Description

Lease between Robert Thornton and Others and Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Limited of Shale and Coal lying under the lands of Hermand and Birniehill West Calder. The Lease is dated 28 March and 2 & 5 May 1917 and signed by Sir Thomas Mason and Hugh Brown, Directors Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and for the other party by Robert Thornton, James Waddell Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Jeanie Thornton and Mary Thornton or Stevens. There is an Ordnace Survey Plan attached : Edinburghshire Sheet X1, N. W. Linlithgowshire Part of Sheet X11 Second Edition 1909. This Plan has been signed by Sir Thomas Mason and Hugh Brown, Directors Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and for the other party by Robert Thornton, James Waddell Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Jeanie Thornton and Mary Thornton or Stevens. The workings are outlined in Red and the Area excluded from the workings shown at letter B and coloured Blue. The Scale is shown as Six Inches to One Statute Mile or 800 Feet to One Inch 1/10560. Attached inside is a copy letter of 2nd July 1940 relating to legal opinion as to whether the lease should be assigned to the Oakbank Oil Company Limited. There is also a Minute of Agreement annexed to Lease and a plan attached (undated) titled "No.26 Mine Polbeth Workings approaching reserved areas on Hermand Estate". The workings are outlined in red and the scale is shown in feet as 1"=100feet. The Minute of Agreement and Plan have been signed by Sir John Traill Cargill, Baronet and William Fraser, Directors Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and for the other party by Robert Thornton, James Waddell Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Jeanie Thornton and Mary Thornton or Stevens and Thomas Thornton.