OS1/21/11/79
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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 -------"--------- -------"---------- -------"---------- 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 AuthoritiesThe 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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