Digitised copy of State of account of the farm of Heylipol in Tiree. Contains a ‘Stated Acco[un]t of the Farming of one half of Heylipoll 20 Mail Land for Crops 1765 & 1766 the Victual being an after hand payment’.
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From the archives of the Dukes of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Digitised copy of Receipts for salaries, stipends etc, 1765. Contains receipts for sums paid and received by various individuals including: Ferqd McIlmun (ground officer, Tiree), Donald Campbell (bailie), Mr Thomas Kerr (schoolmaster, Tiree), Archibald Campbell (Heylipol), Hector McLean (minister, Coll), Donald Campbell (factor), Cha[rles] Campbell (minister, Tiree), Hugh McDonald (under officer, Tiree), Walter Nicoll (collector [of] tax), Jo[hn] Campbell (factor for the Synod of Argyll), Donald Campbell (Chamberlain, Tiree), Mr Campbell (Succoch), Murich McVurrich (Tiergan, Ross of Mull). One receipt references window tax for the Duke’s house in Tiree.
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Digitised copy of State of the difference between the Tiree rental 1757 and the Tiree rental 1758. This record contains a table showing the differences in rent for farms at Kilmoluaig and Beist, Balivilline [Balevullin], Cornaigmore, Cornaigbeg, Ruaig, Kirkapol, Hianish, Vaul, ¾ of Kelis [Caolas], Baugh, Heylipol, Balinoe and Quiyeish [Hynish].
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Digitised copy of Account of debursements for finishing the Duke of Argyll’s house in Tiree, 1753. Showing the amounts paid to various people by Donald Campbell, the Duke’s factor on Tiree. There is no transcript available for this item.
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Pamphlet for the Seirbhis Ghaidhlig/Gaelic Service held at Eaglais na Mointich/Heylipol Church on 27 July 1986, to commemorate 100 years of the Crofters Act and crofting on Tiree. Hymn 1 was written by a local man from The Land who composed it after waking on the Moss sliabh/moor after a heavy drinking session.
Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging Margaret Campbell or MacFarlane (widow, Balinoe) with assault and breach of peace in July 1873. Margaret Campbell is accused of attacking and assaulting Angus MacDonald (labourer, Moss) with iron tongs, and with using threatening language towards Angus MacDonald and John MacFadyen (labourer, Balemartine) and Hector MacDonald (joiner or cartwright, Heylipol).
Angus MacDonald, Hector MacDonald and John MacFadyen are named as witnesses and provide statements.
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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.
Softback book ‘Forgotten Greens’ by Harry Ward, 2019, about the abandoned golf courses of Scotland. Tiree’s golf courses at Balinoe, Cornaigmore, Heylipol, Kirkapol, Scarinish and Vaul are included on pages 111-112. Signed for An Iodhlann by the author.
Colour photograph of children and teacher at Heylipol School in around 1965/66. L-R top: Gordon Bucher, William Weston, Duncan McLean. L-R middle: Betty Weston, Dollaidh Cameron (teacher), Anne Sinclair, Anne MacArthur, Lorelei MacLennan (the factor’s daughter), June Weston, Janet MacArthur, Effie Mackinnon. L-R front: Christine Mackinnon, Ian Mackinnon, Anne Bucher, Charles Bucher, Richard Maxwell, Christine Maxwell.
Handwritten letter dated 1978 from Rev Hector Macpherson, The Manse, Parish of Tiree and Coll, to Colin MacPhail (1895-1988), Crossapol, thanking him for taking a forthcoming church service at Heylipol. Mrs Vivienne Johnston is mentioned as the organist.
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Photographs of three items belonging to the descendants of island factor Hugh MacDiarmid (1846-1928), who lived at Island House, Heylipol, during 1876-1928.
an Entada phasaeoloides ‘sea-bean’ found on the beach by the factor’s daughter, Meta MacDiarmid, and made into a pendant for her (possibly by her fiance).
a brass plaque from a wooden box of silver plated cutlery presented by people of Tiree to Meta on her marriage.
a coffee or chocolate pot presented by the Duke of Argyll to Hugh MacDiarmid in 1906, probably on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
a gold brooch given to Meta by her Godmother, Lady Frances Balfour. It was stolen from their home in Malaya and later found by one of the servants in a local market. The pearls are thought to be Scottish.
