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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042923
Shelfmark:
RHP20595
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
Plan Lands of Hieteun beonging to the Merchant Maiden Hospital and of Spylaw belonging to George Watsons Hospital
Creator:
Anonymous
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
George Watson's Hospital (estab. 1741)
Creator Role:
Landowner
Creator:
Merchant Maiden Hospital (estab. 1605)
Creator Role:
Landowner
Date:
1741-1799
Description:
This map shows the lands around the village of Heiton, south of Kelso, Roxburghshire, which were owned by the two Edinburgh schools Merchant Maiden Hospital and George Watson's Hospital. The Merchant Maiden Hospital was the first school for girls founded in Edinburgh in 1605. George Watson's College for boys was founded as a charitable hospital in 1741 by the Merchant Company, from the bequest of a successful Edinburgh merchant and financier, George Watson. The map is drawn on parchment, and the different fields are coloured and their boundaries outlined in colour. Their acreage is also written on them, as well as an identifying number, which relates to the table in the bottom left hand corner. That table indicates the acreage owned by each school, the kind of land and its use. The farms situated on the two properties are also shown as red squares, with their names. Many of these names still exist on the modern map. The boundaries shared with neighbouring landowners are shown, and the names of the landowners given. The village of 'Heitoun' is marked in yellow, as are the roads, which are labelled, the main ones being those to Newcastle, in England, to the neighbouring towns of Jedburgh and Hawick, and to Kelso itself. In the bottom right hand corner, a small section of the loop in the River Tweed is shown, with 'Kelso Bridge' crossing it, and one or two neighbouring houses.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
63.8 x 75.5cm (2' 1 1/8" x 2' 5 3/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Hand coloured
Subject Place:
Heiton
Subject Place:
Kelso
Subject Place:
Roxburgh Castle
Subject Place:
Roxburghshire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Tweed River
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
101108412
Repro Title:
Plan Lands of Hieteun beonging to the Merchant Maiden Hospital and of Spylaw belonging to George Watsons Hospital [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
6005 x 6405
Repro ID Number:
0042923c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002555
Repro Capture Date:
01/03/2001

Plan Lands of Hieteun beonging to the Merchant Maiden Hospital and of Spylaw belonging to ...

Plan Lands of Hieteun beonging to the Merchant Maiden Hospital and of Spylaw belonging to George Watsons Hospital [1 of 1]