Does anyone have any information on Whitestanes in the parish of Kirkmahoe? Two ancestors on my tree were baptised there in the eighteenth century; Mary Brisbon, daughter of James Brisbon in 1730 and John Brisbon, son of William Brisbon and Margaret Hanah in 1736. I have seen other mentions of the place including it being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle's mother, Margaret Aitken in 1771, but it seems to have disappeared from any maps of the area. Kate.

Hi Kate, I take it you don't have a copy of the Kirkmahoe OPRs or MI Booklets published by DGFHS. If you did you would see the location of Whitestanes on the clip from the Crawford 1828 map inculded in these booklets. It looks like a small hill farm or croft located in a remote area to the north of the parish. I don't have any other detail than that.  You say you have checked modern maps and can't fid it.  That doesn't surprise me - it appears to be quite remote and was probably a casualty of the early to mid 1800s when many small farms were consolidated in larger more economic units. Hope that helps. Sandy   From: Kate Taylor <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 16 August, 2011 8:49:52 Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Whitestanes. Kirkmahoe. Does anyone have any information on Whitestanes in the parish of Kirkmahoe?  Two ancestors on my tree were baptised there in the eighteenth century; Mary Brisbon, daughter of James Brisbon in 1730 and John Brisbon, son of William Brisbon and Margaret Hanah in 1736.  I have seen other mentions of the place including it being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle's mother, Margaret Aitken in 1771, but it seems to have disappeared from any maps of the area.      Kate. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message