thanks david I have just checked the road atlas and there are actually four! Berks greater London Hampshire Warwickshire Yours is presumably the one near Orpington ie greater London. cheers Judy ---------- >From: "David Hiddleston" <david_hiddleston@hotmail.com> >To: "'J A Olsen'" <Copywriter@tesco.net>, <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: RE: [D-G LIST] Place Names List Updated - by Barbara Wright >Date: 03, Sun Oct, 2004, 10:19 am > > Re 115 - there is also a Farnborough in Kent, situated between Eltham and > Tonbridge! > > Maybe helps, maybe not! > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: J A Olsen [mailto:Copywriter@tesco.net] > Sent: 03 October 2004 00:43 > To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Place Names List Updated - by Barbara Wright > > > Some comments > > ---------- > >> 17) BELERNO, MIDLOTHIAN, [SCOTLAND]. > > I would think that's Balerno, which is basically a suburb of Edinburgh. > >> 22) PEMBURY HOSPITAL, near TUNBRIDGE, WELLS, [ENGLAND]. > > Its near Tunbridge Wells, not "Tunbridge, Wells". In fact Pembury is a > placename in its own right. > >> 25) TONBRIDGE NURSING HOME > > Probably in Tonbridge, which is fairly near Tunbridge Wells, but a > completely different place. > > >> 26) LAGUNA MORTHLY, PERTHSHIRE, [SCOTLAND]. > > Could that be Murthly? > >> 29) ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL, BELLERSCAY, > > Possible mistranscription for Billericay? Which is in Essex. > > > >> 31) TESTERDEN, KENT, [ENGLAND]. > > Tenterden, almost certainly. > > >> 33) BRINKURN, HASLEMORE ROAD, * > > Probably Haslemere Road, and therefore likely to be in the south east of > England, and near Haslemere itself. You can tell because it is Road as > opposed to Street. > >> 34) WEEDINGSHALL, POLMONI, STIRLINGSHIRE, [SCOTLAND]. > > I would have thought that would be Polmont > >> 35) GLENBURN HOTEL, ROTHESAY, [ISLE OF BUTE, SCOTLAND]. > > Still there, probably the biggest hotel on the island. > >> 40) RATHFARNHAM, CAMBERLEY, [IRELAND], > > Didnt know there was a Camberley in Ireland. There's one in Surrey, and > Farnham is not far away in Hampshire. > > >> 42) SAVERHAKE HOSPITAL, MARLBOROUGH, [WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND]. > > I don think the first word is correct. Looks familiar, but ...Savernake > perhaps. > > >> 49) NORTH OXFORD NURSING HOME, * > > Not trying to be silly, but hard to believe that would be anywhere but north > Oxford!! Or possibly Oxfordshire, but the town is more likely. > > > >> 57) GREAT JAMES STREET, W.C., [LONDON, ENGLAND]. > > WC means West Central, I think there should be a numeral eg WC1. These are > London districts, and predate postcodes by decades > > >> 59) TOWNSHEND COURT, REGENT'S PARK, N.W., [LONDON, ENGLAND] > > NW - North West etc > >> 66) DOULTING, SHEPTON, MALLET, [SOMERSET, ENGLAND]. > > Shepton Mallet - two words, one place. > >> 67) WILLERSLEY NURSING HOME, CAMBERLEY, [SURREY, ENGLAND]. > > There's your Camberley again. Strong army connotations here. > >> 68) GREENACRE, ALBANY ROAD, FLEET,[ENGLAND]. > > and Fleet is pretty close. > >> 69) DUNELLA HOTEL, BROUGHTY FERRY, [ANGUS, SCOTLAND]. > > Specifically, near Dundee. > >> 71) ABBOTSFORD, SURREY, [ENGLAND] > > Something missing there. Sounds like a middle class house or villa named > after Sir Walter Scotts home near Melrose. You need a village or town as > well. > >> 72) MAYNE ELGIN, [MORAY, SCOTLAND]. > > two places I think. > > >> 81) WALTON-le-DALE, near PRESTON, [ENGLAND} > > I think there are several Prestons. The best known one is Lancashire. > > >> 82) ARDSLEY, WEYBRIDGE, [SURREY, ENGLAND] > > Again, sounds like a house name from some notepaper. You have quite a few of > these. Again, it has been chosen to sound Scottish (Ard- ) > >> 90) LINFIELD, ST. GEORGE'S-hill, * > > I think that's Weybridge (Surrey). > >> 91) MYSKYN'S, TICEHURST, SUSSEX, [ENGLAND] > > Another house name. Not far from Tunbridge Wells. > > >> 109) LUMEN, LOCH LOMOND, [SCOTLAND] > > Drymen? > >> 114) ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BELHAM, * > > Balham maybe? (London) > >> 116) MAXWELLTON, WILMALOW, CHESHIRE, [ENGLAND]. > > Wimslow. > >> 133) HOLY TRINITY, BROMPTON, * > > Are we talking Brompton as in Brompton Oratory think that's north London. > > 147) LUTHRIE, FIFE, [SCOTLAND] > > Luthrie? Could be a little village I've not heard of, wonder if that's a > mistranscription tho. > >> 149) FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWITCH, SUFFOLK, [ENGLAND]. > > IPSWICH, or you wont get many hits on google! > >> 154) CASTLETON ROAD, SALFORD,[ENGLAND]. > > Near Manchester. > >> 155) KNELLWOOD, FARNBOROUGH, AT BROMPTON PARISH CHURCH, * > > Maybe the same as 133. But Farnborough is in Hampshire, near Fleet, > Camberley etc. Is this a marriage cert - they lived in Hants and got married > in London? > > >> 157) PETER'S VICARAGE, ELTHAM-ROAD, KENT, [ENGLAND]. > > I think this one may have got a bit garbled. St Peter's vicarage for sure. > You should have a road and a town name???? > >> 168) EALLING, [LONDON, ENGLAND] > > Ealing > >> 169) HEADCORN, KENT, [ENGLAND]. > > Near Tonbridge. > > >> 178) THORNTON LODGE, NORTHAUERTON, YORKSHIRE, [ENGLAND]. > > Northallerton perhaps. > >> 179) EAST MOLESEY, [SURREY, ENGLAND]. > > Not far from Weybridge etc. up market commuting area on the Thames. > > >> 185) HERTFORD, (lately of HARROGATE), [HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND]. > > Harrogate is Yorkshire. So it seems they moved. Oddly enough, people usually > go TO Harrogate to retire. > > > > Hope this helps > > > Judy >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Sent via the WebMail system at mail.tqci.net >> >> >> >> >> --- >> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by tqci.net] >> >> >> ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== >> ********************************************************************* >> If you have any problems with this list or any of its members please >> contact the listowner....Tom Welch....tomas@directcon.net >> ******************************************************************** >> > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >