Basic Biographical Details

Name: William Ross Young
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Bio Notes: William Ross Young was born in Methven, Perthshire the son of a farmer. He trained with Andrew Heiton in Perth and subsquently studied engineering and surveying in the office of George Penrose Kennedy Young and assisted with 'important estate and town planning development work'. He was appointed burgh engineer of Falkirk at a period when the town was undergoing expansion. He was involved with slum clearance and construction work in this post.

He left Falkirk to take up a post as Burgh Surveyor of North Berwick where he was in 1911. In 1913 he moved to the job of town planning engineer in the Middle Ward of Lanark District Committee and in 1918 to Chief Housing Inspector, Local Government Board of Scotland.

Private and Business Addresses

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 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1North Berwick, East Lothian, ScotlandBusiness   

Buildings and Designs

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 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 11911Edington Cottage HospitalNorth Berwick East LothianScotland 

References

Periodical References

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 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Motherwell TimesJune 1918   
Item 2 of 2Perthshire Advertiser25 March 1916