Photocopied article from Tocher about Donald Sinclair of Balephuil.
Article about Donald Sinclair of Balephuil, 1885-1975 with transcripts of recordings made by Eric Cregeen.
1998.179.1
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Dates: 1890s
1998.173.1
Photocopied extract from book `Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1842-1900` edited by Rev William Ewing, D.D., Vol I: pp 160, 234, 248, Vol II: pp 121-123.
Biographical information about Free Church ministers who served Tiree.
1998.173.6
Photocopied extracts of census summaries for 1821-1891.
Census summaries for Tiree 1821-1891.
1998.170.7
Photocopied letter dated 14/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Balevullin crofters.
Letter dated 14/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Balevullin crofters complaining about the conditions and regulations attached to leases..
1998.170.8
Photocopied letter dated 18/9/1893 to the County Clerk from fisherman Colin MacDonald of Balephuil.
Letter dated 18/9/1893 to the County Clerk from fisherman Colin MacDonald of Balephuil requesting 6 acres of land to rent in Hynish..
1998.170.9
Photocopied letter dated 9/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Tiree cottars.
Letter dated 9/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Tiree cottars looking for land to rent in Hynish under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892.
1998.170.10
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.
1998.170.11
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.
1998.170.13
Photocopied petition (undated) to the County Clerk from a group of Tiree residents.
Undated petition to Argyll County Council from a group of residents of Scarinish, Heanish and Baugh, all wanting to rent land under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892.
1998.170.15
Photocopied petition dated 3/3/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of Balephuil cottars.
Petition dated 3/3/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of cottars from Balephuil who want to rent land under the Small Holdings Scotland Act of 1892..