Polnoon Farm, Emptying Wash Tank
c.1920
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A black and white photocopy of a photograph of two farm workers emptying the wash tank on Polnoon Farm.
Title:
Polnoon Farm, Emptying Wash Tank
Date of work:
c.1920
Reference number:
1384
Level of description:
Item
Type of materials:
IMG
Source:
Photograph cabinet - Eaglesham
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
UnrestrictedCopyright: East Renfrewshire Council
General notes:
The Poll Tax roll of 1695 lists Polnoon Farm, owned by the Wallace family as supporting 3 households. In the 18th century Alexander, 10th Earl of Eglinton, who was a great agricultural improver, settled in the farms men bred to farming and open to new techniques. The Steven family owned Polnoon through the 19th century and into the 20th century. The name Polnoon derives from the word 'poind' ie. ransom exacted by Sir John Montgomery for the capture of Sir Henry Percy, with which he built Polnoon Castle.
Language:
English
Record number:
9262077