Photocopied report on the number of pupils in Tiree schools in 1862 and 1863 and the numbers taking each subject taught.
Report on the number of pupils in Tiree schools in 1862 and 1863 and the numbers of pupils in each school in 1863 taking reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, geography, Latin, Greek and geometry. (Bundle 1541)
De Havilland Rapide over Sandaig
Photograph of a de Havilland Rapide over Sandaig.
Courtesy of Mr Donald MacKinnon
The first commercial flights from Renfrew Airport began in 1933 to Campbeltown and Islay. The following year a 29 year old businessman, George Nicholson from County Durham, set up Northern and Scottish Airways to take over these routes and develop others.
In October 1935, Nicholson was flown by his chief pilot, David Barclay, on a reconnaissance trip to Tiree. Islanders were woken early as he flew for some time low over the island, landing at 6 a.m. on An Tràigh Mhòr, the beach at Gott Bay. In May 1936, Colin MacPhail was appointed Northern and Scottish Airways local manager.
On 1st July 1936 David Barclay flew the first commercial flight to Tiree via Islay and landed on the Reef in a De Havilland Rapide, a fabric-covered twin engine biplane that could carry eight passengers.
Black and white photograph of a de Havilland Rapide over Sandaig after World War II.
De Havilland Rapide over Sandaig after World War II. The `X` off shore on the right marks the spot where the Sturdy went down.
Newsletter of the Hebridean Trust, No. 6, Spring 2003.
Hebridean Trust newsletter for spring 2003 with articles about the Keepers` Cottages, Signalling Tower, Hynish Centre, Hynish harbour and Sandaig Museum.
Four postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson.
Four postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson – the Ringing Stone; Sandaig Museum; Hynish and the Signalling Tower; thatched house in Balevullin.
Photocopied petition dated 1893 to Argyll County Council from a group of Tiree cottars.
Petition dated 1893 to Argyll County Council from a group of cottars from Kilmoluaig, Balevullin, Sandaig, Kilkenneth, Moss, Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg, Kenovay and Barrapol, all wanting to rent land under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892.
1893 petition to the County Council
Transcription of a petition of 1893 to the County Clerk by Tiree cottars asking to benefit under the Small Holdings Act.
Courtesy of Argyll & Bute Archives
The Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act of 1886 introduced a new form of land tenure based on security of tenure, fair rents, and compensation for permanent improvements at the termination of a tenancy. The new Act only applied to holdings which were held on a yearly tenancy and whose annual rent did not exceed £30.
Cottars who had no crofts remained outside the political settlement until 1892 when the Small Holdings Act enabled County Councils to acquire suitable land ‘for the purpose of providing small holdings for persons who…will themselves cultivate the holdings.’
In 1893 forty-two cottars, most of whom were formerly in possession of crofts, petitioned the County Clerk William Sproat asserting the demand for small holdings on the island and claiming their right to benefit under the new Act.
Photocopied extract from book `Rambles in the Hebrdes` by Roger A. Redfern, pp 74-83.
Descriptions of walks and cycles around Tiree, including to the Ringing Stone, the Signalling Tower, Traigh Bhi and Kennavara, Sandaig and the Kilkenneth chapel.
Seven O/S maps with hand-drawn croft numbers and boundaries, 1977
Seven O/S maps with croft numbers and boundaries drawn in by donor`s sister, Mary Robertson: (1) sheet NL 93 NE Hynish and West Hynish, (2) sheet NL 94 NE Hough, Balevullin, Kilmoluaig, Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg and Kenovay and boundaries of Croish, Cornaigmore Farm and Kilmoluaig common grazing, (3) sheet NL 94 SE Moss, Barrapol, Balephuil, Balemartine, Balinoe, Heylipol and Crossapol and boundaries of Kilmoluaig common grazing, Barrapol Farm and Heylipol Farm, (4) sheet NL 94 NW Hough and Balevullin, (5) sheet NL 94 SW Middleton, Sandaig and Kilkenneth, (6) sheet NM 04 NW Balephetrish, Scarinish, Gott, Kirkapol and Vaul and boundaries of Scarinish Farm and Balephetrish special common, (7) sheet NM 04 SW Baugh and Scarinish.
Sepia prints of pen and ink drawings of Tiree by Norman R Hardy, 1984
Sepia-coloured pen and ink drawings of Balinoe, Balemartine and Sandaig Terrace on card by Norman R Hardy in 1984.
Black and white photograph taken outside Effie MacLeish`s house in Sandaig.
Outside Effie MacLeish`s house in Sandaig Terrace in the early 20th century. The woman is probably Effie`s aunt, Effie MacArthur, her father`s sister, after whom she was named.
