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In our last post we revealed some of the Halloween customs detailed in the Statistical Accounts, including some spooky ghost stories. Although superstitious beliefs seem to have been receding during the late Eighteenth Century, there are nevertheless many accounts of another devilish figure in the accounts: the witch. Such stories give us a real insight into what people in the eighteenth century and earlier believed in and how they dealt with alleged witches. NSA, Vol. IV, 1845, p.421. Indeed, you can fi...

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More of Sinclair’s Questions Discovered » Statistical Accounts of Scotland

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More of Sinclair’s Questions Discovered. About the Statistical Accounts of Scotland service described how in May 1790, Sir John Sinclair wrote to every Church of Scotland Minister in each of the 938 parishes in Scotland with a list of 160 questions plus an addendum of 6 further questions. Sir John intended to use the responses to his very thorough range of questions to elucidate the Natural History and Political State of Scotland or the quantum of happiness of its people. Quickly; so that the state of th...

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This blog has been set up to accompany the Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online Service. We use it to share interesting aspects of the Accounts, how they came to be, how they can and are being used by researchers and historians today, and we will also be using the blog to let you know about key updates to the Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online Service. Just drop us a line. With a brief outline of your proposed topic, and we’ll get in touch to discuss it further. Your comments, questions or ideas.

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Helen Aiton » Statistical Accounts of Scotland

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The Working Lives of Ordinary Scots. I am a great fan of the thick descriptions of life in the 1790s contained in the drily-entitled First Statistical Account of Scotland. They contain surprisingly few statistics and are fantastic sources for glimpsing into the experiences of ordinary people. I thought I would find out how women were spending their time and energy in the eight Sutherland parishes near my home: Creich, Lairg, Rogart, Dornoch, Golspie, Clyne, Loth and Kildonan. We hope you have enjoyed thi...

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Lisa Otty » Statistical Accounts of Scotland

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When is a hill a hill? Mapping, occular inspection and the problem of standardisation in Robert Douglas’s General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. In October 1795, Sir John Sinclair asked Rev. Robert Douglas of Galashiels to assist the Board of Agriculture by updating and republishing the County Surveys of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. Sinclair had been frustrated at the eccentric diversity of styles employed by the various contributors to the first phase of the. So Ains...

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The Working Lives of Ordinary Scots » Statistical Accounts of Scotland

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The Working Lives of Ordinary Scots. I am a great fan of the thick descriptions of life in the 1790s contained in the drily-entitled First Statistical Account of Scotland. They contain surprisingly few statistics and are fantastic sources for glimpsing into the experiences of ordinary people. I thought I would find out how women were spending their time and energy in the eight Sutherland parishes near my home: Creich, Lairg, Rogart, Dornoch, Golspie, Clyne, Loth and Kildonan. We hope you have enjoyed thi...

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The GENES Blog: County Surveys of Great Britain 1793-1817 may be digitised

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The GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS): Top stories concerning ancestral research in Britain, Ireland, and their diasporas, from Irish born Scottish based professional family historian, author and tutor Chris Paton. Feel free to quote from this blog, but please credit The GENES Blog if you do so. To contact me please email chrismpaton @ outlook.com. Monday, 18 May 2015. County Surveys of Great Britain 1793-1817 may be digitised. Further details on the project can be accessed via a dedicated blog for ...

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‘The County Surveys 1793 – 1817: Exploring Considered Digitisation’ » Statistical Accounts of Scotland

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The County Surveys 1793 1817: Exploring Considered Digitisation’. General View…’. Series covered a much broader geographical area by focusing on the counties of Scotland, England and Wales. Then came. The General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances of Scotland. Published in 5 volumes in 1814 and, at the pinnacle of the pyramid, Sinclair’s. Published in one volume in 1817. This, as historian Heather Holmes explains. The County Surveys 1793 1817: Exploring Considered Digitisation’...

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Literacy, Religion and Popular Politics » Statistical Accounts of Scotland

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Literacy, Religion and Popular Politics. Presents a fascinating picture of eighteenth-century Scotland. It gives a rich and often detailed view of the working lives of ordinary people, and was of particular importance to my area of research which was concerned with the origins of eighteenth-century popular political consciousness and the relationship between Presbyterianism, literacy and political activity. Hence sources of information relating to occupations and social status were vital, and the. We hop...