Horse Tax 1797-98 Andrew Steele, Glenside, 2 horses.
Location 55 28 01N, 4 18 47W
Rented Lands - Barony of Auchinleck p216*
Glenside or Glensyde was let to Robert Smith, who also rented an Inclosure for hay, in 1784 and 1789 and to Archibald Steele in 1789 and 1791.
This was discovered amongst the Boswell Papers, transcribed, and illustrates the difficulties that a tenant farmer could sometimes be unable to avoid.
Robt. Smiths Obligation anont a road from the Erale of Dumfrieses Gate thoro his Posession. 1774
I Robert Smith in Glensyde considering that the Eral of Dumfries has applied to me for liberty to carry a road from his gate thoro my ground to the church road and to further I have acquainted Lord Auchinleck my master of this and he has ensignified to me that he is unwilling to agree to this proposal I being being resolved to grant ofip Lord Auchinleck in order to prevent all further solicitations from the said Eral hereby oblige me to grant no liberty to the said Eral but to concord with Lord Auchinleck in opposing any such attempts and authorise him if he thinks proper to use my name in that opposition and this I oblige me not to resist under the penalty of one hand appraised hereby in persons wrote by James Bruce gardener at Auchinleckare subscribed by me at Auchinleck this twenty sevend of April seventeen hundred and seventy four before these witnesses
Richard Toward servant to Lord Auchinleck and James Bruce writer hereof…..
Signatures followed.
Valuation Roll: 1855 owner Sir James Boswell, tenant Jacob Smith. 1865 owner Lady Boswell, tenant William Smith. 1920 owner Marquis of Bute, tenant Thomas Baird and from 1930 tenant Gilbert Baird.
Janet Smith b1846 Glenside, d 1919 Muir, Cumnock ( Mrs James Murray )
The Jameel House of Traditional Arts and Building Skills is now on the site of Glenside Farm
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
p316
Glenside in 1691.
-1761 Auchinleck Estate - James Smith
Auchinleck Estate - Margaret Peden
1774 Auchinleck Estate - Robert Smith (son)
c1820 Auchinleck Estate - James Smith (1768-1834)
-1856 Auchinleck Estate - Jacob Smith (1805-1856)
1875 -1912 Auchinleck Estate - William Smith (1843-1930)
1912 - Watson
1925 -1929 Dumfries House Estate - Thomas Baird
1934-c1961 Dumfries House Estate - Gilbert Baird
1987 -2005 Dumfries House Estate - John Kirkland
-2013 Dumfries House Estate - Morrisons -
(Andrew Robinson (1968 - )
2013-2015 Dumfries House Estate - Morrisons
The 1851 census shows Jacob Smith 46 farmer of 188 acres employing 2 men & 1 boy along with his wife Janet 45 (Osborne), son William 8, daughters Margaret 6 and Janet 4, 2 male farm servants, 3 female house servants and a family of Irish vagrants.
The 1861 census shows Janet Smith a 55yr old widow farming 280 acres employing 2 men and 2 boys assisted by her son William 18, daughters Margaret 16 & Janet 15, 2 female domestic servants and 2 male domestic servants.
The 1871 census shows Janet 66 and her unmarried son William 28 farming 208 acres arable employing 2 men, 2 women and 1 boy. Also living there are her 2 nieces Margaret & Mary Osbourne working as domestic servants, nephew Jacob S Findlay 11, 1 male farm servant, 1 herd boy and 1 female general servant.
1881 census shows William Smith 38 and his wife Jane 33 (Samson). Janet Smith 77, William's mother is also living at Glenside
The farm is 218 acres arable employing 1 man, 2 girls and 2 boys. The employees live in.
The farm is 218 acres arable employing 1 man, 2 girls and 2 boys. The employees live in.
The 1891 census shows William Smith 48 farming with his wife Jane 43, their daughters Janet 8 & Margaret 4, 3 male farm servants and 3 female general servants.
The 1901 census shows William Smith 58 farming with his wife Jeanie 53. daughters Janet 18 & Maggie 14, 1 female domestic servant and 2 male farm servants.
Burial - Auchinleck Cemetery Lair Ref: 225
Er William Smith 16/4/1930 87 IMO Fa: Jacob d Glenside 21/10/1856 51 Mo: Jan Osbourne 29/5/1885 82, wife Jane Samson 30/7/1923 75, dtr Elizabeth 13/12/1885 10 months.
Janet Smith b1846 Glenside, d 1919 Muir, Cumnock ( Mrs James Murray )
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| Glenside Farm, top left corner , from " The Cumnock Area -Photopack Five " school booklet, 1975
Glenside (shown as Glenside, Hapland and Woodside) is shown on the Valuation Roll as owned by Lady Boswell and tenanted by William Smith from 1865 to 1905. From 1920 it is owned by the Marquess of Bute and tenanted by Thomas Baird and in 1930 and 1935 as tenanted by Gilbert Baird.  John Kirkland holding the can and brother Jim Kirkland. Going to feed the dogs for the people who stayed in Roseburn at the time.  Jim Kirkland on the right |
10/8/1933 Kilmarnock Herald & North Ayrshire Gazette
* The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb,
Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate
Edited by Nellie Pottle Hankins and John Strawhorn
Edinburgh University Press and Yale University Press 1998
