Title Deeds and Papers Found in Westermains, Kirkintilloch
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TitleTitle Deeds and Papers Found in Westermains, Kirkintilloch
ReferenceGD85
Date1528-1911
Archive creatorWestermains Farm
Scope and ContentDeeds and legal papers relating to land in and around Kirkintilloch, 1528-1911.
Extent44 items [0.2m]
LanguageEnglish, Scots, Latin
Archival historyOld charters and legal papers dating from 1528-1911 found in loft of single story building of Westermains on West High St, Kirkintilloch during alterations - accession 1979/2. Two receipted bills found in Westermains dating 1786-1788 - accession 2004/1.
Level of descriptionfonds
Admin history/BiographyLittle is know about the early owners and occupiers of the farm at Westermains. The farm was probably originally a farm of the castle at the Peel (now Peel Park), and is mentioned in a charter of 1670 confirming the granting of a burgh to the Earl of Wigtown in an earlier charter. In 1855 Westermains was owned by Mr Wotherspoon and occupied by James Barrie. By 1865 the owner was Alexander B Freeland, and the tenant was John Mitchell, who was later superseded by Robert Mitchell. The trustees of Alexander Freeland owned the property until c1914, when James Fraser of Thistle Bank, Kirkintilloch, bought the farm, and the Fraser family continued to live there for many decades.
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch