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March the 27th 1676 Then begune our Jurney from newcastle to the Lead Mins in Scotland at wanlochheed spent as followeth
£- s- d
from newcastle to branton 00-04-06
pd for a gid from hartwisell to branton 00-01-06
the 28th 76 pd at branton for our selves all night 00-04-00
pd for our horses all night 00-04-06
pd for a gid betwext branton and allisons bank 00-02-06
the 29th 76 pd at dumfreas for our selves all night 00-09-07
pd for our horses all night 00-05-00
pd for a gid from allisons bank to dumfreas 00-04-00
pd at thorne hill for a bate 00-03-08
pd from dumfreas to the Lead hill for a gid 00-05-00
March the 30th 1676 pd for a sheep at the Lead hill 00-06-00
March the 28th 1676 pd at Alisons bank for a bate 00-11-06
03-01-09
Aprill the first 1676 begune our Jurney from the Leadhill
to newcastle spent as followith :
Aprill the 2th 76 pd at Sanquare for our selves and horses 00-04-04
pd to me Lords Clark 00-02-06
Aprill the 3th 76 pd for our selves and horses 00-14-06
at thronehill [sic]
Aprill the 4th 76 pd for our selves and horses 00-12-00
at Allisonsbank
pd for a gid betwixst allisonsbank and branton 00-02-06
pd at branton for our selves 00-04-00
Aprill the 5th 1676 pd at Stayfadge 00-01-00
pd at Lemmington 00-01-00
02-01-10
03-01-09
05-03-07
[outer leaf:] 27 March 1676 Mr Blacketts accompt for the journey to Wanlockhead
5£:03:07 B. folio 4
RH15/102/6/2/29 Blackett’s costs on a journey from Newcastle to Wanlockhead. The route is an old one along the Tyne through Lemington, (is 'Stayfadge' Styford?,) Haltwhistle ('hartwisell'), on to Brampton ('Branton'), from there via Gretna (Alisons Bank - later the toll bar on the turnpike road to Dumfries) to Dumfries. From Dumfries up Nithdale via Thornhill and Sanquhar to Wanlockhead.
Sanquhar Castle was the estate of the 3rd Marquess of Queensbury, who appears frequently in these documents - the owner of the land at Wanlockhead . His woods provided timber for the mines at the start of the project. At the time of the recorded visit he was planning to build Drumlanrig Castle, near Thornhill, which superseded Sanquhar.
Note the need for a guide ( 'gid') between Haltwhistle and Dumfries
