OS1/21/11/79

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SCHOOL [Yieldshields] School Hector McLeam Esq.
Rev[eren]d John Wylie
J.L. Stewart Esq.
019.14 A Private adventure School built
by Voluntary Contributions with a
teachers residence attached whose
salary is derived from the school
fees. average No. of Scholars (Male
50. Female 48 Total) 98.
YIELDSHIELDS Yuildshields
Yieldshields
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Zuilshiels
Zuildshields
Yuilshiels
Yuildshields
Hector McLean Esq: (Factor)
Rev[eren]d John Wylie
Daniel Rankin Esq.
J.L. Stewart Esq.
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire


Charters from 1642 to the latest granted
019.14 A small hamlet situated
near the centre of Carluke
Parish. the most of the
houses are 1 storey & thatched
it has a school and its
population amounts to about
100. - the proprietors in the
village hold their lands
by Charters granted
by the Lockhart family

The Roman Road passed
through the village and
its course can be still
faintly traced (at intervals)
through some of the adjacent
fields.

Transcriber's notes

The name Yuildshields is attributed to Hector McLean with Yieldshields to the other 3 named Authorities
The 4 more obscure variants are derived from the Charters referred to.
See also OS1/21/1/135 & 136 for further information on these variants.

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Ian Muirhead

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