This is a description of the property, usually an address. The level of description in each roll varies depending on who the assessor was; when and where the information was taken.
You will get more detail in the later years such as 1905, 1915 than in the earlier years such as 1855 or 1865; you may also get more information depending on whether the property in question is in the countryside or part of a town.
For example County of Ayr, parish of Ardrossan for the year 1905 one property is described as SHOP 59 GLASGOW STREET BURGH OF ARDROSSAN whereas a property in the more rural areas is describes as FARM AND HOUSE DYKESMAINS.
You can use this field to search for a street, property type, for example a shop, house or croft. You can also search using the number of the property if it has been captured.
This field is limited, it is not a free text search. You have to use wildcards to extend your search parameters.
For instance United Free Churches may be captured as 'U.F Church' or 'United Free Church' or 'UF Church'. In order to find all United Free Churches in a particular county or burgh, you will have to use a wildcard search such as 'U*F* Church' which will find terms that match the following:
- United Free Church
- United F. Church
- United F Church
- UF Church
- U.F Church
