Kilsyth Heritors' Minutes (transcripts) 1813-1844
North Lanarkshire Council Archives (UK1/4/1)

Introduction

Heritors were a parish body, usually made up of landowners, who were responsible for the upkeep of the parish church and manse, and the payment of the minister's stipend. They had responsibility for maintaining the parish school and paying for a schoolmaster. In addition to this, they were expected to make provision for the poor.

Meetings of Kilsyth Heritors took place at Kilsyth Church where parish matters were discussed and decisions made concerning necessary expenditure. However, in addition to this expenditure, it was not unusual for some of the heritors to provide additional money to those in the parish most in need. For example, Rev. William Burns, minister, in 1841 mentions the "private beneficence" of the main landowner, Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, and goes on to say, "The principal heritor now generally resides in the parish, though he has been two years absent in England: and the residence of such a landlord is a mighty blessing to the poor." (1)

(1) From the New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. 8

Contents
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Page	Contents
1	Valuation of Kilsyth, 1836
2	December 1813
6	February 1814
12	January 1815
21	January 1816
31	January 1817
42	January 1818
45	February 1819
62	February 1820
68	April 1821
73	January 1822
75	April 1823
79	January 1824
86	April 1825
90	April 1826
95	April 1827
98	April 1828
103	April 1829
110	May 1830
112	April 1831
117	February 1832
120	March 1833
125	April 1834
128	April 1835
132	April 1836
136	April 1837
139	May 1836
142	January 1838
148	January 1839
153	April 1840
160	April 1841
166	April 1842
173	February 1843
185	January 1844

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