro (30 acres 1 rood 25 poles or thereby)		£33.13.2
	The remainder of the lands of Craiglockhart belonging to Trs. [Trustees] of Dr. [Doctor] Alexander Monro (deed) 250 acres 3 poles or thereby		£299.13.6
	By Decreet dated 30th April 1860		£333.6.8
Ratho and others —
	William Henry Brown of Ashley for the lands of Marylands formerly belonging to Ramage Lisbon Esq.	£34.10.9 x
	William Henry Brown of Ashley for 18 acs. [acres] 1 ro. [rood] & 19 falls formerly belonging to George Veitch	£20.0.0 x
	The Trs. [Trustees] of late Thomas Granger for the lands of Craighead	£7.11.1
	John Orr Ewing of Ratho for his part in this Division	£339.18.2	£402.0.0
	The said John Orr Ewing for Remainder of Barony as formerly divided		£98.0.0
			£500.0.0
	The sd. [said] John O. [Orr] Ewing for pt. [part] of Northcroft or Backraw of Ratho	£19.3.0
	The sd. [said] W. [William] H. [Henry] Brown for pt. [part] of Northcroft or Backraw of Ratho	£7.8.0	x £26.11.0
	The Trs. [Trustees] of late William Hill of Hillwood for part of North Crofts or North Raw of Ratho or Westhall		£12.16.4
	The sd. [said] J.O. [John Orr] Ewing for part of North Crofts or North Raw of Ratho or Westhall		£178.19.5
	By Decreet dated 15th July 1862.		£191.15.9
Norton
	That part of the lands of Norton which belongs to George Watson		£337.19.2
	That part of the lands of Norton which belongs to Matthew Holmes		£168.19.6
	By Decreet dated 15 July 1862.		£506.18.8
{Gorgie
	William Henry Revell Beddell Sivright		£300.0.0 x
	Caledonian Rly [Railway] Co. [Company]		£150.0.0
{Meggetland			£450.0.0
	William H. R. B. [Henry Revell Beddell] Sivright		£150.0.0
	Caledonian Rly [Railway] Co [Company]		£75.0.0
	By Decreet of Sh. [Sheriff] of Lothians &c 18th Oct. [October] 1893.		£225.0.0
Hatton
	Part of entailed lands of H [Hatton] (now disentailed) belonging to Earl of Morton		£319.17.11
	Part of entailed lands of H [Hatton] (now disentailed) belonging to Lord Aberdour		£304.2.9 x
	By Decreet d? [dated] 30th Sept [September] 1873.		£624.0.8
Murrayfield
	Part belonging to Trs. [Trustees] of Sir George Campbell of Succoth (118.687 acs [acres])		£384.15.3
	That part acquired by William Robertson builder in Edins. [Edinburgh] (35.682 acs [acres])		£115.13.7
	By Decreet dated 30th April 1883.		£500.8.10
Blackford
	That portion of Blackford, part of Braid belonging to Col. [Colonel] Trotter of Mortonhall		£181.0.0
	That portion of Blackford, part of Braid belonging to City of Edins. [Edinburgh]		£69.0.0
	By Decreet dated 30th April 1888.		£250.0.0
Pewlands now Plewlands
	Scottish Heritages Company Ltd [Limited].		£405.0.0
	By Decreet d. [dated] 2nd Oct. [October] 1889.
Craiglockhart
	Mansion House &c belonging to Alexander Monro ( 30 acrs. [acres] 1 rood 25 poles)		£33.13.2
	Part belonging to Parochial Board of City Ph. [Parish] of Edin. [Edinburgh] (100 acres 2 ro. [rood] & 22 pls [poles])		£50.0.0
	Part belonging to Trs. [Trustees] for Craiglockhart Estate Coy. [Company] Edins [Edinburgh] ( 147 acres 0 ro. [rood] 14 pols [poles])		£249.13.6
	By Decreet d / [dated] 19 Dec [December] 1892.		£333.6.8
Inverleith
	In Cess Roll as :-
	(1) Entailed or to be entailed		£762.11.10
	(2) Unentailed		£692.8.2
	C. H. A. F. C. J. J. Rocheid succeeded to No 1 and sold it to Govs. [Governors] of Fettes Trust		£1455.0.0
	(2) Her Majs. [Majesty's] Board of Works (3) Trs. [Trustees] for Grange & Academical Cricket Clubs, The Coates Curling Club & The Edin. [Edinburgh] Lawn Tennis Co. [Company] & (4) City of Edinburgh.
	Unentailed belongs to Board of Works & Govs. [Governors] of Fettes Trust divided as follows viz
	[1] H M [Her Majesty's] Board of Works Tax -- £1.10.10		£138.9.7
	[2] Governors of Fettes Tr. [Trust] -- £6.3.3		£553.18.7
	Entailed belongs to :—		£692.8.2
	x [1] C. H. A. F. C. J. J. Rocheid of Inverleith	Tax £4.7.10	£391.9.11 x
	[2] Govs. [Governors] of Fettes Tr. [Trust]	Tax £0.13.11	£62.6.2
	[3] H. M. [Her Majesty's] Board of Works	Tax £0.2.1	£9.8.8
	[4] Trs [Trustees] for Grange & Academical Cricket Clubs, The Coates Curling Club & The Edins. [Edinburgh] Lawn Tennis Coy. [Company]	Tax £0.15.1	£67.10.3
	[5] The Lord Provost &c of the City of Edins. [Edinburgh]	Tax £2.11.11	£231.16.10
		£8.10.10	£762.11.10
	Decree dated 9th June 1893.

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Page 25 (Contd) [Continued, for Lauriston]
Page 26. [Westfield onwards]
Page 27. [Over Liberton onwards]
[Note - William Henry Brown...Marylands]: See app. p. [appendix page] 34
[Note - William Henry Brown...for 18 acres]: See app. p. [appendix page] 34
[Note - The sd. W. H. Brown]: See p [page] 34
[page] 121
Page 28. [Norton onwards]
[Note - Gorgie and Meggetland are bracketed together]: for contingent divn. [division] see p. [page] 35.
Page 29. [Hatton onwards]
[Note - Part of entailed lands ....Lord Aberdour]: Subdivision see p [page] 37
Page 30. [Craiglockhart onwards]
Page 31. [Inverleith, Entailed onwards]
[Note - [1] C. H. A. F. C. J. J. Rocheid]: See p[page]32.
[page] 122

Transcriber's notes

Transcribed using the format of Bizzy - see Page 95 (E106/22/7/08)

[Note in red ink - Lauriston Randelstone]: (Cramond p [page] 61)
check abbreviation after Cramond is MKt.? For a similarly-written 't' see 'about', 3 lines below. There are no entries (or references I can find) for a Cramond Market, or the abbreviation MKt. There is a Cramond Manse, Kirk(yard), House, Regis, Tower, Roman Fort, Brig/Bridge, Village, Island in e.g. New Statistical Account of Scotland.

[Note in red ink - Westfield & Thorn]: (Mid-Calder p. 73.)
There are some marks after 155, before Imp. Acres. It is perhaps 1/2, with the 2 missing, or a different fraction?
Check - belonging to the Tr. [Trust]? on the Estate

[Note in red ink - Corstorphine - Hill]: (Corstorphine p. [page] 58)

[Note in red ink - Wardie & Windlestrawlee]: (St Cuthberts p. [page] 43)
(1) Professor T. C. Hope - Thomas Charles Hope (a Chemistry Professor)?
(2) and (4) check Edins. or Edinr. - Edinburghshire or Edinburgh?
(4) check - Tr. [Trustee]? F. G Smith as heritable Crs. [Creditors]?
(6) check - Mrs Colquhoun?

[Note in red ink - Over Liberton]: (Libberton p. [page] 37)
Alexander B. [Balfour] Wright of St. Catherines [ref: A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode (1844)]

[Note in red ink - Craiglockhart]: (Collington p. [page] 56) also 29 of appendix
Mansion House of C — [Craiglockhart] with garden policy [&c or to]? or another abbreviation? N.B. 'being entailed lands' doesn't appear in the search
(deed)? or decd? 250 acres

[Note in red ink - bracket enclosing first 5 entries for Ratho]: Ratho p. [page] 66
Thomas Granger? - A Thomas Grainger, of Craig Park, Midlothian, was born on the 12th of November 1794, at a farm, then tenanted by his father, at Gogar Green, Ratho, near Edinburgh. He died in 1852 (http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Grainger)
[Note in red ink - bracket enclosing the 2 entries for Northcroft of Ratho]: Ratho p. [page] 65
N.B: 'Northcroft or Backraw of Ratho' has been transcribed as 'Northcroft or Caskraw of Ratho' on Page 46 (image 65) by Nora as the writing on that page is less clear than here.
[Note in red ink - bracket enclosing the 2 entries for part of North Croft of Ratho]: Ratho p. [page] 65

[Note in red ink - Norton]: (Ratho 65)

[Note in red ink - Gorgie]: (St Cuthberts p. [page]39)

[Note in red ink - Meggetland]: (St. Cuthberts p. [page]39).
Sh. [Sheriff] of Lothians &c ?

[Note in red ink - Hatton]: (Ratho p. [page] 65)
By Decreet d? [dated] ?

[Note in red ink - Murrayfield]: (St. Cuthberts 48) and App. p. [Appendix page] 24.
check - William Robertson builder? in Edins? [Edinburgh or Edinburghshire]?

[Note in red ink - Blackford]: (St. Cuthberts p. [page]39) .
City of Edins.? [Edinburgh]

[Note in red ink - Pewlands]: (St. Cuthberts p. [page] 39)

[Note in red ink - Craiglockhart]: (Collington p. [page] 56 see also App. p. [Appendix page] 27)
Craiglockhart Estate Coy. [Company] Edins? [Edinburgh or Edinburghshire] - again a squiggle after Edin
By Decreet d / [dated]?

[Note in red ink - Inverleith]: (St. Cuthberts p. [page] 43)
C. H. A. F. C. E. J. J. Rocheid of Inverleith - E is missing. Full name - Charles Henry Alexander Frederick Camillo Everhard James John Rocheid

Note in green ink has not been transcribed

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Midlothian in 1814. These parishes include North Leith, South Leith, St Cuthbert's, Collington, Currie, Kirknewton, Inveresk, Lasswade, Newton, Newbattle, Libberton, Abbey of Holyroodhouse, Duddingston, Corstorphine, Cramond, Ratho, Kirkilston, East Calder, Mid Calder, West Calder, Dalkeith, Glencorse, Penicuik, Carrington, Crichton, Fala and Soutra, Temple, Heriot, and Stow.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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