COLLECTION NAME:
              
                  Charting The Nation
                
                
              Record
                          
                      Work Record ID:
                    
                    
                        0042873
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Shelfmark:
                    
                    
                        GD124/10/471
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Holding Institution:
                    
                    
                        National Archives of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Title:
                    
                    
                        [Commission by Queen Anne to John Adair and others to appoint the town of Borrowstounness (Bo'ness) to be a port and to fix the bounds thereof]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Surveyor
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator:
                    
                    
                        Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b.1665, d.1714)
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Creator Role:
                    
                    
                        Author
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Date:
                    
                    
                        1710
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Description:
                    
                    
                        Notes that this assise 'did on the 2nd September instant repair to and meet at the sd toune of Borrowstonness ... [and] viewed, measured and considered of the situation of the said toun & the keyes & peers thereunto belonging'. It also gives bounds of the port and quay and pier measurements in detail.
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Work Type:
                    
                    
                        Manuscript text
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Material:
                    
                    
                        Paper
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Technique:
                    
                    
                        Pen and ink
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Borrowstounness Harbour
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Subject Place:
                    
                    
                        Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Rights Statement:
                    
                    
                        Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro File Type:
                    
                    
                        Derivative JPEG
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        21528064
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        5
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Title:
                    
                    
                        [Commission by Queen Anne to John Adair and others to appoint the town of Borrowstounness (Bo'ness) to be a port and to fix the bounds thereof] [05 of 39]
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
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                        3507 x 4003
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro ID Number:
                    
                    
                        0042873c-0004.tif
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Old ID Number:
                    
                    
                        00002426
                      
                      
                        
                      
                    
                      Repro Capture Date:
                    
                    
                        01/03/2001
                      
                      
                        
                      
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