Category: House History
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Feus, Sasines, Jus Mariti and Dispositions
Medieval terminology dominates much of the house conveyancing language of the twentieth century in Scotland. Getting my head around some of it has been the result of research at the Glasgow Archives in the Mitchell Library and also examining the title deed of my house that I now have in my possession. I will try…
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My house……continued
There was a haste in starting this post last week due to my absence in Madeira and I was using a tablet to write the start of this post which is a challenge when I normally use a keyboard to write my posts. In last week’s post I got as far as the old entrance…
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My house…not quite in the middle of the street.
This week’s post is a short photographic essay about the street where I live to give some context for the history that I shall unfold in future months. Earlspark Avenue is on the south side of Glasgow close to a well heeled area known as Newlands. Recent electoral boundary changes means that we are now…
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Rolls, Registers and a Title Deed
A few years ago I studied on a short course at Glasgow University researching the history of my house. I was inspired by the TV series “History of a House in Time” presented by David Olusoga. I learned how to research using electoral rolls, valuation rolls, Sasine registers and Feu registers. The last two are…