Author： Slade Gordon H.
Publisher： Maney Publishing
ISSN： 1749-6292
Source： Vernacular Architecture, Vol.15, Iss.1, 1984-06, pp. : 15-28
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Abstract
Samson was occupied by a single family in the seventeenth-century, and the population did not increase significantly until the second half of the eighteenth-century, rising by 1833 to 39 people inhabiting 9 houses. The island had never been suitable for settlement, and this, combined with an ageing population, led the proprietor, Augustus Smith, to pursue a policy of deliberate but gradual clearance. The houses and farm buildings, which survive in a ruinous condition, are recorded and discussed.
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