Barbara Neish wrote: >Hello Everyone > >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 the farm owned (but normally not directly operated ) by the owners of a large estate - it would normally be run by a manager. The term is sometimes seen as more English than Scottish, the Scots equivalent being "Mains of X", where "X" is the name of the estate. I wouldn't necessarily expect Google to come up with the answers to such a query. A more fruitful approach would be looking at old maps of the area. If you log on to the National Library of Scotland site at: http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch/ you can enter "Perthshire" as County, "Dunkeld" as Parish, and "Delvine" as place. If you zoom in on the map (use the leftmost of the two "+" icons and click on the map) you will find "Delvine", which looks like a "big hoose", with what appears to be a large courtyard a short distance to the northeast. I would guess that this was the "Home Farm" in question, even though it is not separately named on the map. Gavin Bell

Re: [ANGUS] Home Farm Ask and thou shall receive..! Many thanks to Gavin, Anne and Barbara and for directions to the maps. Interesting that Delvine is still noted. I have photographs of the family, taken in front of "the big hoose"...! Many thanks Barbara Neish Bermuda