aka Longholm
Location 55 28 01N, 4 21 48W on the banks of the river Lugar opposite Ochiltree
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| Feb 2021 Kay McMeekin |
1917 butter making competition
A dwellinghouse with offices attached the property of Sir James Boswell occupied at present by Mungo Lennox
Barony of Auchinleck - Rented Lands*
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Longholm or Langholm was let to William Lennox, who also rented Broomholm in 1784 and 1791 and to Mungo Lennox in 1796
* 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
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
p48 - was shown on old map as Over Hoom
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Latterly included Loganston. New farmhouse erected in 1887. 150 acres in 1981.
-1748 Auchinleck Estate - William Templeton
1748-1774 Auchinleck Estate - William Lennox
1839-1875 Auchinleck Estate - Mungo Lennox
1899-1920 Auchinleck Estate - John Jamieson JP (1856-1940)
1920- Auchinleck Estate - Mrs Jamieson
1925-1941 Auchinleck Estate - Mungo L Jamieson
-1981 Richmond Douglas
1981-2015 George Templeton of Knowe
Auchinleck OPRs
Whelhilmina Lennox formerly residing in Langholm was buried 28/3/1833. Hearse used.
The 1851 census shows Mungo Lennox 79 farmer of 70 acres wife Wilhelmina (Reid) son Mungo a granddaughter a female servant and a farm labourer/ Mungo died in 1855 and son Mungo took over.
The 1861 census for Longholm shows Mungo Lennox 58 farmer of 110 acres assisted by his niece 34yrs old Wilhelmina Jamieson working as his housekeeper. Wilhelmina Jamieson 8yrs and John Jamieson 5yrs are also living there.
The 1871 census shows Mungo Lennox 68 farming Longholm with his niece Wilhelmina Jamieson 46 still there as housekeeper, his great-nephew John Jamieson 15 working as a farm servant and great niece Wilhelmina Jamieson 17yrs employed as a dairymaid.
1881 census has Mungo Lennox 78 farming 100 acres arable employing 2 men and 3 women. Wilhelmina Jamieson 47 is his housekeeper and niece, and great niece Wilhelmina Jamieson 26 is dairymaid. They also have a domestic, Agnes Gibson 16.
1881 census has Mungo Lennox 78 farming 100 acres arable employing 2 men and 3 women. Wilhelmina Jamieson 47 is his housekeeper and niece, and great niece Wilhelmina Jamieson 26 is dairymaid. They also have a domestic, Agnes Gibson 16.
The 1891 census shows that Langholm is now being farmed by John Jamieson 35 and his wife Bella B. (Brown) 30 and their children Mungo L. 10, Annie D. 8, and Wilhelmina G. 4. They also employ 1 female domestic servant and Andrew Jamieson 13 who is a servant.
The 1901 census shows Langholm still being farmed by John Jamieson 45 assisted by his wife Isabella 46, son Mungo L. 20, dtr Wilhelmina G. 14, dtr Jeanie B. 8, dtr Isabella B.B., 1 dairymaid and 1 female general servant.
Auchinleck Cemetery Lair Ref: 229
Er John Jamieson d Burnock Street, Ochiltree 1/2/1940 84 IAR of Annie d Langholm 9/5/1899 17, wife Isabella Brown d Langholm 18/8/1917 56, IRO Mungo Lennox, farmer, d Langholm 15/3/1899 86 (w Wilhelmina Gibson d Langholm 13/11/1906 82, sis Wilhelmina Jamieson d Langholm 27/12/1906 53)
Valuation Roll
Valuation Roll
1855 prop. Sir James Boswell, tenant Mungo Lennox. 1875 prop. Lady Boswell. 1895 tenant John Jamieson. 1925 - 1940 prop. Col J D Boswell, tenant Mungo Jamieson.
