Taxable Timepieces to Sixteenth Century Town Plans - Scotland’s History Online

17 February 2011

New documents that shed light on the history of our ancestors – such as the names of clock and watch owners in the late 18th Century and 18,000 maps and town plans dating back to the 1580s – have just gone live online.

They’ll join a treasure trove of historic archives on the Scotland’s Places website, www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk which now brings together records from three of Scotland’s national archives:  the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) and the National Library of Scotland (NLS)

The website will interest amateur genealogists and professional researchers alike, providing an unrivalled resource of information on the historical landscape of Scotland.