Dunlop parish in Ayrshire, 1853

Mo-anne · Post by **Mo-anne** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:09 am

Birth certificate for Sarah Johnstone Wood , 1853, after her father's name are the words " Old Gale.....(indeciperable) For the other entries on the page any entries after the father's name are locations so I assume this is where he lived. Is there anyway I could find out if there was an area/village/ large house in the parish at this time.

Thanks

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:21 am

Hi Mo-anne,

Go to http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/os_scotlan ... _list.html

and select Sheet 22 - Kilmarnock

On that map, Dunlop is the orange coloured parish near the top centre.

I have not (yet) found Old Gale..., but is this one a possibility?

Click a few times on the south-east corner of that until the place names become legible. You should find Gameshill there. Does that look like the place name you have seen on the 1853 birth record?

All the best,

AndrewP

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:23 am

Mo-anne wrote:Birth certificate for Sarah Johnstone Wood , 1853, after her father's name are the words " Old Gale.....(indeciperable) For the other entries on the page any entries after the father's name are locations so I assume this is where he lived. Is there anyway I could find out if there was an area/village/ large house in the parish at this time.

Thanks

Here they are in 1851 .

Piece: SCT1851/616 Place: Stewarton -Ayrshire Enumeration District: 3
Civil Parish: Stewarton Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Stewarton
Folio: 0 Page: 12 Schedule: 46
Address: Dunlop Stables

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
WOOD Richard Head M M 23 Footman & Valet Midlothian - Musselburgh
WOOD Cathrine Wife M F 27 Wife Berwickshire - Hutton
WOOD Isabella Jane Dau - F 2 Fife - Monimale
Could it say 'Old Stables'

If you upload the image to the gallery we can have a look.

Kind regards,
Annette M

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:30 am

Hi again Mo-anne,

Following Annette's reply above, it is probable that Dunlop Stables were the stables at Dunlop House, just across the parish boundary into Stewarton parish (yellow-coloured on the 1890s map given above).

All the best,

AndrewP

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:35 am

There is a Richard Wood age 14 on the 1841 Census - again courtesy of FREECEN - living in the right place.

http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Regards,
Annette M

Mo-anne · Post by **Mo-anne** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:48 am

Thanks for this - I shall study this map in detail later - but no, it is definitely not Game, it's clearly Old Gale... or possibily Gate ..(if the writer forgot to cross the t.

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:17 pm

His neighbour in 1851 (and perhaps his employer?)lived at Gallowberry.

Piece: SCT1851/616 Place: Stewarton -Ayrshire Enumeration District: 3
Civil Parish: Stewarton Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Stewarton
Folio: 0 Page: 12 Schedule: 43
Address: Gallowberry

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
WYLIE Marion Head W F 59 Annuitant Renfrewshire - Neilston(Originally: Renfrewshire - Neilson)
WYLIE James Son U M 39 Landed Proprietor Ayrshire - Stewarton

Along the road is Gateside.

Piece: SCT1851/616 Place: Stewarton -Ayrshire Enumeration District: 3
Civil Parish: Stewarton Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Stewarton
Folio: 0 Page: 14 Schedule: 51
Address: Gateside

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
DICKIE Agness Head W F 86 Farmer 50ac Emp 1lab Ayrshire - Dalry
DICKIE Janet Dau U F 55 Ayrshire - Dalry
DICKIE Elizabeth Dau U F 32 Ayrshire - Dalry
DICKIE James Nephew U M 15 Farm Labourer Ayrshire - Stewarton
BARBOUR Robert Nephew - M 11 Scholar Ayrshire - Stewarton

Regards,
Annette M

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:39 pm

Sorry but I'm hooked on this one.

Location of Gateside Cottage on a modern map.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:23 pm

The OPR page has father Richard Wood at the,

Old Gatehouse.

Jack

Mo-anne · Post by **Mo-anne** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:08 pm

It's Old Gatehouse, I'm pretty sure.

Thanks for this wealth of info about Richard Wood - I'm a novice to this and much appreciate all these suggestions and leads.

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