NLS adds further estate maps and plans online

The National Library of Scotland has added further estate maps and plans to its online mapping platform at https://maps.nls.uk:

Manuscript estate maps of Scotland, 1730s-1920s

We have added 300 new estate plans of Scotland. These maps were hand-drawn or with manuscript annotations, and are primarily from the earlier era of estate mapping in Scotland in the 18th century. Most relate to particular landed estates, including Cadell of Grange in West Lothian, Gartmore in Stirlingshire, Johnston of Coubister in Orkney, Lynedoch in Perthshire, Minto in Roxburghshire, and Pitfirrane in Fife, with maps deposited as part of larger written collections held in our Manuscripts Department. These maps often show the detail of rural areas, and illustrate a variety of purposes: the division of common land, the planning of new roads, farming and woodland, coal mining, the creation of designed gardens and landscapes, planned villages, architectural reconstruction, and the reclamation of foreshore.

• View these maps with a graphic index of Scotland.
• Home page - estate plans of Scotland, 1730s-1950s
• View a table of specific map additions (ordered by county and parish)

New estate plans of Scotland, 1730s-1940s

We have added 145 new estate plans of Scotland online. Most of these maps were printed, and are from the later era of estate mapping in Scotland in the 19th century. These are often very detailed maps of rural areas which quantify land and resources. They show the acquisition and sale of land and estates, the feuing of land for building, legal cases settling disputes relating to fishing, mining, and roads, and various other planned rural developments. Many of these maps are folded, fragile or from special collections, that have only recently been possible to scan. We are working on earlier manuscript estate maps of Scotland, which will be added online soon.

• View these maps with a graphic index of Scotland.
• Home page - estate plans of Scotland, 1730s-1940s

For further releases this year visit https://maps.nls.uk/additions.html#87.

Chris

My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers course starts July 6th - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.