Estate Maps, 1750s-1900s
Name: | Scott, Thomas Rutherford, Archibald, 1743-1779 |
Title: | Map of Wilton Common |
Imprint: | 1764 |
Pagination: | 1 map: col., 33 x 38 cm |
Shelfmark: | Scottish Borders Archives, Hawick: SBA250/1 |
Notes: | This map shows the Division of Wilton Common, and accompanies the court case between the Duke of Buccleuch and the Burgh of Hawick, 1765-6, attempting to clarify the rights to and uses of Wilton Common and to reach a judgement on this. For further details, and a transcript of the court case, see SBA250 - State of the Process of Division of the Commonalty of Wilton, Robert Langlands of that Ilk v Henry, Duke of Buccleuch and others, with plan. We are very grateful to the Scottish Borders Archives, Hawick, for permission to display this map. |
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