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A Note on a Scheme to Straighten the River Forth in 1636

A Note on a Scheme to Straighten the River Forth in 1636 A Mote on a Scheme to Straighten the River Forth in 1636 David Stevenson The work of Ian Whyte and others has made clear that though the Scottish age of improvement lies in the eighteenth century, interest in the 1640s, under the rule of the covenanters. In 1641 for encouraging manufactures had been passed, and this has been hailed as marking the beginning of a new and more systematic policy aimed at solving problems of industrial development.1 In the same year, interest in agricultural development was shown by acts for the draining of the Pow of Inchaffray, providing for large scale land reclamation, and against the destruction of plantings, as these tree plantations enclosed by dykes were not only decorative but very profitable to the kingdom.2 A 1647 act for dividing commonties has been hailed as 'the first real improving act in Scotland' though it was geographically limited, applying only to three counties.3 The main interests of the covenanters may have lain in political and ecclesiastical power, but clearly they were sympathetic to the encouragement of improving ideas was well established in the previous century, though theory and dreams were much more evident than on the ground practice. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Scottish Historical Studies Edinburgh University Press

A Note on a Scheme to Straighten the River Forth in 1636

Stevenson, David
Journal of Scottish Historical Studies , Volume 17 (1): 65 – Jan 1, 1997
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1748-538X
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10.3366/sesh.1997.17.1.65
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A Mote on a Scheme to Straighten the River Forth in 1636 David Stevenson The work of Ian Whyte and others has made clear that though the Scottish age of improvement lies in the eighteenth century, interest in the 1640s, under the rule of the covenanters. In 1641 for encouraging manufactures had been passed, and this has been hailed as marking the beginning of a new and more systematic policy aimed at solving problems of industrial development.1 In the same year, interest in agricultural development was shown by acts for the draining of the Pow of Inchaffray, providing for large scale land reclamation, and against the destruction of plantings, as these tree plantations enclosed by dykes were not only decorative but very profitable to the kingdom.2 A 1647 act for dividing commonties has been hailed as 'the first real improving act in Scotland' though it was geographically limited, applying only to three counties.3 The main interests of the covenanters may have lain in political and ecclesiastical power, but clearly they were sympathetic to the encouragement of improving ideas was well established in the previous century, though theory and dreams were much more evident than on the ground practice.

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Published: Jan 1, 1997

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