Sorry about miss-spelling "Island" This is the info I read about "Islandshire" Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:14:11 EST From: <Stanmapstone@aol.com> To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <a1.42d2ba39.2d353b13@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] 18th century Reveleys Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Islandshire is a region in England, centred around Lindisfarne or Holy Island, including many villages on the mainland. It was historically associated with the Bishop of Durham, and was an exclave of County Durham but was incorporated into Northumberland in 1844. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islandshire Regards Stan Mapstone To read the other messages about this topic ! go to the rootsweb mailing lists Archives ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Carole Robinson Member of NDFHS ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah To: GNicresearch@aol.com ; ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Cc: brian@robinson8298.fsnet.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] North Land (other possibility) I'm still working on Ireland versus Islandshire. Brian, did you mean North Island instead of "Irland"? I noticed you also said "it's an irland." There is an 1854 family letter that states my 6th great grandfather was a resident of Ireland in the 17th century. Edgar has suggested that they may have been mispronouncing Islandshire, so the North Irland even makes more sense, if that is what you meant. Geoff, your comment that an abbreviation for Northumberland was Nland, suggests another possibility, that Nland was transcribed in the 1850 letter as Ireland. A handwritten "N" could be quite elaborate, and the gentleman who wrote the letter was a well-educated solicitor. I just wish I had his original!!! Sarah Reveley in warm and sunny Texas In a message dated 20/01/2004 14:40:50 GMT Standard Time, brian@robinson8298.fsnet.co.uk writes: > Just another possability to look at, if your sure your ancestors came from > the "Durham" or "Northumberland" area, could "North Land" be refering to > "Lindisfarn" it's an irland of the north coast of Northumberland, it was > often refered to as "North Irland" I have never heard Holy Island referred to as "North Irland", nor even as "North Island", though I suppose from someone making a living from Seahouses by fishing around the Farnes, it might be thought of as the northern island. Possibly you are confusing the fact that, as you seem to be pointing out, it was, until the 1840s, part of "North Durham", within which, and more precisely, it was part of "Islandshire". The whole of "North Durham", and also of Bedlingtonshire, were detached parts of Co Durham until the 1840s. "Nland" or even "Northland" are abreviations for Northumberland often found in the 19th century censuses. Best wishes, Geoff Nicholson 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU (0191 417 9546) Professional Genealogist - Northumberland and Co Durham. ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History by ROY STOCKDILL http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html