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Polbeth (lands)

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Regional overview:
Mines in the Polbeth area

Including the farms of Mossend and Cloverfordsykes. Lease by Young's Co. from John Young's trustees 1925-

Annotation on 1870's plan

Land owned by Young Esq. - Minerals let to Young's Oil Co.

Archive records

Leasee Owner Start date of lease End date of lease Full record
Young's PL&MO Co. Ltd. John Young 1893 1924 215852 (page 1560
Young's PL&MO Co. Ltd John Young's trustees 1925 1956 213942, 1 of 6
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  • Related file records
    • 217167 - Disposition by the Trustees of the late John Young in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. Dated 1949. - Disposition by the Trustees of the late John Young in favour of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited; relating to 7.703 acres part of Polbeth Estate; dated 1949. Includes a plan of Polbeth Estate with the relevant area highlighted in red, and dated 1948.
    • 195524 - Lease between John Young Esquire of Addiewell and Polbeth and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited - Lease between John Young Esquire of Addiewell and Polbeth and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited re lands in Addiewell and Polbeth. Hand written with signatures. Dated from Martinmas 1903 . Hand written with signatures. Includes plan showing lands. Scale 1" to 1000'.
    • 195441 - Copy Lease between Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited and John Gilmour Young - Copy Lease between Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited and John Gilmour Young re piece of land as described in the document. Dated February 1909, the document leases a piece of land near the West Calder Burn and the shale heap of the No. 10 Pit for agricultural and market gardening purposes only for fourteen years from the term of Martinmas 1908, for the sum of £1/15/- per annum.
    • 143496 - Lease between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. - Lease between the Trustees of the late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited, of Addiewell, Auchenhard and Polbeth, dated 1929. Details the sums of money to be paid by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited to the Trustees of the late John Young for leasing the Farms of Addiewell, Auchenhard, Polbeth and the lands of Mossend and Cloverfordsykes and states the various points that have to be clarified regarding the working of the land. Contains Letters- 1. Letter from Maclay, Murray & Spens to Young’s Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited dated 20th March 1953 2. Letter from Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited to Maclay, Murray & Spens dated 1st April 1953 requesting the return of lease signed for Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited by Secretary R. Y. Gilchrist Contains two plans- 1. Plan No 1 The land highlighted in pink is Auchinhard with the blue area being Addiewell. Scale is 1inch to 1000ft. 2. Plan No2 Plan showing the lands of Mossend, Gavieside and Polbeth with additional notes in pencil showing to additional fields sold in 1936. Scale is 1inch to 1000ft. 3. Polbeth Farm 'Rates per Acre for Land resumed' plus plan with acreage noted on each area. Scale is 6 inches to 1 mile. Rates per acre range from 16 Shillings to 30 Shillings.
    • 129021 - Let of piece of ground on Polbeth Farm for garden to Samuel R. Short from Young's Paraffin Oil Company. - Samuel R. Short, Nursery Bank, West Calder: Let of piece of ground on Polbeth Farm, adjacent to Nursery Bank, for garden from Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd, dated 30th November, 1942. Includes plan of the area, scale 40"to 1 mile.
    • 143451 - Young's - John Young - Decree & Arbitral by George H. Geddes in Reference between late John Young of Addiewell and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited concerning lease of coal and shale under his lands at Polbeth, West Calder and Edinburgh. Dated 18th March 1895. Hand written with signatures. Hole in document where presumably stamp would be. Includes plan showing land occupied and damaged by Young's Paraffin Light Co. on the Polbeth estate dated Septemebr 1893, scale 3/4" to 100'.
    • 129004 - Indemnification by William Watt against any loss by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited. - Indemnification by William Watt of Whitesykes Farm against any loss which we (i.e. Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited) may sustain through the sub-letting of Polbeth Farm to his two sons, Norman and James, dated 20th November, 1926. Signed by William Watt and two witnesses; George McCallum, Locomotive Foreman, Muirhall Mains, West Calder and David Thomson, Farmer, Rusha Farm, West Calder.
    • 129016 - Sub-Let agreement between Young's Paraffin Light Company and Thomas Dickson - Thomas S. Dickson, Nursery Bank, West Calder: Let of .80 acre ground and .670 acre at Nursery Bank, near West Calder and opposite Mossend houses, for Cultivation, Poultry etc. Includes plans of the area. Dated 12th October/November 1942. All documents signed by R. W. Meikle, Secretary of Young's Paraffin Light Company Limited.

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