(click on the link to zoom in) Location OS 6 inch second edition. map shows West Heateth Little Heateth and Meikle Heateth
Was in Parish of Sorn
Farm Horse Tax Rolls 1797-98 Matthew Dalrymple Meikle Heateth 1 horse 2s
Rented Lands - Sorn Parish*
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Heiteth - acquired in 1730, was let to James Wilson in Laigh Clews in 1787 and 1790, though its house was then perhaps occupied by Alexander Lambie. It was let to Andrew Dalrymple, formerly in Dalsalloch West and Back Rogerton, in 1791.
* 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
Meikle Heateth, Sorn - A dwelling house with offices, garden and plantation adjoining the property of the Marquis of Bute. Now occupied by John Boswell.
The 1861 Census for Meikle Heateth, Sorn shows John Boswell 58 farming 120 acres assisted by his wife Helen 58 (Dunsmore), son William 23, son James 19, daughter Ann 16, 1 dairymaid and 1 male agricultural labourer.
N.B. John previously farmed Roundshaw, Sorn.
John died 7/3/1866
The 1871 census shows John Boswell 40 and unmarried farming 290 acres assisted by his unmarried brothers William 33 and James 30 who are farm servants and 2 female farm servants.
The 1881 census shows John Boswell now 50 and still unmarried farming 232 acres assisted by his brother William 41 who is a ploughman, 1 dairymaid and 1 female farm servant.
The 1891 census shows Meikle Heateth, Sorn now being farmed by John Boswell 60, brother Robert Boswell 58 and brother William Boswell 53 all farmers in joint tenancy and all unmarried. They have 1 female domestic servant.
The 1901 census for Heateth, Sorn shows the 3 brothers still unmarried and as joint tenant farmers. They are assisted by their niece Ellen D Boswell 20 their niece. (previously Hillend of Heateth, father James Boswell)
Auchinleck Churchyard Lair Ref: 119
Er John Boswell 7/12/1911 81, IMO sis Ann Boswell 24/5/1842 14, Fa: John Boswell 7/3/1866 64, sis Ann Boswell 19/6/1868 24, Mo: Helen Dunsmore 3/12/1869 67, bro Robert Boswell 6/12/1910 78, bro William Boswell 18/3/1916 78, bro James Boswell d Hillend Sorn 4/11/1920 79 (w Jane Wallace Peden d Hillend Sorn 7/5/1925 77)
Valuation Rolls: (Parish of Sorn)
1855 Meikle Heateth, Sorn Prop: Trustees Marquess of Bute ten /occ John Boswell
Annual rent £56 11s
1865/1875 Land Heateth Meikle & Hillend of Heiteth Prop: Marquis of Bute tenant John Boswell
1885 Farm & house Meikle Heateth & part of Hillend of Heiteth Prop: Sir John Patrick Crichton Stuart tenants John Boswell & William Boswell farmers (Rbt Boswell Hillend of Heiteth)
1895 House & farm of Meikle Heateth, Sorn Prop: Marquis of Bute tenants John, Robert & William Boswell farmers Annual Rent £94 12s.
1905 House & farm Meikle Heateth Prop: John Crichton Stuart tenants John, Robert & William
Boswell farmers Annual Rent £95 13/6d
1940 House & farm of Meikle Heateth Prop: Archibald Lymburner tenant John Lymburner
(Archiblad Lymburner was previously a tenant of Little Heateth)
1970s Messrs McKinley ( from N Ireland) , who moved on to Laggan, Ballantrae were followed by David Robinson , from Newton Stewart.
2022 still D Robinson, dairy farm
