G'day Trish, The Pleasance is a street in Edinburgh close to Holyrood Park. You should be able to find it on one of the streetmap sites (http://uk.multimap.com/map/places.cgi/; http://www.streetmap.co.uk; http://www.mapquest.com etc). Can't think what the other queries might relate to. Are you sure that BAKER is a surname in this instance and not an occupation? If it was the occupation of Thomas GRAY (and Gray is more of a Borders surname than Baker), then "Leod" might refer to the occupation of John Colquhoun. Good luck! Valerie Henshaw Melbourne, Australia >Subject: BEW:LOCKIE/ROBERTSON/SCOTT >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:15:12 -0300 >From: "Trish LEWIS" <trishlewis@sprint.ca> >To: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi Everyone > >I have a marriage record of my 4th great grandparents and I was wondering if >someone may have heard of the place name (if I read it right). > >It says John LOCKIE, Nursaryman, Kelso, and Catherine ROBERTSON daughter >of >Robert ROBERTSON Schoolmaster of Sprouston, residing "foot of the Pleasance >with M. SCOTT" gave of ??? Witnesses Thomas Gray BAKER Kelso "Good >Brother???" and John COLQUHOUN, "Leod" of the Pleasance". (Record of the >Parish of St. Cuthbert's Edinburgh) > >Sorry for the "" and ?? but I can't make it out on the document. Where is >this "Pleasance" and did I read the words after the witnesses correctly? >I'm trying to figure out if this M. SCOTT and the Witnesses could be John & >Catherine's relations. > >Thank you for you help. > >Trish LEWIS >Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia >Canada