The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17
Title:
The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans
Dates of creation:
1518-1962
Held at:
Dundee University Archives
Extent:
2.60 linear metres
The records are on paper and parchment, and include outsize plans
Name of Creator:
Messrs Thomas Thornton, Son & Co WS
Level of Description: fonds
Creation Information:
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Modified at:
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Note
Fonds level description compiled by Sarah Chubb, Archives Hub Project Archivist, August 2001.
Language of Material: eng, lat
Administrative/Biographical History
The firm of Thomas Thornton, Son & Co was formed c. 1880 when Thomas Thornton set up with his son William. Thomas Thornton had previously been in partnership with James Patullo as Patullo & Thornton. In 1972 Messrs Thomas Thornton, Son & Co merged with Messrs Dickie, Gray, MacDonald and Fair, to form Thornton and Dickie WS. In 1982 the firm became Thornton, Dickie and Brand WS, and is now known as Thorntons WS Solicitors & Estate Agents.
Scope and Content
MS 17/1 Newport Railway Company: miscellaneous papers 1862-1891;
MS 17/2 North British Railway Company: miscellaneous papers 1846-1902;
MS 17/3 Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway; Kirkcaldy District Railways: miscellaneous papers 1851-1903;
MS 17/4 Grange estate, Monifieth, Kerr and Anderson families legal and estate papers 1821-1901;
MS 17/5 Morphie Estate, Kincardineshire, Grahame family: legal and estate papers 1854-1891;
MS 17/6 Thornton Castle, Laurencekirk: inventories and plans 1931;
MS 17/7 Miscellaneous title deeds, chartularies and legal 1518-1877;
MS 17/8 Records and papers of the Bannatyne Home of Rest, Newtyle 1892-1962;
MS 17/9 Miscellaneous papers and correspondence of James Dalyell, with some papers and correspondence of John James Dalyell 1814-1883;
MS 17/10 Correspondence and papers of John James Dalyell, with some of James Dalyell and Mrs Marie-Anne Dalyell 1839-1897;
MS 17/11 Miscellaneous papers with no common factor 1847-1916;
MS 17/12 Miscellaneous legal papers 1836-1912;
MS 17/13 Miscellaneous loose papers originally with maps and plans 1843-1918;
MS 17/14 Unidentified ledger of household accounts
MS 17P Maps and plans
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged into sub-fonds by client.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
Other records of Messrs Thomas Thornton, Son & Co are held at Dundee City Archives (Ref: GB 0251 GD/TD).
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17/1
Newport Railway Company: miscellaneous papers
Dates of creation:
1862-1891
Extent:
1 box (0.12 linear metres)
The records are on paper.
Name of Creator:
Thomas Thornton, Son & Co and Newport Railway Company
Administrative/Biographical History
By the terms of The Newport Railway Act (1866), The Newport Railway Company was incorporated to build a railway from the North British Railway to Newport in Fife.
Scope and Content
Legal papers, mainly relating to dispute between John Berry, Tayfield, and the Newport Railway Company 1862-1874; Minutes of meetings of directors and shareholders 1866-1876; The Newport Railway Act 1867, bills and other Parliamentary papers relating to the Newport Railway, 1867-1873, The North British Railway, 1877-1878, The Caledonian Railway, 1878; papers relating to shareholders' meetings 1872-1877; correspondence relating to the purchase of land and legal papers 1873-1891; directors reports 1874-1876; statement of accounts 1874-1875; correspondence with the Board of Trade 1877.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
MS 17P/78 Plans of proposed railway 1860-1877
MS 17P/96-97 Plans and sections of the Newport Railway 1865-1867
MS 17P/132 Sketch plan of Tayfield Estate and Newport Railway 1873
MS 17P/159 Plans of ground proposed to be taken from the property of John Berry Esq 1872
MS 17P/253 Plan of ground proposed to be taken from the property of the North British Railway Co
MS 17P/258 Unspecified plan, possibly the Newport Railway through the Tayfield Estate
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17/2
North British Railway Company: Miscellaneous papers
Dates of creation:
1846-1902
Extent:
0.15 linear metres
The records are on paper.
Name of Creator:
Thomas Thornton, Son & Co and North British Railway Company
Administrative/Biographical History
The North British Railway Company was incorporated in 1844, gaining authorisation to operate a line running from Berwick to Edinburgh with a four mile long branch line running to Haddington. The main line opened in 1846 with the branch line operating from 1856.
The North British soon expanded its influence both by absorbing rival railway companies (for example the Edinburgh and Glasgow line was taken over in 1865), and by becoming involved in large building projects such as the building of the Tay rail bridge in 1878 and, in a joint venture with the Midland and the Great Northern and North Eastern companies, the building of the Forth rail bridge in 1881. The North British Railway Company was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway Company in 1923.
Scope and Content
Title deeds, legal papers and correspondence mainly re. acquisition of land and property in Dundee and Perth 1846-1902; Tay Bridge Enquiry and Bill 1869-1888; the Springfield Accident 1885; legal actions 1888-1895; Amalgamation Bill 1890; the acceleration of mails between Dundee and England 1890-1892; the Dundee Extension and Improvement Act 1892.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
MS 17P/23 Bound set of plans and sections of the North British Railway, 1890-1891
MS 17P/92 North British Railway: plan and sections of proposed alterations of the levels of the Tay Bridge and Newport Railways, 1880
MS 17P/127-128 North British Railway: plans and sections of land to be acquired at Dundee 1899-1900
MS 17P/189-190 North British Railway: set of plans and sections in the counties of Forfar and Fife, 1877
MS 17P/212 North British Railway: plan showing ground etc. acquired from town council of Dundee, 1874
MS 17P/248 Dundee Harbour: duplicated plan referred to in the feu contract between the trustees of the Harbour of Dundee and the North British Railway Co, 1877
MS 17P/252 North British Railway: plan showing company's property at Union Street, Dundee, 1881
MS 17P/255 North British Railway: plan showing proposed railway at Dundee, 1878
MS 17P/257(2) Plan of Rollo's Pier, Magdalen Yard Road, Dundee. Certified as plan referred to in feuing agreement between Thomas Lister Watt, John Stirling and the North British Railway Co, 1877
MS 17P/259-260 North British Railway: plan of company's property at Union Street, Dundee and set of plans of Railway no. 2, 1881
MS 17P/274-275 Plans showing ground at Union Street, Dundee, required by the North British Railway Company, 1873 - 1874
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17/3
Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway; Kirkcaldy District Railways: miscellaneous papers
Dates of creation:
1851-1903
Extent:
0.25 box (0.03 linear metres)
The records are on paper.
Name of Creator:
Thomas Thornton, Son & Co, Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway, and Kirkcaldy District Railways
Administrative/Biographical History
The Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company was incorporated in May 1836, the line opening in October 1838 from a temporary station at Craigie, Dundee, and becoming fully operational by April 1840. In August 1848 the line was leased to the Dundee and Perth Railway Company, and in 1862 this company was absorbed by the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company. Control then passed to the Caledonian Railway Company, who latterly leased it to the Aberdeen Railway Company. In 1880 it was passed to the Caledonian Railway/North British Railway Company, and finally in 1923 to the London & North Eastern Railway/London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company.
The Kirkcaldy District Railways ran between Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy. It was used for freight only and was built to relieve the neighbouring mainlines of some traffic.
Scope and Content
The Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Station) Act 1851, despatch book 1891-1893 and Inventory of 1903; draft precognitions and other legal papers relating to the Kirkcaldy and District Railways Bill 1891.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
MS 105/VII Shiell and Small Collection: Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company
MS 17P/39 Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway: plan of St. Vigeans Junction, Arbroath, 1892
MS 17P/86 Broughty Ferry Castle Green Arbitration Feuing plans, 1900
MS 17P/90 Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway: plans and sections of junction at Arbroath and branch line at Broughty Ferry, 1845
MS 17P/94 Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway: plan of line from Dundee to Arbroath
MS 17P/115 Plan of Taymouth Works and grounds near Carnoustie (Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway noted)
MS 17P/148-149 Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway: plan showing appropriation of ground at west level crossing, Camperdown Dock, Dundee, and plan of ground at Dundee Station near Peep O' Day Lane, 1878
MS 17P/120 Plan of the harbour of Dundee showing the portion of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway belonging to the harbour trustees, 1884
MS 17P/226 Dundee and Arbroath Railway: Barry Lands, 1886
MS 17P/213 Dundee and Arbroath Railway: plan and section of the proposed railway, 1835
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17/4
Grange Estate, Kerr and Anderson families: legal and estate papers
Dates of creation:
1821-1901
Extent:
0.5 box (0.06 linear metres)
The records are on paper.
Name of Creator:
Thomas Thornton, Son and Co, and Kerr and Anderson families
Administrative/Biographical History
Grange, near Monifieth, was the ancient seat of the Durhams. By 1771 the estate was owned by Charles Hunter Esquire. It was later owned by Thomas Kerr, and when he died, in 1879, the estate passed to Alexander Anderson Esq.
Scope and Content
Miscellaneous personal and estate papers and correspondence relating to the families of Kerr and Anderson 1821-1901; volume containing miscellaneous papers relating to the Grange estate 1875-1901.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
MS 17P/47(1)-(18) Plans of the mansion, estate, and related land, of Grange, Monifieth
Grange estate papers 1625-1767 are held at Dundee City Archives
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17/5
Grahame of Morphie, Kincardineshire: Surveyors' reports, accounts and miscellaneous legal papers
Dates of creation:
1854-1891
Extent:
0.06 linear metres
The records are on paper.
Name of Creator:
Thomas Thornton, Son & Co and Grahame family
Administrative/Biographical History
The Grahame family is an ancient one, which can trace its history back to the early 12th Century, and the family were styling themselves 'of Morphie' by 1398. By the mid 19th Century the estate had passed from the last male line of Morphie, to his cousin, a representative-male of Barclay of Balmiquuan, on the condition that he and his heirs bear the name and arms of Grahame of Morphie only. It appears that the family deeds were sold at that time. In 1852 the estate was increased with the purchase of Stone O'Morphie from J R Scott Esquire.
Scope and Content
Papers, correspondence and accounts relating to drainage of land on the Morphie estate 1854-1884, with states of rents payable by the tenants of Morphie and Stone of Morphie 1876-1883; reports and specifications, offers and other correspondence relating to construction of Morphie Hill Road,1873-1878; inventory of leases and policies of insurance belonging to Baron Grahame 1877; valuations and copies of surveyors' reports re. Morphie Dam Dyke, 1879-1881, and to buildings at Stone of Morphie and Mill of Morphie, 1882; statements of offers for lands and property, draft leases and other legal correspondence relating to Morphie estate 1880-1889; accounts of the trustees of Baron Grahame with Thomas Thornton Son & Co, Dundee 1881-1885; accounts and receipts of James Barclay Grahame as curator bonis to Baron Francis Barclay Grahame 1890-1891.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically within series.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
MS 17P/135 Plan of steading at Sillicots on the estate of Morphie 1907
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 17/6
Thornton Castle, Laurencekirk: inventories and plans
Dates of creation:
1931
Extent:
17 items (0.06 linear metres)
The records are on paper and include outsize plans
Name of Creator:
Thomas Thornton, Son & Co
Administrative/Biographical History
Thornton Castle, near Laurencekirk in the parish of Marykirk, Kincardineshrie is known to date back to at least 1531. It was an ancient seat of the Strachan family. The property was acquired by Alexander Crombie, an advocate and land agent, in 1804, was considerably refurbished in the following years, and was later owned by Sir Thomas Thornton.
Scope and Content
Inventories and valuations of furniture etc., in Thornton Castle, Laurencekirk belonging to Mrs Thornton and Miss Scott and 13 plans of buildings belonging to the Thornton Estate surveyed by Northern Assurance Co Ltd.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged within series.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The material is original.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
Related Units of Description
MS 17P/157 Map of the Thornton Estate 1892
MS 17P/20 Drainage plan of a house in Dudhope Terrace for Sir Thomas Thornton
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