Heritors
Robertson also gave details of the ‘heritors’ (the landowners who appointed the minister and schoolteacher and set the rates to pay for them and the poor rate). The most important heritor was still (in 1845) the Duke of Hamilton but all the estates, big and small, were listed, with their area.
| Estate | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| (acre) | (m²) | |
| Cambuslang | 3507 | 14 190 000 |
| Westburn | 800 | 3 240 000 |
| Newton | 361 | 1 460 000 |
| Spittal | 203 | 822 000 |
| Moriston | 50 | 202 000 |
| Rosebank | 50 | 202 000 |
| Daviesholm | 50 | 202 000 |
| Hallside | 50 | 202 000 |
| Crookedshields | 50 | 202 000 |
| Caldergrove | 20 | 81 000 |
| Chapel | 5 | 20 000 |
| Letterick | 4 | 16 000 |
| Do. | 3 | 12 000 |
Not all these heritors lived in the Parish (for example the Parish Records indicate that the Duke was always represented by a minion), but Dr Robertson opines, "The number of families of independent fortune residing occasionally or permanently in the parish is about 5. There are about 7 fatuous persons and 2 blind." (Not among the heritors, one presumes.)
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