> A relative has been sharing with me a treasure trove of old > photographs, papers > and letters saved by an auntie of ours (born Alloa 1848). > Several letters written > during the 1800s were written from "Delvine Home Farm, > Dunkeld" and I set about > to see if I could locate it. > Although unsuccessful I did see that Google noted several > > addresses, even now, included the wording "Home Farm" - and so > I wonder, does > that phrase have a particular meaning ? The home farm was originally a farm attached to the 'big house' of an estate. It would typically be farmed by the estate owner or, more likely, a grieve or farm manager employed by him, rather than by an independent tenant farmer. In Scotland the term 'mains of such-and-such' is more often used than 'such-and-such home farm' but it means something similar. You can see where Delvine is on the map here http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NO1240 HTH Anne