Map of proposed small holdings, Hough, 1913
Map of Hough drawn-up in 1913 to show areas to be divided into small holdings and common grazings, and an enlargement of holding for John Kennedy, as part of the Land Settlement Schemes.
© National Archives of Scotland
Plan of a small holding at Hynish, 1916
Map of Hynish drawn up in 1916 to show proposed subdivision of land into crofts as part of the Land Settlement Scheme.
© National Archives of Scotland
Map of Balephetrish showing proposed crofts, 1922
Map of Balephetrish drawn up in 1922 to show areas to be subdivided into crofts and common grazings as part of the Land Settlement Schemes, and a field on the shore at Crossapol Farm “for market stance”.
© National Archives of Scotland
Crofters Commission report 1904 about croft enlargements at Cornaigbeg, Kenovay and Balinoe.
Photocopied extracts from the Report by The Crofters Commision (1905) regarding applications by six crofters of Cornaigbeg and Kenovay to enlarge their land holdings into parts of Crossapol Farm tenanted by Thomas Barr, and applications by five crofters of Balinoe to extend their holdings into Heylipol Farm tenanted by Hugh MacDiarmid.
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Book `The Island Clans`, 1984
Softback book `The Island Clans During Six Centuries`. A history of the Norse occupation, of the military and domestic life, and of the folklore and traditions.
Photograph of Colin and Hugh MacFadyen, Caoles, 1953.
Black & white photograph of Colin MacFadyen and Hughie MacFadyen outside their house at Caoles in 1953. (original stored on CD in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Hugh MacFadyen at Caoles around 1950.
Black & white photograph of Hughie MacFadyen smoking his pipe on his croft at Caoles around 1950, with Gunna in the background. (original stored on CD in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Notes regarding audio recordings made on Tiree in 1972 and 1974
Two folders of handwritten notes made by Eric Cregeen while he was recording Tiree people speaking onto cassette tape during 1972 and 1974, plus a map of Balephuil, Balinoe and Barrapol annotated with the names of people living in each house. People recorded in notes: Donald Sinclair, Hector Kennedy – Balephuil, John Brown – Balephuil, John MacLean – Kilmoluaig, John MacLean – Cornaigbeg. Subjects covered include ancestry, Gaelic prose and songs, people living nearby, second sight, place names, shebeens, building construction, poverty, weather, schools, food, shops, water supplies, emigrants, rents, skeleton, confrontations, ferries and ships, literacy, crofts, Pairc na Coille, wars, Land Leagues, churches, illnesses.
Book `Recovering from the Clearances`, 2013
Softback book based on the proceedings of a conference held on the Isle of Lewis in 2012, about the long and difficult process of land recovery by the descendents of the dispossessed and recent developments in Community Ownership.
Includes ‘Preaching the Land Gospel: The Rev. Donald MacCallum (1849-1929) in Skye, Tiree and Lochs, Lewis’ by Donald E. Meek. (Pages 77-107)
Photograph of Hugh MacNeil (?) working outside Croft View, Balephuil, around 1950.
Black & white photograph of a man (possibly Hugh MacNeill) chopping up a wooden crate outside his house – Croft View – at Balephuil around 1950. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
