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Catalogue · 27 Sep 2026

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Scotland: Land, tax & valuation

Tenure, ownership, occupiers, leases, taxation and valuations. An occupier list is not a complete household census.

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Collected references 13

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13 reference items · earliest first

PlaceSource
1549source titleNational Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, GD39/1/59, instrument of sasine in favour of Janet Cunningham and Alexander, Earl of Glencairn, 28 January 1549. The official catalogue entry was inspected; no manuscript image is available onlineJames GlasgowMichael GlasgowStevenston — AyrshireOriginal ↗
1571source titleNational Records of Scotland, GD39/5/59, 1571Hugh GlasgowJames GlasgowJames Glasgow+4 more—Original ↗
1694source titleNational Records of Scotland, Scottish Exchequer poll tax, North Leith parish, E70/4/10, image 11, 3 October 1694; original image, Scotland's People Virtual VolumesRobert GlasgowRobert GlasgowRobert Glasgow+3 moreNorth Leith, Midlothian, ScotlandOriginal ↗
1851source title"1851 Scotland Census," database, ( : accessed 31 August 2025), Janet Glasgow (55), wife, Bonnet Trimer, in household of John Glasgow (60) at Mitchells Land, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Born in Riccarton, harford; citing Parish Kilmarnock, ED 4, Page 11, Line 5, Roll CSSCT1851_133, Year 1851, Parish Number 597, Household schedule number 44. :: John Glasgow Head M 60 Weaver Chelsea Pensioner Kilmk, Ayrshire :: Janet GlasgowJanet (Gemmill) Glasgow—No link
1851source title"Scotland Census 1851," database and images, Ancestry. Kilmarnock parish 597, Enumeration District 4, page 11, schedule 44, line 6, roll CSSCT1851_133. Household at Mitchells Land lists John 60, Janet 55, Alexander 45, John 21, Isabella 20, Janet 11, Margaret 10. John 21 recorded as flesher. Accessed 23 Sep 2025. Record: Ancestry item 1657334John Glasgow—Original ↗
1851source title1851 Scotland Census, Parish Kilmarnock, Mitchells Land, household schedule 44, roll CSSCT1851_133, page 11 line 9, FamilySearch, accessed 23 Sep 2025, ARK VBQJ N4NJanet (Glasgow) Campbell—Original ↗
1891source title1891 Scotland Census & Valuation Roll, 534 Gallowgate, VR010200461Alexander Glasgow—No link
1891source title1891 Scotland Census & Valuation Roll, Gallowgate (VR010200461)Alexander Glasgow—No link
—National Records of Scotland, "Hearth Tax, 1691–1695." Research guide. FamilySearch catalogue, Scottish hearth-tax records. CatalogueWilliam Glasgow—Original ↗
—National Records of Scotland, GD154, "Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw," including GD154/505–534 concerning the Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712. CatalogueWilliam Glasgow—Original ↗
—National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712Rot. Glasgow—No link
—National Records of Scotland. Papers of the Agnew Family of Lochnaw, GD154/505–534, Irish estate at Kilwaughter, County Antrim, 1636–1712Rot. Glasgow—No link
—Scotland, "Statutory Registers - Deaths" database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople () : viewed 30 Dec 2025) Amelia Wilson or Glasgow, F, age 87, mother's MS L'Aborde, 1867, Ardrossan New; citing Reference Number: 576 / 2 / 47: Amelia Wilson, widow of Andrew Wilson, Land ProprietorAmelia (Glasgow) Wilson—Original ↗
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