Jim, Any chance your Dixon relatives went on to Ulster--or anywhere in Ireland--and then on to the USA? Cheryl On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:01 AM, <dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NULLYHOLM FARM (Jim Graham) > 2. BANKEND, EWES (Jim Graham) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:47:45 +0200 (CEST) > From: Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] NULLYHOLM FARM > To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <31593358.695371287175665370.JavaMail.www@wwinf3716> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Anne, > You do not mention the parish, but there is, or at least was, a Nittyholm > Farm in Canonbie Parish. It was on the old line of the A7 about 3 km north > of Canonbie. > It is on the first series OS 1:10,560 maps but is not on the current > 1:25,000. If you go to Bing.com (UK site), select Maps then Road/Ordnance > Survey, search for Canonbie. About 2.5 km north of Canonbie along the A7 is > Enthorn. Nittyholm was 300m due north of Enthorn. > I have Dixon and Little ancestors born at Nittyholm, and my grandmother was > a Wilson from Langholm. If this is the farm, do we have any common links ? > Regards, Jim Graham > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:17:16 +0200 (CEST) > From: Jim Graham <jim.r.graham@fsmail.net> > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] BANKEND, EWES > To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20156598.696091287177436883.JavaMail.www@wwinf3716> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Anne, > Again, this ?farm is on the first series OS, but no building can be seen on > current mapping. > On Bing again, if you go to Langholm, work north along the A7 about 9 km > until you see Mosspebble Farm to the east of the A7. If you zoom in, you > will find that the wood to the west of the A7 here is named Bankend Wood, > after the disappeared building. > Regards, Jim Graham > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY mailing list, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 122 > ************************************************* >