2021.53.58

Digitised copy of List of inhabitants in the island of Tiree, 1776.

In 1776 the Duke of Argyll directed his chamberlain in Tiree to undertake a census of the island. The census recorded the names and ages of inhabitants in each occupied dwelling in the island. The number of cows and horses owned is sometimes recorded, and whether or not they were well disposed towards the Duke of Argyll (e.g. ‘sober and honest’, ‘a good tenant’). There is no transcript for this item.

Click to view a record for this item on Inveraray’s online catalogue.

From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

Object Details

Other Number: GB 3452 ARG-04-03-65-58
Normal Location: Computer file: Desktop/Digital Documents
Current Location: normal location

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