Particular Registers of Sasines


Districts and Shires for which Particular Registers were kept prior to the passing of the Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868, with the respective dates of termination. 

Particular Register Date of Termination 
Aberdeenshire and KincardineshireFeb 6 1869
Argyllshire, Dumbartonshire, Buteshire, Arran and TarbettJan 12 1871
Ayrshire, and Bailiaries of Kyle, Carrick, and CunninghameSep 30 1869 
BanffshireFeb 28 1869
Berwickshire and Bailiary of LauderdaleMar 17 1869
Caithness-shireFeb 28 1869
Dumfriesshire and Stewartries of Kirkcudbright and Annandale, Edinburghshire and Constabularies of Haddington, Linlithgow and Bathgate Feb 6 1869 
Elginshire, Forres and Nairnshire Feb 28 1869
Fifeshire Jan 12 1871
ForfarshireFeb 28 1869
Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, Sutherlandshire and Cromartyshire Feb 6 1869
Kinross-shireDec 31 1871
Lanarkshire (excepting the Regality of Glasgow) Mar 17 1869 
Orkney Feb 6 1869
Perthshire (excepting the Stewartry of Menteith) Jan 12 1871
Renfrewshire and the Regality of GlasgowMar 30 1871
Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and PeeblesshireSep 30 1869
Shetland Feb 6 1869
Stirlingshire, Clackmannanshire and Stewartry of Menteith Jan 12 1871
WigtownshireSep 30 1869 


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