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The general aim of these documents is to provide others - teachers, family and localhistory researchers and anyone with an interest in the history of Kintyre and its immediatesurrounding area - with as much material as possible for them to understand what Kintyrewas and is about.It is inevitable in such an exercise that, from time to time, interests stray outside Kintyreitself, not least into the waters surrounding it and, that there is a 'historic relationship'with Kilberry and Knapdale, on the far side of West Loch Tarbert, the documents here,generally, rather than referring simply to Kintyre, consider the whole area 'south of TheCrinan Canal'. Tarbert itself, at the northern end of Kintyre, derives its name from the Gaeliccompounding of
tarruing
, to draw and
bata
, meaning boat. The variations of spelling areas numerous as the writers are ingenious ! In the oldest records it is Tarbart, then Tarbard. Later it is spelt discriminately as Terbert, Tarbert, Tarbett, Tarbet, Tarbatt, Tarbat, Torban, Tarbot, Tarbitt, Terbat, Turbet and too Terbart. Take your pick or phone afriend ? There was, though no date of its foundation can be traced, a shire of Tarbert whichincluded Kintyre, Gigha, Islay, Jura, Scarba, Colonsay and Mull plus the various andadjacent smaller islands. Rathlin Island also then reckoned to be within The Sheriffdom of Tarbert. On February 26, 1481, Knapdale too was made part of Tarbert-shire. Previously itwas part of Perth-shire !1
Eventually, on Friday, June 28, 1633, Tarbert-shire was amalgamated with the shire of Argyll - The last Tarbert-shire M.P., elected in September 1628, was Sir Lachlan M’Lean of Morvern. Tarbert’s famous fair appears in records at least as early as 1705. The first documents in these pages were uploaded at the end of January 2008 and in thefirst eight months of these various papers, lists and indexes going online, nearly 80,000"hits" were recorded on the document archives here and on various 'sub-listings' onscribd.com and, though there are no 'hit-counters' on the other related websites linkedhere, a 'proportionately similar number' of people may too have accessed their pages.
Scotland's very first road atlas, the original 1776 plates, first published in the yearof The American Revolution and coloured up and published, as here in 1792, theyear of The French Revolution.
The original, uncoloured, strip map of the road between Lochgilphead andCampbeltown, the map drawn 'Chinese style' with Campbeltown at the top andnotes about the old Kintyre Mail Routes and Droving Routes added.
The first ever map of the road from Greenock to Fairlie which traced its way downthe Spango Valley and then, via the old 'high roads' through Largs and on to Fairlie.
Priced at 12 shillings, George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's 1776-published "Surveyand Maps of The Roads of North Britain, or Scotland" was essentially Scotland's first'road atlas' - The maps h...
In October 1798, some French ships, sent to support an Irish uprising, came close inshoreto Kintyre, the crew of one ship landing to kill a few sheep for fresh meat - In a state of great alarm, a rider was despatched to Inveraray to bring troops to defend Kintyre from'invasion'.
In September 2009, art expert James Knox, a trustee of The National Galleries of Scotland,beat two English based dealers at auction and paid £7,500 for eight of the original fortyshields
Written just 40 years after the appearance of Henry Bell's "Comet", the first successfulseagoing steamship, this important manual covers everything necessary to know about thecontruction and operation.
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Given 'The 2005 Licensing (Scotland) Act', it makes sense to reflect on the effect of 'TheAct' of 150 years earlier, it said then that, both as regards to the requirements for shuttingup public houses
RICE OR CHOWL - KITCHEEREES - PELLOW OR POOLOO - CURRIES - GRAVY CURRIES -DOOPIAJAS - FORCEMEAT BALL CURRIES, OR COFTA-KA-CARREE - COUNTRY CAPTAIN...
This is the transatlantic wireless log of the Olympic for her westbound and eastboundcrossings as war was declared in the summer of 1914. Unfortunately, though this isnonetheless a fascinating
Well-written account of the action and inaction in Gallipoli, its seeming likenesscompared here to Kintyre.
An intriguing look at the local fishing fleet after WWII, the boats' owners, tonnages andrigs - sail, motor and auxilary - all listed.
An intriguing look at the local fishing fleet after WWII, the boats' owners, tonnages andrigs - sail, motor and auxilary - all listed
An interesting list of the properties and sale prices.
The days before drive-through ferries and quick turnarounds - Service frequenciesand fares.
Bellochantuy's Hunting Lodge Hotel was awarded the prestigious 'Whisky Bar of The Year'title in 2006, the, near 20-page long, list of whiskies should be of interest to anyonecurious about Scotland's liquors in all their varieties.
Part social history, part practioner's text book written from a 'Scotch', rather thanBritish or English, viewpoint - In the beginning, a short history of alcohol, duties andtaxes - In th...
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