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Main Place Details

Reference No.:
 PN004136
Building No.:
 
Building Name:
 
Location:
 
Town/Village:
 ROTHES.
Parish:
 ROTHES
More Details:
 

Ordance Survey Details

1st Edition OS Ref.:
 ELGINSHIRE SHEETS XVIII/14-15
2nd Edition OS Ref.:
 ELGINSHIRE SHEETS XVIII/14-15
3rd Edition OS Ref.:
 
4th Edition OS Ref.:
 NJ 27 48 AND NJ 27 49

Census 1841-1901 Details

Census 1841:
 
Census 1851:
 
Census 1861:
 
Census 1871:
 
Census 1881:
 
Census 1891:
 
Census 1901:
 

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper
Description
 Date
 Page/Column
AJ
notice by James, Earl of Findlater, of intention to feu town on Mains of Rothes
12/12/1763
4/2
AJ
let of 23 tenements in New Town by James, earl of Findlater
01/03/1790
1/3
MA
description of town
23/11/1859
4/6
COURIER
description of Rothes and district
20/03/1862
6/1-3
COURIER
description of Rothes and district
27/03/1862
6/1-2
COURIER
description of Rothes and district
03/04/1862
6/1-3
COURIER
description of Rothes and district
10/04/1862
6/1-3
COURANT
the Rothes wapinschaw
18/06/1877
3/5-6
COURANT
proposed annexing of Rothes parish
04/03/1880
3/6
COURANT
description of Rothes
15/03/1886
3/4
MNE
description of Rothes
26/07/1889
2/5-6
NS
allotments at Rothes
23/03/1894
4/6
COURANT
review of 1895
30/12/1895
8/1
NS
review of 1901
28/12/1901
3/2
NS
review of 1904
31/12/1904
3/2
COURANT
improvements in town; clearance of old properties & description of amenities
13/03/1931
3/5
COURANT
improvements carried out in 1932
30/12/1932
5/6
COURANT
aerial view of town
11/10/1935
 - 
COURANT
review of 1936
08/01/1937
6/4-5
COURANT
review of 1939
12/01/1940
8/2
COURANT
photograph of Rothes
11/02/1949
6/3-5
COURANT
wortbies of Rothes
30/11/1955
7/1-3
COURANT
history of town
10/08/1960
9/4-5
COURANT
description of Rothes
18/01/1961
9/4-5
COURANT
description of Rothes
25/01/1961
9/4-5
COURANT
description of Rothes
01/02/1961
9/4-5
COURANT
change of town's name to Rothes-on- Spey
13/09/1961
1/1-2
COURANT
sanitary inspector's report on burgh
02/12/1964
16/3-5
COURANT
official disapproval of change of town's name to Rothes-on-Spey
12/05/1965
1/4-5

Miscellaneous Articles

Date
Description
Reference
General
1860
description and history in "Speyside: its picturesque scenery and antiquities: with occasional notices of its geology and botany" by John Longmuir
L 941.223 SPE
1897
"Braefoot sketches" by J Mackinnon
L 941.223 ROT
2001
"Rothes 2001 and 'oor young days'"
L 941.223 ROT
C. 2010
general history & description of Rothes in "Rothes - places, streets & buildings" including extracts from Scran webste
LMisc564
1954
"Rothes past and present" by John R Gray
L 941.223 ROT
Photographs & Illustrations
1935
aerial view in "Moray life" p49
L 079
Plans & Maps
1911
OS map of Rothes and district
Map 698
1867
part of village of Rothes by P MacBey showing the mills and water course leading thereto [RHP 11834]
Map 419
1769
new town of Rothes and adjacent lands [RHP 9024]
Map 53
1790
new town of Rothes showing names of tenement holders [RHP 11820]
Map 360
1817
lands of Rothes by Peter Brown [RHP 11965]
Map 528
1817
draft plan of lands of Rothes owned by the Earl of Seafield [RHP 11833]
Map 362
1983
Rothes and district
Map 564
1790
new town of Rothes showing 23 additional tenements & details of tenement holders 1789-1795 [RHP 9025]
Map 311