| Description | "Rent Roll of Dwelling Houses Shops Cellars and other buildings within the Town of Peterhead with the names and designations of the respective occupiers and possessors hereof. Made up, adjusted, and corrected in the Month of September One thousand Eight hundred and twenty by the Commissioneres under an Act of Parliament passed in the first year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth entitled "An act for Supplying the Town of Peterhead in the County of Aberdeen with Water; and for better lighting paving and otherwise improving the Streets Roads and Avenues within and leading to and from the said Town."
Contains 1022 entries, split into sections (Keith Inch, North Shore, South Shore, Jamaica Street, James's Street, Merchant Street, School Brae, Maiden Lane, Longate, Broad Street, Chapel Wynd, Head of Broad Street, Backgate, Windmill Street, Ronheads, Kirktown).
Signed by commissioners at end.
Pencil annotations throughout volume. Label "First Valuation & Assessment Roll for the Town of Peterhead for the year 1820-21. Presented [to the Arbuthnot Museum] by Messr Alexander & Martin 1885" on cover, Museum sticker and accession details on inside cover. |