Tag: GeorgeAnderson
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The origins of Earlspark Avenue
Last week I offered the legal origins of the house that I live in with descriptions of the Sasine Register entry and the Feu Ledger entry for No 7 Earlspark Avenue. Today I am looking at the early editions of the Ordnance Survey maps to try and establish when Earlspark Avenue was created. Two date-markers…
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The Feu Register
When I started out studying Scottish ancestry and house history, I was introduced to things such as the Sasine Register and Feu Duties. It was where property transfers and ownership were registered and where the registration of Feu Duties were made. It has taken my own research into the history of my house in Earlspark…