Introduction - Cess book for the County of Lanarkshire,
1724-1725
The Commissioners of Supply were a forerunner of
the County Council, establised in the late 17th century
to collect the cess - a land tax -although they later
acquired a number of responsibilities and functions.The
Commissioners were a committee of landowners who would
appoint a Collector of Supply with responsibility
for overseeing the gathering of the tax. In 1722 James
Hamilton - the creator of this document - was appointed
Collector of Supply for Lanarkshire.
This volume is one of a number which came to light
in 1998 in the cupboard of a former Education Resource
Centre, where they had lain in brown paper parcels
since being gifted to Lanark County Council by Lord
Hamilton of Dalziel in 1941. The minutes of Lanarkshire
Commissioners of Supply were already preserved with
the County archive at Glasgow City Archives (reference
CO1/1), but the cess books give a range of detail
on land ownership across the whole of Lanarkshire.
Arranged by parish, individual farms and properties
are listed with their valuations.
Contents
The volume consist of a total of 248
pages though only 124 images are displayed in the
'Virtual Vault'. Both sides of the page were originally
imaged but only the left hand side of these pages
is displayed here. This is because the left hand side
contains the most important information - property
and valuation information - whilst the right hand
side contains a record of when the payment was made.
To see an example of a right hand side page, click
here.
Click on any of the following to take
you to a particular parish in the volume. Alternatively,
start at page
1 and work your way through the volume. Please
note that these images are large (approx 150-200k)
and may take some time to download.
Contents (Page
+ Parish)
1.
Dalserf
3.
Stonehouse
5.
Glassford
7.
Avondale & Hamilton
9.
Hamilton
13.
Blantyre
17.
Kilbride
29.
Carmunnock
35.
Govan
37.
Barony
47.
Calder
51.
Old Monkland
61.
Shotts
69.
Bothwell
71.
Bothwell Town
75.
Dalziel
77.
Cambusnethan
79.
Carluke
85.
Lanark
92.
Carstairs
98.
Carnwath
100.
Dunsyre, Walston & Dolphinton
102.
Biggar
104.
Coulter, Lamington & Crawford
108.
Crawfordjohn
110.
Roberton, Wiston, Symington & Thankerton
112.
Thankerton, Covington & Pettinain
114.
Carmichael & Douglas
116.
Lesmahagow
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