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Title deeds, legal papers and correspondence.

(1-54) Title deeds, legal papers and correspondence. 1846-1902. Mainly relates to acquisition of land and property in Dundee and Perth by the North British Railway Co, but includes conveyance of land in Dundee by Dundee Town council to the Caledonian Railway Co, 1868 and papers relating to land behind Cupar Jail, 1846-1892. Also includes: (22) Plans [2] showing ground between Foundry Lane and East Dock Street, Dundee, property of the Joint Committee of the Caledonian and North British Railway Co, for the purpose of constructing new railway sidings. ["39"]. Surveyor: unknown. Scale approx. 1 in. to 40 ft. [1:480] 74 x 49 cm. Scale approx. 1 in. to 40 ft. [1:480] 76 x 55 cm.

Thornton Collection: Maps and Plans

Maps and plan, mainly of Dundee, Angus, Perthshire; subjects include property, railways, water supplies, harbours, River Tay, roads, estates, Ordnance Survey c.1771-1940. These plans were kept on behalf of their clients by Thomas Thornton, Son & Co in the course of their practice as solicitors.

Thomas Thornton, Son & Co

Thornton Castle, Laurencekirk: inventories and plans

Inventories and valuations of furniture etc., in Thornton Castle, Laurencekirk belonging to Mrs Thornton and Miss Scott and 13 plans of buildings belonging to the Thornton Estate surveyed by Northern Assurance Co Ltd. Thornton Castle, near Laurencekirk in the parish of Marykirk, Kincardineshire is known to date back to at least 1531. It was an ancient seat of the Strachan family. The property was acquired by Alexander Crombie, an advocate and land agent, in 1804, was considerably refurbished in the following years, and was later owned by Sir Thomas Thornton.

Thomas Thornton, Son & Co

The David Short Geography Collection

  • UR-SF 68
  • Collection
  • c 1990-2003
Research notes and other material belonging to David Short. Includes questionnaire on crime and its impact on rural Scotland, notes on and recordings of interviews, press cuttings and articles relating to crime, policing, rural planning and housing, migration and industrialisation. The records refer mainly to Scotland but there is also some material relating to Asia.

David Short

The David Short Geography Collection

Box 2 of 6 from the collection. 1. Completed "Movement patterns in and to urban Scotland" survey no 589-850 - Non-identifiable, c2000 2. Books of Postcodes in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1987 3. Uncompleted 'section A' of survey, n.d. 4. Bearsden and Milngavie street plan, 1999 5. Edinburgh street lists and maps, 2000 6. Stirling street lists and maps, 2000 7. "Migration Impacts in Rural England" surveys- Incomplete, n.d. 8. Delivery/collection of survey lists- Bearsden/Milngavie, 2000 9. Delivery/collection of survey lists- Dunfermline, 2000

The David Short Geography Collection

Box 5 of 6 from the collection 1. White "movement patterns in and to urban Scotland" surveys- only some completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 2. White and blue "movement patterns in and to urban Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 3. White "movement patterns in and to urban Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 4. White "movement patterns in and out of Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 5. White "movement patterns in and out of Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 6. White" movement patterns in and out of Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 7. White "movement patterns in and out of Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999 8. Blue, orange and white "movement patterns in and out of Scotland" surveys- mostly completed - Non-identifiable, c1999

The Building News, 5 October 1866 [p.661-666] containing on p.660 an article on the "gigantic ornamental chimney" erected by Cox Brothers at Lochee. The Australian Trading World, 12 August 1887 reprint of article on Messrs Cox Bros., Dundee, with illus...

The Building News, 5 October 1866 [p.661-666] containing on p.660 an article on the "gigantic ornamental chimney" erected by Cox Brothers at Lochee. The Australian Trading World, 12 August 1887 reprint of article on Messrs Cox Bros., Dundee, with illustration. [Another copy MS 66/II/4/5]. Letter, Wallasey, 21 February, 1939, Alfred C. Hargreaves to Jute Industries Ltd., enclosing an article on Cox Bros. from Great Industries of Great Britain, published by Cassell Petter & Mcalpin, 1878. [Not included].

Sidlaw Industries Ltd

Susan Gregory Oral History Community Spirit in 1960s Housing

  • MS 372
  • Collection
  • 2011
Oral history recordings, permission forms and transcripts created during Gregory's research for a history dissertation, during her 4th year as a student at Dundee University. The purpose of the research was to understand why perceived community spirit in the tenements altered in the new 1960s housing.

Susan Gregory

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