Scottish shale Scottish shale

Hermand (lands)

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian

Including Binniehill

Annotation on 1870's plan

Land owned by Maitland Esq. - Minerals let to Thomas and James Thornton

Archive Records

Leasee Owner Start date End date Full record
Young's PL&MO Co. Ltd. R. Thornton's trustees 1916 1947 213942, 1 of 6
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  • Related file records
    • 195309 - Lease between Robert Thornton and Others and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited of Shale and Coal lying under the lands of [...] - Lease between Robert Thornton and Others and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited of Shale and Coal lying under the lands of Hermand and Birniehill West Calder. The Lease is dated 28 March and 2 & 5 May 1917 and signed by Sir Thomas Mason and Hugh Brown, Directors Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and for the other party by Robert Thornton, James Waddell Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Jeanie Thornton and Mary Thornton or Stevens. There is an Ordnace Survey Plan attached : Edinburghshire Sheet X1, N. W. Linlithgowshire Part of Sheet X11 Second Edition 1909. This Plan has been signed by Sir Thomas Mason and Hugh Brown, Directors Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and for the other party by Robert Thornton, James Waddell Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Jeanie Thornton and Mary Thornton or Stevens. The workings are outlined in Red and the Area excluded from the workings shown at letter B and coloured Blue. The Scale is shown as Six Inches to One Statute Mile or 800 Feet to One Inch 1/10560. Attached inside is a copy letter of 2nd July 1940 relating to legal opinion as to whether the lease should be assigned to the Oakbank Oil Company Limited. There is also a Minute of Agreement annexed to Lease and a plan attached (undated) titled "No.26 Mine Polbeth Workings approaching reserved areas on Hermand Estate". The workings are outlined in red and the scale is shown in feet as 1"=100feet. The Minute of Agreement and Plan have been signed by Sir John Traill Cargill, Baronet and William Fraser, Directors Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and for the other party by Robert Thornton, James Waddell Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Jeanie Thornton and Mary Thornton or Stevens and Thomas Thornton.
    • 143459 - Minute of Agreement to be annexed to Lease between Robert Thornton & Others and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. - Minute of Agreement to be annexed to Lease between Robert Thornton & Others and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited 22nd July 1922; Minute of Agreement between the Proprietors of Hermand and Birniehill and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. Dated 26th, 28th, 29th and 31st December 1938.; Lease between the Trustees of Mrs. Mary Thornton or Stevens and Others and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, of shale under the lands of Hermand and Birniehill . Dated 19th November 1955. Map attached showing area, scale 1" to 100'. Also correspondence concerning said leases.
    • LVSAV2017.021 - Document - inventory, G.F.Maitland of Hermand - The Testament Testamentar of Amqubile of George Fergusson Maitland of Hermand in the County of Edinburgh dated 1877.

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