Sasines - Abridgement
| Ref | Abridgement | In Brief | Registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879.03984 | Bond £6000 & disp by William Berry, Tayfield, consent of his curators, to Mar Con Trs his father John Berry, now deceased, & Margaret Higgins Burn Murdoch / Berry of lands & estate of Tayfield comprehending the Tenandry of Tayfield (formerly Inverdovat) which comprehends (1) the lands of Inverdovat & Plewlands, the lands of Inverdovat sometime belonging to David Balfour, lands called Leighton's Lands, Mills of Seamills, the Bank of Inverdovat, the lands of Newport with the piers or harbours etc; and which lands & estate of Tayfield comprehend also (2) parts of the lands commonly called Causewayhead comprehending the lands called Pluck-the-Crow, pts of the barony & lands of Inverdovat commonly designed as follows: Causewayhead & Laverocklaw, Den of St Foord, Craighead, Fishhouse Lands, 6 Rigs of lands on the E side of Newport above the Boatmen's houses and yards, the house, lands & garden sometime possessed by David Webster, the lands of Waterston Crook, the lands & others sometime possessed by John Paton, the houses & gardens immediately to the E of Newport sometime possessed by William Feathers & George Scott, the lands called the Holls, & Pluck-the-Crow with the salmon & other fishings ... [as in 1872.01306] | loan by Trs Mar Con John Berry & Margaret Higgins Burn Murdoch / Berry to William Berry | 27 Jan 1879 |
| Plots: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | Causewayhead | Justfield, The Holes | + 2 rigs of land | Chesterhill (present-day) | view plot details | |
| 210 | Inverdovat | parts of Tenandry | view plot details | |||
| 211 | Inverdovat (later Tayfield) | whole Tenandry | later called Tenandry of Tayfield | view plot details | ||
| 283 | Inverdovat | Laverocklaw / Fluirs of Inverdovat | view plot details |
| Names: | |
|---|---|
| 1879.03984 | Berry, Tayfield |
| 1879.03984 | Murdoch, Margaret Higgins Burn |
Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon; t/p - turnpike; dw - dwelling; ho - house; pt - part; pce - piece; grnd - ground; bldg - building; Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees; dec - deceased; ... - words omitted; pol - poles; yd - square yards; : - bounded; rd - road; ' - feet; " - inches;
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