Grange Estate, Kerr and Anderson families: legal and estate papers

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.

The Grange estate was at one time the 'home farm' of Arbroath Abbey. Separated in the fourteenth century, it was granted by Robert the Bruce to Sir William Durham, for services rendered as a knight. It passed from Durham to James Martine in the early eighteenth century, and from the latter to heirs David Watson and Anne Martine. By 1771, it was owned by Charles Hunter. In 1792, Thomas Kerr, a farmer in Pitskellie, bought the property from Charles Hunter. It subsequently passed to his son, David, followed by his grandson, Thomas. After the death of the second Thomas Kerr in 1879, the entire estate passed to Alexander Anderson, and from him to Thomas Anderson (died 15 March 1927).

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Details of the original accession are unknown. Further records were deposited by Mrs Thornton in 1990 (AccM/268).

The Grange estate was at one time the 'home farm' of Arbroath Abbey. Separated in the fourteenth century, it was granted by Robert the Bruce to Sir William Durham, for services rendered as a knight. It passed from Durham to James Martine in the early eighteenth century, and from the latter to heirs David Watson and Anne Martine. By 1771, it was owned by Charles Hunter. In 1792, Thomas Kerr, a farmer in Pitskellie, bought the property from Charles Hunter. It subsequently passed to his son, David, followed by his grandson, Thomas. After the death of the second Thomas Kerr in 1879, the entire estate passed to Alexander Anderson, and from him to Thomas Anderson (died 15 March 1927).

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 MS 351

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Description compiled by Gary Smith

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