The Rent Collection Book for the Chisholm Estate 1770-1794: A Transcription with Explanatory Notes

The Rent Collection Book for the Chisholm Estate 1770-1794: A Transcription with Explanatory Notes

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The Chisholm Estate in the late 18th Century comprised more than one hundred separately identified lowland or valley farms and upland grazing areas distributed through Glen Affric, Glen Cannich, Glen Urquhart, Strathglass and the Beauly Firth littoral.  Known documents describing the estate have previously been limited to a few sett and rental manuscripts for the years 1775 to 1792.  These documents have now been supplemented by a recently discovered manuscript rent collection book for the estate from the period.  The rent book has been transcribed and its contents are presented here for the first time.  The document details the properties, collected rents, names and shares of tenants across twenty-five years from 1770 to 1794.

The study is made available as a DVD compilation of the transcription text, scans of pages from the source document and searchable spreadsheet files with details of properties, tenants and crop years.  In this format the study is a valuable resource for clan and family history researchers.

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