Tag: Earlspark Avenue
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Plotting the Site of my House
Where did it all begin? To find out I have arrive at the Glasgow City Archives based in the Mitchell Library. In the pre Covid Lockdown days it was possible to be able to walk in, have a discussion with an Archivist and have documents and other material fetched from the basement and delivered to…
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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…