Welcome to Who
Owns Scotland!
This site is being developed by Andy Wightman as
a publicly available source of information on landownership in
Scotland. I receive no funding to undertake the research and development
although generous donors helped to pay
for initial startup costs and some continue to support the running
costs.
I aimed to document the
ownership of 75% of Scotland by the end of 2004.
I
have not
been
able to
achieve
this but am aiming to do so by the end of 2006 (failed to achieve
that - latest target now Summer 2009). However, as I now (as
of May 2009) have to pay for access to Registers of Scotland data,
the target has
been reduced to 70%.
Use
the menu above to navigate. Search is
the key place to start and gives access to all the records
currently on the site.
For further information on the topic of landownership
visit More Information.
The three other menus provide further details of
the project, allow you to contact
me give you the opportunity to
make a donation to the work. Enjoy the
site and let us know what you think.
IMPORTANT NEWS
whoownsscotland and
the Ordnance Survey
We have had to cease (as of Feb 2007)
using Ordnance Survey mapping on this site due to them
making
new and
excessive
financial demands
on
us and to a breakdown of trust following their unilateral
termination of our contract. Read the story here.
As a reult we have had to remove all OS map images from
the site. We are currently rebuilding these using alternative
mapping. Thank you to all who donated to assist with the
purchase of this mapping.
The site still has ongoing costs so if
you can help, please do.
THANK YOU 1
Thank you to the Registers
of Scotland who, from 2002 until
2009, supported the research for this project by providing
access to
the
Registers of Sasines and the Land Register
for research purposes. Without their support this project
would not have been able to get off the ground.
THANK YOU 2
Thank you also to all who have made a donation
to help cover the costs of running the site. Your assistance
is much appreciated.
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