place name

cherel1 · Post by **cherel1** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:37 pm

i wondered if anyone could help? i have a marriage in stornoway scotland the brides abode has question marks by it and it does not make sense it is dalbeg?? can anyone make any sense of this name ? anything remotely close? with thanks.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:59 pm

Hi Cherel

Can you give us the names and precise date for the marriage please? Where have you seen this name written - was it on the OPR or was it a transcription?

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **paddyscar** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:07 pm

Hi Cherel:

Scroll down this page to settlements and Dalbeg is listed there. http://www.scottish-places.info/feature ... s1067.html

Frances

cherel1 · Post by **cherel1** » Sun May 01, 2011 9:46 am

thanks frances! i did not think it was a place, now i see it - thank you so much, cherel x

Post by **AndrewP** » Sun May 01, 2011 10:44 am

Hi Cherel,

Hopefully this is the right Dalbeg that I have found. See the following map.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=13 ... 39580&lm=0

From Stornoway, pass the arrowhead in the centre of the map and go to the Atlantic coast and you will find what I believe to be Dail Beag (presumably anglicised to Dalbeg). If I have found the right translation in my dictionary it means small field or plain.

See also: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 33.07,,0,0

All the best,

AndrewP

cherel1 · Post by **cherel1** » Sun May 01, 2011 11:45 am

with thanks, it looks a lovely place, hope i can get there some day!

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