Hello list, I wonder can anyone tell me, there is an Allachie Drive in Charlestown, could this have been there in the 1830s, or is there an Allachie in Aberlour, I am researching the Cruikshank family that lived there. Thanks Willie Cruikshank _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

> Hello list, I wonder can anyone tell me, there is an Allachie Drive in > Charlestown The post code directory lists Allachie Drive and Allachy Terrace. You can find them by going to www.streetmap.co.uk and using the post code AB38 9PU in the search engine. > could this have been there in the 1830s I would be very surprised if it was known as that in the 1830s. I suspect its name arises from the modern habit of naming streets anything but 'Street'! It is shown on the current Ordnance Survey Explorer map as a road leading up from Aberlour towards Knock of Allachie, Daugh of Allachie and Wood of Allachie. Beyond these, and reached by a different road, is Burnside of Allachie, lying on the opposite bank of the Burn of Allachie. There's also Glenallachie Distillery, but that was not there in the 1830s! This map shows housing on what is now Allachie Drive; from the layout of the buildings it is easy to tell that they are new, and this is confirmed because there are only a couple of very small buildings on the 1969 one-inch map. Of all these names, only Burnside is a farm or other habitation*. The 1901 one-inch map also shows the road, Wood of Allachie and Burnside of Allachie, but no buildings at all along it. The 1872 map at www.old-maps.co.uk shows the road passing along the Braes of Allachie. It also shows Daugh of Allachie, Wood of Allachie, Knock of Allachie, Tom of Edinvillie, Burnside of Allachie and the Burn of Allachie. There might be an even older map in teh collections at the National Library of Scotland www.nls.gov.uk. *A daugh is a measure of land, estimated to yield 48 bolls of grain (a boll is a measure 'not exceeding six bushels', a bushel being 8 (imperial) gallons. A knock is a small hill, and a brae is a slope. "Burnside of ..." is a common name for farms lying on the banks of burns, and a burn is a stream (as in English 'bourne', whence for example Melbourne indirectly got its name). Tom is another word for a small hill or knoll - smaller than a knock. Hope this helps Anne

At 03:25 PM 19/02/2005, you wrote: >Hello list, I wonder can anyone tell me, there is an Allachie Drive in >Charlestown, could this have been there in the 1830s, or is there an >Allachie in Aberlour, I am researching the Cruikshank family that lived there. > >Thanks > >Willie Cruikshank You can have a look at the area as it appears on an Ordnance Survey map in 1872 - it shows the town of Charlestown of Aberlour, and the Braes of Allachie to the south. Click on http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.htm aIn the search box place the following figures 326500, 842500 then click on the Co-ordinate Box then Search..You will then get two choices. Chose the Banffshire one. This will get you a view of the 1872 map showing Aberlour (previously known as "Charlestown of Aberlour" in full) If you then click on Enlarged view, you will get a larger and wider view of the area, and will see Braes of Allachie under the Charlestown of Aberlour title written just to the south of the Gas Works! You will be able to have a look around. The land to the north on the opposite side of the River Spey is not shown, as this is in Elginshire, the alternative view offered after entering the coordinates. Hope this gives you a better understanding of the area as it was. You can look up the same area by using the same coordinates in http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ and see what it looks like today. _ _ Regards, Ed Barron <ejbarron@netspace.net.au>