Deeds and legal papers relating to land in and around Kirkintilloch, 1528-1911.
Title Deeds and Papers Found in Westermains, Kirkintilloch
This material is held atEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch
- Reference
- GB 1015 GD85
- Dates of Creation
- 1528-1911
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Scots Latin
- Physical Description
- 44 items [0.2m]
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Accession 1979/2, 2004/1.
Archivist's Note
Catalogued by Andrew Jackson, 1980. Collection level description compiled by Sarah Chubb, Archivist/Records Officer, June 2003. Added GD85/1/42 from Acc 2015/25 deposit, Janice Miller, Archivist, April 2020
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright: Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements
Custodial History
Little is know about the early owners and occupiers of the farm at Westermains. The farm was probably originally a farm of the castle at the Peel (now Peel Park), and is mentioned in a charter of 1670 confirming the granting of a burgh to the Earl of Wigtown in an earlier charter. In 1855 Westermains was owned by Mr Wotherspoon and occupied by James Barrie. By 1865 the owner was Alexander B Freeland, and the tenant was John Mitchell, who was later superseded by Robert Mitchell. The trustees of Alexander Freeland owned the property until c1914, when James Fraser of Thistle Bank, Kirkintilloch, bought the farm, and the Fraser family continued to live there for many decades.